Anyone got any like if you get stung on a nettle then rubbing doc leaves takes away the sting?
2006-07-28 08:27:47 · 8 answers · asked by Les-Paul 3 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Vinegar on a wasp sting actually does wrok because it neutralises the sting. i got stung two days ago and it worked really well, didnt believe it before though, ammonia also works. its bicarbanate of soda on bee stings. Acid for wasps, alkali for bees. Is a superstition like an old wives tale??
2006-07-28 08:44:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not the Dock leaf that helps with the nettle sting it's the sap in the leaf that soothes the nettle sting if you crush it up enough yocan get some sap from the leaf and put it on the nettle sting then. It has always worked for me, but then everyone is different.
2006-07-28 08:32:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This really works,it's something about the juice from the leaves acting on the acid from the nettle,a lot of these old wives tales are based on folk lore and have their basis in tried and tested remidies
2006-07-28 08:50:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Take a dock leaf, scrunch it up a little and spit on it and wipe on the sting. Either that or vinegar, if you are near home.'
Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK, 2002
2006-07-28 08:31:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
vinegar on a bee sting
2006-07-28 08:39:13 · answer #5 · answered by psyman_x 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Butter on the cats paws when you move home before you let them out, that way they are suppose to smell their way back.
2006-07-28 08:31:37 · answer #6 · answered by Mas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH YOU CAN HOLD A NETTLE AND IT WONT STING YOU
2006-07-28 08:33:21 · answer #7 · answered by leslie c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Red sky at night, shepherds' delight; red sky at morning, shepherds' warning.
2006-07-28 08:32:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋