Here’s an interesting story I found today about coffee healing a sting that a fisherman got from the spines on a fish he caught.

This fellow was out fishing when he hooked into what is known as a ‘Weaver Fish’. Apparently, most stings from this fish come from people swimming at beaches where the fish is known to hide under the sand. People commonly step on them and wind up with a sting on their foot. The fish is not known to be very deadly, although respiratory failure and gangrene have been reported.

It seems that while the man was removing the fish from his hook, he was stabbed by the spines in the dorsal fin of the fish, and immediately felt the pain in his hand while it was moving up his arm. A call to the coastguard recommended immersing his hand in hot water to reduce swelling and pain. The only hot liquid on board the vessel was coffee, so he used it and found that the swelling and pain immediately began to dissipate.

You can read the entire story here: Coffee Heals Fisherman