Talk:Urtica dioica/Archive 1

message: User:MPF says the dock remedy is not very effective.  D.M.N., an anon, is plugging the fern sori remedy.  I took out both editorial comments and left the remedies.  If someone can cite a reference as to the effectiveness of either one, it should be put here, but at this point they are either POV or original research and should be omitted. -- WormRunner 01:56, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  remedies 

message: it would be nice to know what particular nutrients nettle leaf contains.  I'll try and find out. --MM 22:42, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  nutrients 

message: Is the WWII anecdote in the Uses section really encyclopaedic? Is it verifiable? Chaos syndrome 11:00, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anecdote 

message: I failed this article as a GA because of the lack of references. Fix that, and it would be fine.Some P. Erson 14:47, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Failed GA 

message: Does the beer recipe belong here?  Tone is definitely non-encyclopedic as it stands.  --Brianhe 04:55, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Probably not. It was added wholesale by an IP. While interesting enough, Wikipedia is not a place for recipes, much less one in that tone. I removed it. It did manage to stick for 10 days, though, which was odd. Ourai т с 05:27, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beer recipe 

message: In my area, Oregon, it is known, or said at least, that rubbing the seeds of sword ferns against areas affected by nettle is effective. Can anyone get a reference for this, or place it on there with a reference? Also, if you do find a reference, add it to the sword fern article, I already edited that one with this. Shadowedmist 02:24, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sword fern as remedy 

message: "Because stinging nettle usually grows at nitrogen-rich places, it often contains high concentrations of nitrate which can be converted in the digestive tract to carcinogenic nitrosamines and should therefore not be used for baby food."
Does it follow, then, that it is unsafe for a breastfeeding mother to consume nettle, be it in the form of a tea or otherwise? I want to be sure before I drink any :)...
76.213.69.155 (talk) 04:52, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nitrogen-rich // baby food 

message: Baking Soda, Baking Soda, Baking Soda.   Scrub Baking Soda on the sting area. Rinse with cold water and repeat until sting subsides.
208.54.14.74 (talk) 03:17, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remedy 

message: It seems from comments here that the duration is dependent on the person and the severity of the contact, from minutes to a week! DGerman (talk) 16:01, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duration of Sting 

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thread_title:  [[WP:FOOD|WikiProject Food and drink]] Tagging 

message: The page currently states that "In Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock one of the characters quotes Aesop "Gently touch a nettle and it'll sting you for your pains/Grasp it as a lad of mettle and soft as silk remains". The metaphor may refer to the fact that if a nettle plant is grasped firmly rather than brushed against, it does not sting so readily, because the hairs are crushed down flat and do not penetrate the skin so easily", citing this page as the source. However, this page shows that in an experiment, nettles sting a lot when the leaf is young and little when the leaf is old, regardless of the method used to grab the leaf. I originally changed the wording from "the fact that" to "the misconception that", but it was reversed by Hotcrocodile, who stated the site states "Grasping the nettle can work". That full quote is "Grasping the nettle can work, but only sometimes" and goes on to explain "If you want the cheap parlour trick version of 'grasping the nettle' - more or less guaranteed to work - pick a large, flat leaf (>5cm/2" long), position your finger and thumb above and below it, and squeeze quickly and firmly, making sure not to brush against any other part of the nettle. But you will know in your heart that this is a sham demo."
I propose that the page be changed back to "misconception" to reflect that fact that a firm grasp has little to do with whether or not a person will be stung.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.252.188.208 (talk) 15:09, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a "misconception" if grasping a nettle can work, the cite states that it "depends on both your technique, and on how stingy the nettles are". Maybe you could rewrite the paragraph to reflect this, and without using the words "fact" or "misconception" as neither seem to be accurate.  ⊃°HotCrocodile...... + 15:31, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grasping a Nettle 

message: Hello, I'm Aigipan from NL-wiki .. I am searching for an EN.wiki article on fertiliser (self)made from urtica nettles as described in this article's heading 'Gardening':
"As well as the potential for encouraging beneficial insects, nettles have a number of other uses in the vegetable garden.
Nettles contain a lot of nitrogen and so are used as a compost activator or can be used to make a liquid fertiliser which although somewhat low in phosphate is useful in supplying magnesium, sulphur and iron."  .. or even on home-made plant-fertilisers in itself? If any en.wikipedian could help me on this, Thx  :)  Aigipan (talk) 17:00, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, and welcome to EN-WP.  Have a look at Comfrey#Fertilizer uses, which describes the same sort of thing with that plant, which is more commonly used than nettles.  There does not seem to be an article on liquid fertiliser (or at least, if there is, I can't think what it would be called.  Richard New Forest (talk) 22:30, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Although late (been quite busy IRL), thanks for the reply @ Richard. If there is no specific article on that then I won't be linking to the Comfrey#Fertilizer uses. Aigipan (talk) 11:22, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nettle fertiliser 

message: The page cited says ‘this is one herb that absolutely MUST be harvested in the early spring while the plants are still young and tender, and BEFORE flowers start to appear. I want to stress the importance of that fact since you can damage your kidneys consuming mature nettle parts.’
This should be noted in the article so folks will not hurt themselves but perhaps someone could confirm if the info is correct.  The source is here http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2009/05/05/stinging-nettle-tea/
Canbyte (talk) 02:36, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Whilst the advice may be given in good faith in this reference, it has nothing to back up the claims and is in no sense a reputable source. In addition Wikipedia does not give medical advice (good or bad).  Velella  Velella Talk   08:16, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Safety 

message: Growing up,the town folk used to tell me that a good way to avoid the sting of a nettle was to hold your breath while you are touching it.
Personally,I remember trying this and I couldn't feel a sting.But this was many years ago.
Can anyone confirm if this is false or true?If the latter,I would like to add it to the section.--MightySaiyan (talk) 14:30, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nettle sting avoidance 

message: The article says "After the stinging nettle enters its flowering and seed setting stages the leaves develop gritty particles called cystoliths, which can irritate the urinary tract." I recall reading somewhere that it is a myth that the cystoliths in stinging nettles can irritate the bladder. 
I expect this mistake arose by confusing them with bladder stones, also sometimes called cystoliths. I am skeptical that the cysoliths found in nettles can somehow survive the acid of the stomach, somehow get through the gut wall into the body, somehow make their way through the blood system without being detected as a foriegn body, and somehow get through the kidneys which routinely filter out much more tiny things. 2.97.208.128 (talk) 13:56, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Cystolith]]s wrongly confused with [[bladder stone]]s? 

message: Please link it to the Japanese page. The article in Japanese wikipedia exists but is wrongly linked to another subspecies of uritica. The name of the article in Japanese wikipedia is イラクサ.
 Peter coxhead (talk) 08:12, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please link it to Japanese page 

message: In Germany, stinging nettles are drunk as tea. Common tea mixtures are with blackberry leaves, liquorice root and fennel, or with green tea (the latter called "Detox" by one company). Stinging nettle tea has the reputation of being healthy. Also, it is well-known as a replacement for spinach and as salad. 79.227.190.2 (talk) 01:14, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stinging Nettle Tea / Replacement for Spinach / As Salad 

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message: Mention if the sting can only affect parts of the skin with hair follicles or not. Jidanni (talk) 23:41, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Palm of hand etc. also affected? 

message: Mention if the tongue is affected, or not. Jidanni (talk) 23:43, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tongue affected? 

message: I just thought I'd add info about nettle fest, a great festival on Galiano Island BC. 
I had already added it once, but didn't add citation. Norisheep (talk) 14:17, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  nettle fest 

message: Here is a small scale test of effect on arthritis, via Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.TGCP (talk) 09:08, 5 July 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arthritis