Stinging nettle and hayfever
Apr. 16th, 2007 11:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mahoganyOkay, I’ll admit that my naturopath occassionally comes up with some far out suggestions. Though to be fair, I guess I’m truly the weird one for listening and following his suggestions- like today for example, when I purposely stung myself with stinging nettle because he suggested that in addition to drinking nettle tea, I might want to try getting stung by it to help alleviate my hayfever.
The strange thing is the darn plant didn’t want to sting me. I picked it - nothing. I rubbed my hand on the underside of the leaf - nothing. I rubbed the plant along my arm - still nothing. Finally, I grabbed it in my fist. YOW! Yep, that one worked. So then, I grabbed it with my other fist.
The verdict: I think it helped a bit. I haven’t had a sneezing fit, and my nose doesn’t feel like it has insects crawling up it since this morning, so maybe there is something to it afterall?
The strange thing is the darn plant didn’t want to sting me. I picked it - nothing. I rubbed my hand on the underside of the leaf - nothing. I rubbed the plant along my arm - still nothing. Finally, I grabbed it in my fist. YOW! Yep, that one worked. So then, I grabbed it with my other fist.
The verdict: I think it helped a bit. I haven’t had a sneezing fit, and my nose doesn’t feel like it has insects crawling up it since this morning, so maybe there is something to it afterall?
