Tales of Nettle
It was an amazing summer day, and while I was selling my time for money in a small cell like cubicle, my wife and three kids were outside playing in the yard. That day I received a paniced call from my wife, saying something about how our son had fallen into some plants and now had red swollen bumps all over his body. My oldest daughter who was five years old at the time, and who is quite an adept with plants had told her that "It's just Stinging Nettle."
"If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished?"
In the background I could hear my son screaming and crying, and it was in that moment that I realized that I had forgotten to tell my wife about the Stinging Nettle seeds I had planted in the spring. She wanted to know what it was and if she needed to take our son to the hospital. I quickly got my oldest daughter on the phone and told her to run around the yard and grab some Curly Dock and Plantain (you'll find these two marvelous plants in the 'Greens & More' section). My wife quickly made a poultice out of the two, and ten minutes after rubbing it over our son's body, he was perfectly fine, as if nothing had happened. There is an old saying, that you would do well to remember if you come into contact with Nettle, "Nettle in, Dock out."
"Gently touch a nettle and it'll sting you for your pains. Grasp it as a lad of mettle and soft as silk remains."
