If you spent time outdoors as a child, down by the river or deep in the woods, the chances are high that you got stung by a ...

Rubbing a dock leaf on the affected area to ease the ensuing discomfort is a well-known ancient folk remedy first mentioned 600 years ago by Geoffrey Chaucer in Troilus and Criseyde, point out the ...

Dock leaves are the traditional remedy for nettle stings, but scientists have found a new little gem. Rubbing a lettuce leaf on a nettle rash appears to be just as good at taking away the pain as ...

Many imaginative and optimistic medicinal claims made for dock leaves over the years, but it is the broad-leaved dock’s reputation for alleviating nettle stings that has survived the centuries. The ...

Dock leaves for nettle stings are an ancient remedy but may be unscientific, say researchers Credit: Getty The ancient folk remedy is more than 600 years old but the science behind it is untested.