Description
Nettle
Urtica dioica
Nettle can be added to soup, vegetable dishes, meat and egg dishes. Use like spinach.
Nettle is a cleansing detoxifying herb, it increases urine production and the elimination of waste products. It is useful for skin problems and arthritic when poor kidney function and fluid retention are the cause.
Nettle slows bleeding from wounds and nosebleeds and also heavy menstruation. It is also useful for anaemia, allergies, and increases breast milk production.
Other Uses
Nettle is used in herbal beer, and to add colour to foods and medicines.
Part Used
Aerial Parts
Actions
Nutritive tonic, diuretic, anti-haemorrhagic, hypoglycaemic, circulatory stimulant, galactagogue, alterative.
