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Weed related to Harry Potter, a herb and Islamic Fundamentalist


Katie at FoxMedics
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The HOGWEED closely related to Hogwarts, Cow Parsley and apparently also known as 'Taliban'! :confused1: Seems to be sweeping the nation and causing havoc and intense burns to children and adults along the way! The blisters are Giganticusss!:ohmy:

I am sure you are all well aware of its appearance (looks like Cow Parsley but larger) but did you know that the chemicals in the sap can cause photodermatitis which is a longer ongoing condition. This is where the skin becomes sensitive to sunlight and can cause a dermatitis type reaction to the area of skin that was exposed to the sap. Some of the signs and symptoms are sore, inflamed and itchy skin and maybe further blisters. :argh::nurse:

 

Be aware of the WEED!

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I think it's probably more true to say that it's sweeping the tabloid newspaper and Facebook nation......

 

 

I agree, I never was affected by it as a kid, we even used to cut it and whack each other with it, tho this may have been cow parsley! My missus said to me will it hurt the kids? I said not if they keep there visors down when they strimming it!

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I don't know the difference between all the white umbrella plants, normal hogweed, hemlock, cow parsnip, cow parsley etc etc but I have on a couple of occasions ended up with dozens of very itchy spots and blisters on my arms and back of neck after strimming rough ground.

 

Obviously a reaction to a plant, defiantly no giant hogweed in the area.

 

Now started wearing full length overalls buttoned right up, gloves, and a long visor, fun on a hot day!

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I think it's probably more true to say that it's sweeping the tabloid newspaper and Facebook nation......

 

It really is horrible stuff if you get the sap on you, we had some near us years ago and it looks like big cow parsley which we used to call kek and we made whistles out of the stems but if you got hogweed sap in your mouth it could be very nasty.

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couple of good links here:

 

Common Hogweed – Identification, Edibility, Distribution Galloway Wild Foods Common hogweed

 

THE POISON GARDEN Website Blog - 26th August 2011 Giant hogweed

 

http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/3628256/giant-hogweed1.pdf (compares the 2 with size / scale)

 

You've got to go some to confuse common with giant - maybe a bit more media hysteria will do the trick whilst simultaneously reducing the numbers of people out on public footpaths so that the reduction in maintenance funding goes unnoticed!

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