Thread: BUSH HUNTING TIPS "Cure for bush nettle"

Here is one of the best tips I know of. Pictured below is "Ongaonga", also known as stinging nettle. Any hunter who has spent time in the bush, or been into cold gullies would have been stung at some stage. It can have quite an effect on some people. Its not the stings that bites, its the aftermath that carries on for a few days leaving a pins and needles sensation.


In the latter photos is "Pikipiko", young shoots on fern. You will often find there two plants growing in the same areas. Pick the pikopiko and crush it in your hands. Apply it vigorously over the infected area and make sure you get a reasonable amount on. Within a couple of minutes the pain will fade and you will not notice it again.


In the latter photos is "Pikipiko", young shoots on fern. You will often find there two plants growing in the same areas. Pick the pikopiko and crush it in your hands. Apply it vigorously over the infected area and make sure you get a reasonable amount on. Within a couple of minutes the pain will fade and you will not notice it again.


A substitute for pikopiko is using the shoots at the base of the fern plant. Ensure you get plenty of sap on the effected area. Again, it will not take long for relief to set in.

Once you have been stung by this plant, you have up to 30 minutes to cure it with the fern. The sooner you apply the fern, the lessor the ongaonga/nettle will have effect.

I have used this a number of times, its bloody GOLD! You will be thanking me the next time a branch knocks you to the face.

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