Natural remedy for stinging nettle?

Britesea

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Plantain (plantago, not the banana) works very well on nettle stings and insect stings and bites. There's a narrow leaf and wide leaf version.
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(wide leaf). If you get stung, grab a couple of leaves of this and bite them a couple of times to get the juices flowing, then slap onto the sting as a poultice. You can also make it into a salve for when there isn't any fresh- just infuse in oil and then add enough beeswax to make a salve. Plantain is also edible (the young leaves) and the seeds have medicinal value (a close relative of psyllium seed)

Although I give nettles healthy respect, I love them and have actually grown them on purpose in my garden. They taste good in soup and make a tea that does wonders for aches and pains. The sting is inactivated when the leaf is dried or cooked. Also, when the plants are very young, they don't sting.
 

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DarkRaven, Queen Cleopatra used to take milk and honey baths. If she did it, so can you. :)
 

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DarkRaven, Queen Cleopatra used to take milk and honey baths. If she did it, so can you. :)

Don't wanna sound like David Attenborough, but that would be quite a waste...

Are you serious???
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That would taste soooo good though.....
 

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Plantain (plantago, not the banana) works very well on nettle stings and insect stings and bites. There's a narrow leaf and wide leaf version.
th
(narrow leaf)
th
(wide leaf). If you get stung, grab a couple of leaves of this and bite them a couple of times to get the juices flowing, then slap onto the sting as a poultice. You can also make it into a salve for when there isn't any fresh- just infuse in oil and then add enough beeswax to make a salve. Plantain is also edible (the young leaves) and the seeds have medicinal value (a close relative of psyllium seed)

Although I give nettles healthy respect, I love them and have actually grown them on purpose in my garden. They taste good in soup and make a tea that does wonders for aches and pains. The sting is inactivated when the leaf is dried or cooked. Also, when the plants are very young, they don't sting.

I've never made soup out of it but will give it a shot :)

Thanks for the info @Britesea!
 

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Baymule, I don't think we have it on our property. Thank goodness for little favors. That looks wicked!
 
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