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Herb name: Nettle, Urtica dioica and Urtica urens

herbs - nettle

Family: Urticaceae

Useful plant parts: The overground parts and seeds

Description: Small nettle can grow up to 50 cm, while the large nettle can grow over one meter in height. The small nettle is a unicameral plant, while the large nettle is a bicameral perennial. Its leaves are pointed, covered with tiny hair like fibers, and have toothed borders. As most people are probably aware of, contact with skin can cause burns.

   

Collecting period and locations: Nettles generally like fairly fertilized soil, and are therefore often located near human dwellings, along fences, houses, junkyards, along railways, and at similar places. As for the gathering of this plant, the leaves are picked, in the period from May to August, and are dried up in warm and dry air.

Medicinal properties and applications: The nettle can be used to clean the body from various toxins. Nettle tea is also good for treating bile and liver problems. Active substances from nettle leaves also stimulate secretion of urine, which further contributes to cleaning of the organism. Nettle is also famous for its positive effect on the prostate.

   

Active compounds: Mineral compunds (relatively high amount of iron), acetylcholine, formic acid, histamine, vitamins and chlorophyll.

Recipe: 2 full teaspoons of dried nettle leaves are added to a fourth liter of boiling water, which is then cooked 5-10 minutes, and strained. Tea is used while still warm, and the standard therapy lasts between 4 and 8 weeks.

 

 

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