"Matt & Trai Rathsack" wrote in message
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(snip of increasingly long previous post...)

Hm, well, I'll have to note that in my garden book. I have them
growing
wild in the back, next to the park our property runs adjacent to.
interesting. What is the chemicla in the leaf that breaks down the
poisons?

trai

Honestly don't know, probably have read it but never really payed
attention - I may just google it though. There is lots on the net about
it.
Apparently work good on insect bites as well - wasps, bees, other
'hurting
kind'. But just about any crushed plant will do as well. I'm guessing
some
kind of flavenoid..


Well, maybe I'll email a botonist on that one. Very interesting. I might
just have to go out and get stung to find out if it works...hopefully I
won't develop a deadly allergy suddenly to bees....but it would be
interesting to find out if different plants do indeed stop the sting. Do
the crushed leaves need to be wetted with anything?

trai


not if they are crushed fresh, plenty of water in the leaves for wetting.
There are indeed many wild plants that contain chemicals that help us
heal......and take away pain, willow bark is the prime example..
Tina