researchers found that injections of bee venom can help prevent the development of arthritis in rabbits bee venom seemed to prevent arthritis with the help of hormones called glucocorticoids. Bee venom the natural curative for arthritis and rheumatism broadman joseph 9781258130039 books amazonca. Bee venom the natural curative for arthritis and rheumatism by joseph broadman md new york g p putnams sons 1962 220 pp 495 this book revives the use of bee venom which is reported to have been suppressed in america by the bureaucratic authoritarian organization which controls united states medicine. The patients of the control group were treated by oral administration of methotrexate 10 mg once a week and celecoxlb 02 g once a day and those of the treatment group treated by 5 to 15 bee stings of ashi points or acupoints according to different conditions and corporeity and with the bee sting retained for about 5 min every time once every other day