Plantain was mentioned just last week at an herb talk I attended. Often, it is chewed and then applied to the stinging nettle hit or other bite/sting. Val Sonora, CA > On Mar 16, 2020, at 8:59 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/…