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Offline whitey

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is there a past "Bush remedy" post somewhere
« on: January 02, 2012, 06:26:21 PM »
My wife was bitten by a massive jumping ant on our recent camping trip up at Biggera on the Murray and the quick fix for the pain was to break off the leaf off a nearby Bracken bush and rub the juice on it .... the sting ease came out of a 1st aid box later on but wasn't needed .... anymore hints we should keep handy.
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Re: is there a past "Bush remedy" post somewhere
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2012, 07:57:13 PM »
Dock weed is good for stinging nettles ...

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Re: is there a past "Bush remedy" post somewhere
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2012, 08:32:54 PM »
VB or Bundy if reality sets in  :cheers: :cheers:
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« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2012, 08:52:14 PM »
Pig face or bi carb to neutralize the acid, if using bi carb make a paste with water and chuck on. basically anything that is alkali
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Re: is there a past "Bush remedy" post somewhere
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2012, 09:22:56 PM »
Trouble is you need to be a botanist to apply the right plant!

Standard first aid teaching is ice/cold for insect bites and most spider bites (exception being funnel web spider which is treated the same as a snake bite with pressure-immobilisation).

Bicarb as a solution or paste is good for itch but I don't think acid is the problem with bites.   More to do with venom and histamine and other vasoactive mediators.   Stingose etc have a local anaesthetic so make it numb.

I've seen cut aloe vera leaves work miracles on mosquito bites.
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Re: is there a past "Bush remedy" post somewhere
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2012, 05:29:16 AM »
Quote from: Chippy76 on January 02, 2012, 07:57:13 PM
Dock weed is good for stinging nettles ...

Cheers Chippy :D
Ok,,, Stinging nettles i still see, but not seen  "Dock weed"  since i left the UK, and that was over 40 years ago..?? so where you hiding it Chippy...... ;D

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Re: is there a past "Bush remedy" post somewhere
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2012, 09:30:04 PM »
plenty of it up our way ... kinda handy that it grows withthe stinging nettles! lol

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is there a past "Bush remedy" post somewhere
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2012, 10:09:15 PM »
I used coca cola on a box jelly fish sting it stopped the sting quickly. I was out on a boat and got stung on the arm pulling up the anchor rope.
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