Stinging Nettle-Ade Recipe (2024)

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How do you prepare stinging nettle for medicinal purposes? ›

Stinging nettle tea recipe for your nerves. You can use fresh or dried nettles in this recipe for a herbal tea to help your nervous system. Add to a teapot or coffee plunger with 150ml hot water. Leave to steep for about 10 minutes.

Various bioactive chemical constituents have been isolated from stinging nettle to date, such as flavonoids, phenolic acids, amino acid, carotenoids, and fatty acids.

The root and above ground parts are used as medicine. Stinging nettle root is taken by mouth for urination problems related to an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia [BPH]).

At this point, it's best to think of stinging nettles in a similar fashion to spinach in terms of cooking the leaves. Quickly blanching them in a pot of boiling water will deaden the sting. But leave them for too long and - like spinach - the leaves will wilt too far, and start to lose flavour, texture and goodness.

Put the nettle leaf and alcohol in pint jar, stir and cover with the lid. Label the jar with contents. Place the jar in a cool, dark place, and shake it daily. After 2-3 weeks, strain into bowl and use wooden spoon to press down on herbs left in strainer to get all the goodness.

Lavender can not only be rubbed onto the skin as an insect repellent, but it can also be used to treat bee or wasp stings, insect bites and nettle stings.

Stinging Nettle oil is usually extracted from the dried leaves and root of the plant. Once the oil is heat extracted, the stinging properties of the fine hairs disappear.

Avoid if you're pregnant or breastfeeding because there isn't enough information on its safety. Use with caution if you're elderly because of the potential of causing low blood pressure. And use stinging nettle with caution if you have diabetes because of the potential that it may lower or raise blood sugar levels.

What is the toxin in stinging nettles? ›

The gympietides, found in the fluid-filled stinging trichomes covering the leaves and stems of these members of the nettle family, were identified as the main causative agents eliciting spontaneous action potential discharge, an axon reflex flare and nocifensive behaviors in vivo⁸.

For allergic rhinitis, the recommended dosage is 600 mg of dried nettle leaf per day taken in three separate doses. In benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a daily dose of 360 mg of aqueous root extract taken as 3 divided doses is suggested for up to 6 months.

Nettle root is recommended for complaints associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). We therefore conducted a comprehensive review of the literature to summarise the pharmacological and clinical effects of this plant material.

The root of the stinging nettle is used to treat mictional difficulties associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia, while the leaves are used to treat arthritis, rheumatism, and allergic rhinitis.

Separate Leaves From Stalks

Make sure that all of the leaves are separated from the stalks. Drop the leaves into a sink or bowl of warm water and let them sit for about 10 minutes. This washing process by itself will remove much of the sting from the nettles.

Scroll up to blog post to see everything you need to know about where to find nettles plus step-by-step instructions with photos! A word of caution: Do NOT eat stinging nettles raw. They will sting your skin and the inside of your mouth. The stingers must be deactivated before eating.

Roots, seeds, stems and young, tender leaves are all edible. Native Indigenous people use stinging nettle for medicine, ceremony and as a food source. Mature fibrous stems have been used to make rope, cloth and fishing net.

You can buy nettle tea loose or in teabags, but you can also grow or harvest the leaves yourself. With fresh leaves, experiment with the ratio of nettle to water you prefer, but a general reference is two cups of water for every cup of leaves.