[YEA]  10/05/2008: Don from Southwest, Michigan, USA: "My farm is full of stinging nettle and we are always getting into it. If you don't know, it leaves an itchy rash similar to poison ivy except that it burns. The more you rub it the worse it gets and the more it burns. Washing with soaps, oils or other folklore have never worked for us. But I discovered something that does work.

I was working a back field on a very hot day and got my forarms into a bunch of stinging nettle. It was itching and burning terribly. Out of desperation I bent down and got a handful of dry powdery dirt and sprinkled a heavy amount onto my forearms. I felt INSTANT RELIEF. I shook off most of the dirt leaving a powder coat. It took me about 15 minutes to get to the house and when I washed the remaining dirt off the burning and rash were gone. We have all used this method many times since and it works everytime. I hope it works for you.

Best Wishes, Don"

[YEA]  08/27/2007: Jami from Norton, Suffolk, United Kingdom: "We live in a region where Stinging Nettles are plentyful. I remembered a old 4-H camp trick that helps dry the Nettles out. Use Epsom Salt. You can make a paste and apply it on the sting. I usually fill a sink up and throw in a cup of Epsom salt into the basin. If you have it all over you body, the best method is to take a warm bath and dissolve 2cups of Epsom Salt in the bath water."