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WigWamBam · 16/06/2005 16:46

You could use vinegar, but a paste made from bicarbonate of soda and water is even better.

bossykate · 16/06/2005 16:47

wwb, the vinegar is acid and the bicarb of soda is alkali - so one of them will not work!

JoolsToo · 16/06/2005 16:48

dock leaves for nettle stings

paolosgirl · 16/06/2005 16:50

I know it's vinegar for wasps and bicarb for a bee (alkali from the wasps, acid from the bee so they netralise each other). I'm pretty sure that nettle stings are acidic, so it would be bicarb. I think.

bossykate · 16/06/2005 16:50

hmm, net says nettle stings are acidic, so i would use bicarb of soda.

assumedname · 16/06/2005 16:54

Dock leaves.

beansprout · 16/06/2005 16:55

I never seem to see dock leaves near nettles anymore - is it just me?

pixel · 16/06/2005 19:18

Yes, it's just you . I stung myself on a nettle the other day, looked down and there was a dock right by my feet. Isn't nature wonderful?!

Nightynight · 17/06/2005 06:39

I recommend going out, stinging yourself twice, putting vinegar on one and bicarb on the other and seeing which works best.