Natural remedy for stinging nettle?

[Swede]

Short story:
I went outside today, and got tired of walking and biking, and found a rather comfortable patch of weeds.

You can guess what's going to happen, right?

I jumped on it aaaaand... it was stinging nettles!!

(I was wearing shorts)
It stings like hell! Is there a natural remedy other than vinegar? (It finished)

 

[Swede]

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???


That would taste soooo good though.....

 

[TexasLisa]

YEE-OUCH!! I hate that stuff. Check this site out:

http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-a-Sting-from-a-Stinging-Nettle

I have heard from more than one person that Dock plant or Jewelweed grows close by and to use the liquid from the stem.

 

[sumi]

Nettles hate me with a passion and the feeling's mutual. I brought some ointment from south africa that takes the sting out quickly. Ingredients here if anyone wants to try and make some: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zam-Buk It's wonderful relief for insect bites too.

 

[Swede]

Nettles hate me with a passion and the feeling's mutual. I brought some ointment from south africa that takes the sting out quickly. Ingredients here if anyone wants to try and make some: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zam-Buk It's wonderful relief for insect bites too.

Okay thanks for sharing! I'll take a look at it!

 

[Britesea]

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.

(narrow leaf)

(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.

 

[Swede]

You can also make rennet with it: https://www.sufficientself.com/threads/diy-vegetable-rennet-for-cheese-making.14958/

Thanks sumi!

 

[TexasLisa]

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

 

[Miss Lydia]

Oh boy first time I got into them I thought stinging caterpillars had gotten hold of me I was in shorts too. That is so cool Jewel weed and Dock will soothe since we have tons of both, I heard Jewel weed was also good for Poison Ivy too. Haven't had to try it I avoid both like the plague.

 

[Swede]