Nettle Leaf

Nettle  Urtica dioica Family Urticaceae (nettle) Part Aerial parts Energetics Sweet, bitter, earthen, stimulating Actions Nutritive, antirheumatic, hemostatic, antiallergic Organs/Systems Skin, liver, kidneys, bladder Description There would be a shorter list of what Nettle can’t be used for. Nettle has a very broad spectrum of applications, and in general is a strengthening tonic to the entire body system. The more well-known uses are to reduce symptoms of seasonal allergies and to clean the blood. The high micronutrient content such as chlorophyll, carotenoids, vitamins, minerals, and amino acids make it a remarkably nutritive herb. Nettle both detoxifies and nourishes tissues at the same time, making it a tonic for the whole body. It removes waste products in the joints to treat gout, arthritis, and muscle soreness. Blemishes on the skin often occur from an overload of waste products accumulating in the blood be it environmental toxins, inflammatory byproducts from a not-so-great di