Essential oil: fresh leaves and stems covered with olive oil. Mascerate for 2 to 3 weeks. Stir daily, strain and store. Ointment: Melt petroleum jelly, stir in leaf and stems. Strain and store. And more . . .
Decoction for external use (rinses, compresses, and gargles): 20 g pulverized bark with 1 qt (1 L) of water, boiled and simmered for 15 minutes.
For internal use lobelia is prepared as a tea or tincture. Sometimes the dried herb is smoked. For external use the herb is prepared as a salve.
Decoction, a skin wash for repelling insects, or soothing inflammations and wounds: 4 to 6 tsp fresh leaves, steeped for 30 minutes.
Available in both decoctions and capsules. Poultices for external use are often made from the herb with flour and wine to treat sports injuries such as sprains or pulled muscles.
Mexican yam cream is marketed with the promise that it is natural progesterone. The cream is applied to the skin based on a woman's condition. Dosages are based on the outcome expected.
Semisolid preparation for external application
To make a poultice, the leaves and/or the powdered roots are steeped in water, then applied externally to areas of inflamed skin, eczema, or dermatitis. For insect bites, the leaves are rubbed on bee stings.
Essential oil: the oil to be diluted in water or vegetable oil before applying externally. The oil contains thymol, available in antiseptics, mouth-wash, toothpaste, and gargle preparations. And more . . .
Seeds, capsules, tinctures or teas. Dose varies depending on the form of the herb. Seeds may be used to make tea. For external use, powdered seeds are mixed with water to form a paste. And more . . .
Peter Nettle has written: 'Peter Nettle of Steward Street'
A nettle is a stinging plant. It can also mean to nettle someone is to annoy that person.
Probably neither. The stinging hairs on the nettle would not be strong enough to penetrate the wasp's exoskeleton, and the wasp would have no reason to sting the nettle.