• I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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    30 days ago

    A botany teacher I once had would rub her hands with nettles every morning to help with her arthritis. She said the increased blood flow from the inflammation helped somehow. Reminds me of the people who get stung by bees to help with MS.

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      30 days ago

      formic acid is also a rapid fixitive and decalcifier. We use it to treat bones to make them softer for histology so we can slice them into 4um cross sections (thats how microscope slides are made, then we stain them with pretty colours)

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      You body will acclimate to the feeling after repeated exposure.

      My partner spent so many years removing nettle from wetland restoration sites that she doesn’t even feel it anymore.