The most common benefit I've heard of for using stinging nettle, is to treat allergies, strengthen the immune system and aid in kidney cleansing.
If harvesting, make sure to wear gloves! Some people, myself included, do not have a severe reaction to stinging nettles. Either way, the sting is not a pleasant experience. Most people get welts where the sting gets in contact with their skin and experience a tingling sensation for hours after. Boiling, blanching and drying nettle leaves neutralizes the sting.
Harvest the young leaves at the top of the plant. I harvest no more than 2-3 stratum of leaves.
Nettle tea
Nettle tea may be useful in eliminating cold viruses and bacterial infections. Preparation: the tea can be prepared through soaking the fresh or dried leaves in boiled water. I like to use fresh leaves and then strain them out and use them to cook with (nettle ravioli, pasta with a creamy nettle sauce or nettle pesto here I come!).
Nettle infusion
Washing the scalp with nettle (leaves or roots) infusion and nettle tincture may help thicken and strengthen hair. Preparation: to prepare the infusion: mix 60g of finely crushed nettles with two and a half cups of water. The mixture is boiled, and then covered for 10 minutes. It can be used either hot or cold.
Nettle tincture
Eliminates dandruff and leaves the hair silky, strong and revitalized. Preparation: leave six-seven fresh leaves or two spoons of the dried plant to macerate in half a liter of high-proof alcohol for ten days. The mixture is then used to rub on the hair root.
Nettle juice
Preparation: gather the nettle leaves and stem and put them into a fruit juicer. Filter the paste and keep the juice in the fridge in dark bottles.
Nettle tea may be useful in eliminating cold viruses and bacterial infections. Preparation: the tea can be prepared through soaking the fresh or dried leaves in boiled water. I like to use fresh leaves and then strain them out and use them to cook with (nettle ravioli, pasta with a creamy nettle sauce or nettle pesto here I come!).
Nettle infusion
Washing the scalp with nettle (leaves or roots) infusion and nettle tincture may help thicken and strengthen hair. Preparation: to prepare the infusion: mix 60g of finely crushed nettles with two and a half cups of water. The mixture is boiled, and then covered for 10 minutes. It can be used either hot or cold.
Nettle tincture
Eliminates dandruff and leaves the hair silky, strong and revitalized. Preparation: leave six-seven fresh leaves or two spoons of the dried plant to macerate in half a liter of high-proof alcohol for ten days. The mixture is then used to rub on the hair root.
Nettle juice
Preparation: gather the nettle leaves and stem and put them into a fruit juicer. Filter the paste and keep the juice in the fridge in dark bottles.
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