Stinging Nettle

I discovered a great way to treat “plant stings” while in the woods.  I was in the woods doing an herb walk for my master herbalist seminar, and I was at the back of a line of 32 people, so I didn’t hear the teacher talking about the Stinging Nettles plant they were walking by.  When I got up to it, it caught my eye, because I had been studying plant identification cards.  I asked the guy behind me, but he didn’t know what it was and suggested I pick off a part to ask the teacher.

I didn’t see any thorns on it, so I picked off the top with my bare hands. I felt a tiny sting, but not enough to think much about it. I took it to the teacher, who informed me that it was indeed stinging nettle. Duh! Read more…