NETTLES
Urtica

Common Nettle
urtica dioica

AKA
ARCHANGEL
DEAD-NETTLE
LAMIUM

Culinary

Irritant
Wear gloves when handling nettles plants.

This herb is abundant in minerals and highly nutritive,
providing a general tonifying boost to the entire body.

Try nettle tea through the winter months.
It helps build up resistance to allergens.

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Nettles are said to have a variety of healing properties,
affecting different parts of the body.

First and foremost, they are considered wonderful nutrition,
which provides a first-rate form of preventative medicine.
Of special notice is the high calcium content in the plant,
particularly when taken raw, which can be indispensable in certain
conditions, especially tuberculosis and lymphatic congestion.

Nettles promote general detoxification throughout the body.
This removal of waste material is an excellent treatment
for some cases of rheumatism and arthritis

The cleansing power of nettles benefits eczema
in childhood and eczema related to nervous tension.

Stinging nettle helps bones retain calcium.
Nettle is good for clearing phlegm in the lungs and bronchial tubes.
It has been used as an anti-asthmatic herb,
the raw juice being given in honey.
It is sometimes combined with equal parts of comfrey and mullein,
with a pinch of lobelia added, for asthma.
An ounce of herbs is steeped in a pint of boiled water and strained,
the tea taken three or four times a day.
This remedy is effective when taken over a long period of time.
Whether the wheezing or shortness of breath is considered
true asthma or not, this remedy can help overcome such problems.

Cooked, nettle leaves look and taste like spinach.

anti-inflammatory


SOURCES
An Herb to Know: Nettle
Medicinal Herbs Online
ABC Homeopathy
Henriette's Herbal
Herbs 2000
Magdalin


05122005