That was a three-sting camping trip: one from stinging nettles and two stings from one mean wasp. As a result, a cool forest ranger taught us all about the healing balm inside yellow jewelweed!
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Cool! 🌱
sep 1, 2025, 8:36 pm • 2 0 • view
Girl Scouts taught me in the last millennium that wherever jeweled grows, look for poison ivy. Also, can be used to wash off poison ivy if done quickly. I have no idea if this is still taught or just an old false folklore. 🌱
sep 2, 2025, 7:55 am • 2 1 • view
That’s cool! The park ranger told us something similar, so I would say there’s some fact to that folklore. 💯
sep 2, 2025, 12:16 pm • 1 0 • view
They never teach the cold beer trick though. For wasp and bee stings, hold a cold can of beer against it for a few minutes. It's the one cold compress everybody seems to have handy when camping. You can drink the beer after if you want.
sep 1, 2025, 10:44 pm • 4 1 • view
Oh good tip! I could’ve used that today.
sep 1, 2025, 10:44 pm • 1 0 • view
The wasp stings still hurt. That wasp was a jerk! I was just walking around minding my own business.
sep 1, 2025, 10:45 pm • 2 0 • view
Stinging nettle is Nietszchean sting, it only makes you stronger.
sep 1, 2025, 10:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Those stings sting like hell!
sep 1, 2025, 10:47 pm • 1 0 • view
The wasp stings woke me up last night with their itchiness. Dipshit wasp's still bugging me almost a full day later.
sep 2, 2025, 2:32 pm • 1 0 • view
Conveniently, jewelweed often appears near stinging nettle -they both like the same soil type and conditions! I can spot jewelweed easier so I take it as a warning 😆
sep 1, 2025, 10:56 pm • 1 0 • view