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🌿Nettle, Urtica dioica

Growing to 3 ft in height, nettle is a perennial native to Europe, Asia, North America, and Northern Africa. Between June and September small green flowers bloom. It is referred to as stinging nettle for the stinging rash you get when handling the raw plant. Wear gloves!

Key constituents:

Vitamins: A,C, K & some B
Minerals: calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron.
Flavonoids
Amines (histamine, serotonin)
Glucoquinone

️Key actions:

Anti-inflammatory
Diuretic
Antihistamine
Astringent
Tonic

🌿You can utilize nettle internally and externally. The root and aerial parts are foraged and sometimes the seeds. It is most common to use the aerial parts (stems/leaves). The plant can be used many ways including teas, tinctures, poultice, ointments, infusions, culinary dishes and more.

Internally nettle can aid with increased vitamin and mineral intake(varied constituents listed above), allergies, hay fever, headaches, cleansing and more.
Externally it is wonderful for eczema, slows/stops bleeding, fresh leaves are used on skin for rheumatic pain and more.

As always make sure if on medications to talk with your doctor before consuming. If on blood pressure or diuretic meds you may want to avoid taking.

What are your favorite ways to use nettle? I use it in tea and make a great compost booster with it.