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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I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 1 day 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.
Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 19 hours ago
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.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 hours ago
So she was literally fighting inflammation with inflammation? That’s either badass, stupid, or both 😄
cokeslutgarbage@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
It’s called urtification (after the latin for nettles, Urtica dioica) , and humans have been doing it forever for exactly the reasons she mentioned.