Nettle bush string cure!! :(

s.a.man · 03-06-2010 12:32AM

donmeister wrote: »

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

Wow, Bless ya

Webmonkey · 03-06-2010 12:47AM

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

karlog · 03-06-2010 12:53AM

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

Pdfile · 03-06-2010 04:04AM

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 · 03-06-2010 04:34AM

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. · 03-06-2010 04:40AM

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 · 03-06-2010 04:53AM

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 · 03-06-2010 05:54AM

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 · 03-06-2010 07:43AM

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

Qualitymark · 03-06-2010 08:02AM

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 · 03-06-2010 08:22AM

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

Cabaal · 03-06-2010 08:23AM

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

Qualitymark · 03-06-2010 08:34AM

Abrasax wrote: »

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

The English call them dockens.

Eibhin70 · 03-06-2010 08:49AM

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

WindSock · 03-06-2010 10:06AM

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

*train leaves dock "choo chooo" *

Yukina · 03-06-2010 11:27AM

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 · 03-06-2010 07:49PM

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 · 03-06-2010 07:57PM

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 · 03-06-2010 08:01PM

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 · 03-06-2010 09:08PM

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.

veryangryman · 03-06-2010 09:48PM

Nettle bush....

That is going to be the new nickname for the next angry woman i meet

Butch Cassidy · 03-06-2010 10:45PM

Surely sudocream or calamine lotion would suffice here?

Qualitymark · 03-06-2010 10:54PM

@butch It's not enough if you have a really bad reaction. 'Slike those people who say smugly "I'm never bitten by mosquitoes" as I medicate my inch-high pus-filled swellings.

orourkeda · 03-06-2010 11:10PM

go on the stingers

Standard Toaster · 03-06-2010 11:35PM

Sorry, we'll have to remove your legs

Nettle bush string cure!! :(

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