Piss on it
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If it comes down to having to drink Waikato in order to get pain relief, I will carry on suffering thanks
Strangely enough if you peel the bark off a stick of the ongaonga and soothe the inner bark over the sting points the pain is relieved...have done it myself a few times although if badly enough stung you would hardly be in any frame of mind to get the old knife out and start hacking!! Does work!!
Polyneuropathy is damage (peripheral neuropathy) to multiple nerves which can result from bad to severe stings. One person in New Zealand is recorded as having died from the effects of multiple stings...a scantily dressed hunter.
Nubile nymphs dress "scantilly", not hunters ;)
Isn't dock leaf meant to fix ongaonga stings? I've heard of pissing on it too, same as blisters
Wharengarara (Pimelea prostrata), also known as NZ Daphne and Pinatoro is found pretty much throughout the North Island. It bears reddish to white berries which are edible and could sustain you for a time...avoid eating the foliage!
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This is a lovely little plant...lizards like it probably because of the insects attracted to its flowers and fruit.
Jeese EeeBees your a walking encyclopaedia of plants.......is there anything else that could be used on the dreaded Ongaonga ?
only thing i seem to stumble onto with monotonous regularity is bush lawyer.....got scars to prove it!!!!!!!