Is it true that … dock leaves cure nettle stings?
It’s a time-honoured treatment and rubbing certainly helps, but other leaves could be just as good If you’ve ever brushed against a stinging nettle, chances are someone told you to find a dock leaf.
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- A Curious Scientist’s Guide to Wellness, Ageing and Death.
The wide green leaves of dock plants seem to grow conveniently nearby, and rubbing one on a sting is a time-honoured remedy.
Probably not in any way that’s unique to the plant, says John Tregoning, a professor at Imperial College London and the author of Live Forever?
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