|
|
| |
|
|
Nettle boosts testosterone levels
that are key to vitality
Nettles are a potent herb with a long history of use. This herb is one of natures best nutraceuticals, containing protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, beta-carotene, along with vitamins A,C, D, and B complex, all in a form that is easy for the body to use.
The stinging comes from the presence on the bristles of histamine that delivers a stinging burn when the hairs on the leaves and stems are touched.
Stinging nettle contains natural antihistamines and anti-inflammatories (including quercetin), that open up constricted bronchial and nasal passages, helping to ease hay fever, and nose & sinus type allergies symptoms.
Extracts of nettle roots are reliable diuretics that encourage excretion of uric acid, but simultaneously discourage nighttime bathroom urges, making this remarkable plant useful for such disparate problems as gout, bed-wetting, and, the overnight urinary woes of benign prostate enlargement.
Nettles use a tonic of the female system goes back to the Native American women who used it throughout pregnancy and as a remedy to stop hemorrhaging during childbirth. It is considered one of the best all round women's tonics. |
|
|
|
Preparation Methods :Teas, poultice, tinctures. Use two teaspoons of dried nettles per pint of boiling water for table or afternoon tea and increase to three to four teaspoons per pint for medicinal tea .The completely dried herb can be sprinkled onto food. The fresh young plants cooked until tender are excellent with just a little butter.
 Remedies using : Nettle
|
|
|
|
|
 Flies dislike nettles and a bunch hung by the kitchen door will keep them out. | | Nettles are high in boron, the Rheumatoid Disease Foundation recommends getting 3 milligrams of boron a day. | | Replace coffee, tea and sodas, with nourishing herbal teas, especially stinging nettle, oatstraw and comfrey. | | Leftover nettle tea also makes nutritious house plant water and leaves or dregs can be sprinkled on potted plant soil to boost mineral content. | | Finely crushed, dried nettles can be used in place of dried parsley for adding enlivening color to soups, stews or any dish calling for a sprinkle of greenery. | | Strongly brewed nettle tea and powdered plant are noted for having power to stop hemorrhaging, internal bleeding and excessive flow from wounds and cuts. |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
Childbirth |
|
Used to stimulate mothers milk, and to restore a woman's energy after childbirth. |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
Hay fever/Sinus |
|
Stinging nettle contains natural antihistamines and anti-inflammatories (including quercetin), that open up constricted bronchial and nasal passages. Some herbal authorities assert that no other remedy eases hay fever, and nose & sinus type allergies symptoms so markedly. James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000) |
|
|
osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, tendinitis and bursitis |
|
The anti-inflammatory substances join with the rich concentration of the minerals boron and silicon to help ease the pain of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, tendinitis and bursitis. The leaves can be used raw and applied directly to the rheumatic pain area, they increase circulation and draw out pain. |
|
|
Enlarged prostate |
|
For the purposes of men's sexual health, the key ingredients in stinging nettles are the sterols, that appear to lessen the action of DHT, the form of testosterone that causes the prostate to enlarge. |
| |
| |
|
|
Acute arthritis, osteo, rheumatoid |
|
|
In a scientific study of patients with acute arthritis, stewed stinging nettle leaves enhanced the anti-inflammatory effect of diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication (NSAID) . Stinging Nettle. (2007-12-13), www.umm.edu |
|
|
Osteoporosis |
|
Taking mineral rich herbs in capsule or tincture form won't do much for your bones. One cup of nettle tincture contains the same amount of calcium - 300 mg - as one cup of nettle infusion. Many women drink two or more cups of herbal tea a day, but no one drinks a cup of tincture! The boron in nettles helps protect bones. Nettle provide a good green source of calcium along with protein Susun Weed, New Menopausal Years, The Wise Woman Way (2002) |
| |
|
| Side Effects: |
|---|
| The sting of the nettle can cause a rash in some people. It is a strange fact the the juice of the nettle can provide relief for its own sting. It can also be relieved by rubbing leaves of rosemary, mint or sage. |
|
|
![Millspaugh, Charles F.[99]](images/oils/nettle.jpg)
Millspaugh, Charles F.[99]
Nettles, despite their perfect adaptation to North America, are not native but where brought over from England by John Josselyn. This hardy plant can be seen on nature walks throughout temperate regions throughout the world and presents a pretty and delicate array of greenish-white flowers, and of course the bristles and hairs that put the 'sting' into stinging nettles.
|
|
 This is also an herb Mars claims dominion over. Nettle-tops eaten in the Spring consume the phlegmatic superfluities in the body of man, that the coldness and moistness of Winter hath left behind. Nicholas Culpeper |
 In Hans Andersons fairy-tale of the Princess and the Eleven Swans, the coats she wove for them were made of nettles. Indeed nettle fibers, like hemp and flax have been used for textiles. A quaint old superstition exited that a fever could be dispelled by plucking a Nettle up by its roots, reciting therby the names of the sick man and also the names of his family.
Called "wergulu" in old Wessex in the tenth century, nettle was one of the nine sacred herbs, along with mugwort, plantain, watercress, chamomile, crab apple, chervil, and fennel. |
|
| (1)Tillford, "Herbs for Pets", 184-186 |
Medicinal Healing Herbs : Properties and Uses
|
Common Misspellings:
|
|
Organic Nettle Leaf
