Nettle bush string cure!! :(

s.a.man

Well basically I was cycling today on the road and fell in a nettle bush, as I had shorts on me, my legs got a proper beating of sting and its on fire. lol. Unfortunately my hands got a taste of it too. Anything that can help with the pain?

A friend said to use vinegar and that doesnt really help! Any other suggestions please.

Cheers


edit: Sorry for the misspelling in the heading. Oops!

Witcher

s.a.man wrote: »

Well basically I was cycling today on the road and fell in a nettle bush, as I had shorts on me, my legs got a proper beating of sting and its on fire. lol. Unfortunately my hands got a taste of it too. Anything that can help with the pain?

A friend said to use vinegar and that doesnt really help! Any other suggestions please.

Cheers

Be a man about it jesus, it's a few nettles:pac:

El Weirdo

s.a.man wrote: »

Well basically I was cycling today on the road and fell in a nettle bush, as I had shorts on me, my legs got a proper beating of sting and its on fire. lol. Unfortunately my hands got a taste of it too. Anything that can help with the pain?

A friend said to use vinegar and that doesnt really help! Any other suggestions please.

Cheers


edit: Sorry for the misspelling in the heading. Oops!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX3UqY8KZpU

Edit:

Blay wrote: »

Be a man about it jesus, it's a few nettles

Nice ninja.

s.a.man

Blay wrote: »

Be a man about it jesus, it's a few nettles:pac:

Hmmm, I wonder if you could cope with the pain. Seriously never been in the type of agony.

PirateShampoo

Has a child we used to rub it with a Dock Leaf.

Have you tried cats pee?

s.a.man

El Weirdo wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX3UqY8KZpU

Edit:

Nice ninja.

Funny

Rented Mule

When it doubt ....ask an American.

jd007

Dock leaves

Witcher

s.a.man wrote: »

Hmmm, I wonder if you could cope with the pain. Seriously never been in the type of agony.

I've fallen into many a nettle bush in my time I'll have you know:pac:

Lemon juice works for nettle stings or ya can get cream for it but since it's 12 at night you better hope you've a lemon in the fridge:P

Indubitable

Heroin

s.a.man

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Has a child we used to rub it with a Dock Leaf.

Have you tried cats pee?

I dont have a cat, and even if I had one, I wouldn't use it on me.

Lillylilly

Yeah- we used to use doc leaves too.
What about cooling the area with ice, then loading it with tea tree oil. It's a natural anti- septic.

s.a.man

kingofthe3rdyrs wrote: »

Heroin

I am starting to think a dose of drugs could possibly help me forget about the pain! haha

Nevyn

Vinegar is the wrong end of the acidic scale you want to get something alkaline on it like bread soda or milk of magnesium or if you have cabbage leaves in the house or slices of cucumber.

Redlion

s.a.man wrote: »

basically I fell in a nettle bush

thats all that i read.

alwaysadub

yep,dock leaves work. Anti histimine cream might take some of the pain away-it works on bee stings and things.

Nulty

Aloe does it well....get something with aloe vera in it, normally some face cream or something of the like...

PirateShampoo

Not a fan of cat pee eh...

You could try Aloe Vera, its cool and soothing.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Holy Communion

s.a.man

Rented Mule wrote: »

When it doubt ....ask an American.

loved that! very funny, made me forget about the stinging sensation for about 4minutes. haha

s.a.man

Bruce Happy T-shirt wrote: »

Holy Communion

Religion does not cure anything, thank you very much.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

s.a.man wrote: »

Religion does not cure anything, thank you very much.

Sex?

s.a.man

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Not a fan of cat pee eh...

You could try Aloe Vera, its cool and soothing.

Thanks, will give that a go.

banjopaul

Toothpaste works wonders, it neutralises the acidic sting.

s.a.man

Bruce Happy T-shirt wrote: »

Sex?

*Cough* I say nothing.

Indubitable

s.a.man wrote: »

Religion does not cure anything, thank you very much.

It cures your sins...;)

jd007

hehe bush

s.a.man

kingofthe3rdyrs wrote: »

It cures your sins...;)

I am gay and I believe in God, it has not cured my sin?? Now explain that to me?

starbelgrade

kingofthe3rdyrs wrote: »

It cures your sins...;)

But it won't cure your bacon.

s.a.man

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Not a fan of cat pee eh...

You could try Aloe Vera, its cool and soothing.

I tried the aloe vera gel I have and it feels a lot better already. Cheers

donmeister

I hear battery acid is good OP, go for it.

s.a.man

donmeister wrote: »

I hear battery acid is good OP, go for it.

Wow, Bless ya

Webmonkey

Dock Leaves as mentioned. Always thought they were "Dog leaves". Going for years calling them that.

karlog

Rub it with a dock leaf of course. It's one of those basic survival techniques you learn as a child.

Pdfile

s.a.man wrote: »

Well basically I was cycling today on the road and fell in a nettle bush, as I had shorts on me, my legs got a proper beating of sting and its on fire. lol. Unfortunately my hands got a taste of it too. Anything that can help with the pain?

A friend said to use vinegar and that doesnt really help! Any other suggestions please.

Cheers


edit: Sorry for the misspelling in the heading. Oops!

white " clear " vinegar works a treat

trust me, ive had sensitive places get stung and it works straight away. :cool:

JupiterKid

Nettle stings can be excruciatingly painful.:eek::(

I rememeber when I was about 9 years of age, I was climbing up into a friend's tree house when I stepped on a rotten brach which gave way and I fell into bush of huge nettles. I was only wearing shorts and runners. The pain was unbelieveable.

My friend's mum got dock leaves to rub on me until my mum arrived and took me to the doctor to get a shot of something that helped take away the pain and swelling. The dock leaves helped bring the sting pain down a bit.

Uriel.

JupiterKid wrote: »

Nettle stings can be excruciatingly painful.:eek::(

I rememeber when I was about 9 years of age, I was climbing up into a friend's tree house when I stepped on a rotten brach which gave way and I fell into bush of huge nettles. I was only wearing shorts and runners. The pain was unbelieveable.

My friend's mum got dock leaves to rub on me until my mum arrived and took me to the doctor to get a shot of something that helped take away the pain and swelling. The dock leaves helped bring the sting pain down a bit.

Yeah yeah the op wanted a cure, not your life story. :-)

JupiterKid

Uriel. wrote: »

Yeah yeah the op wanted a cure, not your life story. :-)

OK then - dock leaves and if these don't work, and anti-histamine lotion for tyhe skin.

Tar.Aldarion

doc leaves as an awesome placebo. I was walking along a wall before because I am a retard and fell into a nettle bush/lots of rocks, good times! If you grab them with your hands instead of brushing it doesn't hurt like

<_<

R0ot

Your one stop cure for nettle stings: what we as children called "Dockin Leafs" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumex_obtusifolius

Qualitymark

I use BurnEze (orange spray can for burns - always keep a can in the same place in the kitchen in case anyone gets burnt or scalded, so we can reach straight for it). It has a little bit of anaesthetic stuff in it and deadens the pain.

Sounds as if you might have a bit of a reactive skin there, OP.

Abrasax

Dock leaves, huh?
I always thought they were called Dawkins.

Cabaal

Always used to use Dock Leaf's, they did the trick nicely and they are almost always around

Qualitymark

Abrasax wrote: »

Dock leaves, huh?
I always thought they were called Dawkins.

The English call them dockens.

Eibhin70

Nothing like good auld dock leaves....wow this thread brings back childhood memories:)

WindSock

I'm just here to jump on the Dock leaves train.

*train leaves dock "choo chooo" *

Yukina

Dock leaves aren't a placebo... The sting in nettles is caused by methanoic acid (formic acid) to get rid of the pain You should use something alkaline to neutralise the acid... Dock leaves when crushed up have a natural antidote to the formic acid sting, they also grow very close to eachother. Aloe vera would also work brilliantly... If you don't have any of these... a`paste of baking soda and water should do the trick..

s.a.man

Thanks a million everyone, I used aloe vera gel and that have helped me so much, didn't have dock leaves. Will try that next time that does happen again. Lol.

Thanks again!

Woow_Aqualung

What I did once was mix crushed up Renne and water and poured it on my leg. It works! The Renne.....

Neutralises the excess acid, delivering fast, effective relief from pain.

Liam Byrne

s.a.man wrote: »

Religion does not cure anything, thank you very much.

Neither does heroin, but I didn't see you dissing that suggestion! :P

s.a.man

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Neither does heroin, but I didn't see you dissing that suggestion! :P

Ok I didnt mean for this thread to go into a deep discussion on drugs and religion.