Impatiens works good on nettle stings. Get BlueMail for Android On Mar 16, 2020, 11:00 PM, at 11:00 PM, Cody H <plantboy@gmail.com> wrote: >I wonder if it was plantain. I use plantain on bee stings for an almost >instant reduction in swelling and pain to nearly nothing, works better >than >any other remedy I've ever tried. Never tried it on nettle stings >though. > >On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 8:49 PM Randall P. Linke ><randysgarden@gmail.com> >wrote: > >> My memorable experience with nettles was when I was 12 years old, >visiting >> friends of my parents in Scotland. I was playing street tennis with >a >> daughter of their friends when I missed the ball. I went to fetch it >and >> plunged my hand into a patch of nettles. I have no idea what it was, >but >> the girl I was playing with ran over, grabbed a bunch of leaves from >some >> plant and rubbed it on my hand and the irritation was almost >immediately >> abated. I've always wondered what this obviously common folk remedy >was. >> >> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 3:30 PM Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> >> wrote: >> >> > When I lived in the Cascade foothills, my place had every kind of >> > wildlife from elk to newts (even the mountain beaver). The most >exciting >> > (?) episode in the garden itself happened while I was showing a >visiting >> > couple the rock garden, accompanied by one of my female Malamutes. >> > Suddenly the dog pounced on a big rock, shoved it aside, and dug >> > quickly. She had found a nest of baby rabbits. She ate them right >in >> > front of my visitors. Fortunately they were outdoors people -- the >man >> > was an ichthyologist -- and were not horrified by nature red in >tooth >> > and claw. >> > >> > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > pbs mailing list >> > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…