Nettles are covered with tiny tiny needle like and sharp "hairs" made of silisium.
On thin skin, these razorsharp needles cut through your outer protective skin.
Further more, inside these silisium needles there is a mix of:
histamin, serotonin, acetylkolin, 5-hydroksytryptamin, formic acid, butyric acid and vinegar.
The pain is however mostly caused by the acids.
Nettles can sting you, but only where skin is very thin.
The silisium needles are very very fragile and break off easily.
These needles pose no threat in our skin because they are quickly dissolved and absorbed by our body.
You can normally pick nettles without getting stinged if only touching the stem.
It is the underside of leaves that is most "painful".
Topside of leaves do not sting.
it hurts because the stings on the nettle jags in to your skin and that's why its called a nettle sting because stings right into your skin
hope that helped
the nettles
You squeeze some liquid out of the stinging nettle and just rub it on to where it stings
A stinging nettle is a weed.
Stinging nettle treats allegies because the leaf of the nettle contains histamines.
Stinging NettleA Stinging Nettle is an alkali so you should Use a dock leaf, it grows next to a stinging nettle. Just rub it on the place you got stung. :)
You can touch any part of the nettle except the edges of the leaf and the stem!
nettle (stinging nettle)
A stinging nettle is full of Acid and the sting from the nettle is the Acid in or on your skin. A "Dock" leaf as its called has Alkaline inside so as Science dictates Alkaline neutralises acid. Hope this answers your question for you.
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Nettles (Stinging nettle) or Common nettle
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Nettles (Stinging nettle) or Common nettle