Nettle - Urtica dioica

Urtica Dioica

Nettle

Family: Urticaceae
 
Part used: Whole plant
 
Energy and Flavours: Bland, slightly bitter, cool
 
Constituents: High amounts of chlorophyll, histamine, iron, vitamin C, tannin, fibre, alkaloid, vitamin A, silicon, potassium, protein and fibre, serotonin, acetyl-choline, calcium, formic acid
 
Actions: Diuretic, astringent, blood tonic, haemostatic, galactagogue, expectorant, nutritive, hypoglycaemic, depurative, vasodilatory, antiseptic, hypotensive, splenic, circulatory stimulant, amphoteric (normaliser) - breast milk. Remineraliser, antirheumatic, strengthens natural resistance, eliminates uric acid from the body
 
Systems affected: Small intestines, bladder, lungs
 
Used for: British Herbal Pharmacopoeia Uterine haemorrhage. Cutaneous eruptions, infantile and psychogenic eczema, epistaxis, melaena
 
BHP Spec: nervous eczema
 
Iron deficiency anaemia, gout (acute painful joints - partial amelioration), first stage of fevers (repeat frequently), malaria, inflammation of uvula, foul smelling sores, to stimulate kidneys, detoxifies the blood, nettle and raspberry leaf for calcium and iron in pregnancy. To withstand onset of uraemia in kidney disease, chronic skin disease, malaena (blood in stool), splenic disorders, high blood sugar in diabetes, feeble digestion due to low levels of HCL, bleeding of stomach, bowels, lungs and uterus. Has power to eliminate urates: expulsion of gravel. On taking nettle tea for high blood pressure passage of gravel is possible and should be regarded as a favourable sign. For women desiring an ample bust. Lobster and shell fish allergy, strawberry allergy. Nettle rash. Hair - fall out - teas used as a rinse. Frequent drinks of nettle tea often allay itching of Hodgekins disease (Thomas Bartram)
 
No plant is more useful in domestic medicine
 
Taken over a long period is a tonic that will benefit the whole of the body especially lungs, stomach and urinary tract. Nutritive - anaemia. Sprinkling powder on a wound helps stop bleeding. Asthma, chronic and acute urinary complaints, urinary stones, nephritis and cystitis, diarrhoea, dysentery, haemorrhoids and chronic arthritic and rheumatic problems (Michael Tierra)
 
Nettle root highly effective for the treatment of enlarged prostate, contains high amounts of sterols, especially sitosterol and isolectins, which stimulate the production of white blood cells that counteract infections and inflammations (Michael Tierra)
 
Strengthen and support the whole body. Specific for childhood and nervous eczema (David Hoffman)
 
Tincture of the seeds is said to raise thyroid function and reduce goitre, reduce fevers and lung disorders. Clears catarrhal congestion - hayfever, bronchitis, asthma (A. McIntyre)
 
Particularly useful for conditions caused by neurosis (International Register of Consultant Herbalists)

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