what are stinging nettle tablets good for?

Answer 1

Urtica dioca, one of my favorite plants. But it would never occur to me to buy nettle tablets, of all things. I'd get the plant material itself, or as a 2nd choice I'd look for a high-quality nettle tincture from a respected manufacturer.

And what are nettles good for? They offer a vast range of medicinal and nutritional properties.

Nettles are sometimes used to manage allergies. This is because nettles nourish the adrenal glands, which are intricately involved in the body's production of many hormones. Strengthening the adrenal glands means increasing the body's ability to cope with and resist allergens.

By the same token (support for adrenals), nettles are frequently included in tinctures and infusions to combat stress and recover from illnesses.

The "weight-loss" aspect mentioned by another correspondent refers to the slight diuretic property of this plant. I don't know if this will matter much in a tincture, let alone a tablet, but the raw plant material will have an extremely slight diuretic effect in an infusion. Obviously, if one wants to lose weight there are serious ways to go about it, and relying on nettle tablets for this purpose would be useless.

Nettle leaves themselves are chockfull of vitamins and minerals. Far more vitamin A and C than spinach or broccoli. More calcium, magnesium, potassium and trace minerals than spinach or broccoli. Together with dandelion leaves, nettles are one of the most nutritious plants that can easily be found.

For centuries northern Europeans have nourished themselves with nettle soup in the early spring, to perk themselves up after long winters without enough fresh vegetables. Where I live, an antique-gourmet society that specializes in re-creating the recipes of the early European settlers in North America always makes nettle soup for one of its spring meetings.

Nettle seeds and leaves have extremely slight hormonal properties and are often included in poultry and cattle feeds, to increase egg-and-milk-production.

Dried nettle root is often included in commercial preparations for benign prostate enlargement, although by itself it will not be strong enough to treat the problem.

No part of this plant is toxic even when consumed frequently.

Nettles grow prolifically everywhere in North America and Europe. If you can find a non-polluted site in the country you could gather the fresh leaves yourself and dry them (in brown paper lunch bags). Or you could buy the dried leaves, if you knew the vendor and were sure they came from an unpolluted source.

The most common and practical way to use this plant is to prepare an infusion from the leaves, which is a fancy name for a tea that's steeped at least 4 hours. In common with most wild dark-green-leaved medicinal plants, nettles require this long infusion period so as to extract its properties into the water medium. Overnight steeping is fine. In the morning, for a breakfast beverage or whenever you wish, heat some up with perhaps some grated ginger or mint for flavour. Leftover infusion gets added to homemade soup or used to simmer fresh vegetables.

The high calcium/magnesium/trace mineral content of such an infusion would play a positive role in maintaining bone density, a serious concern as both women and men age.

The flavour of nettles contradicts the "stinging" part of its common name. Flavour is mild, and very slightly on the sweet side.

In closing, an entertaining story: the famous Graeco-Roman doctor Dioscorides wrote, in the first century AD, of a treatment for arthritis. It goes like this. Strip the patient to his skin and thrash with the plants (these often grow to a height of 5 or 6 feet). You can bet that these patients felt differently afterwards! But the notion is not totally crazy. The stings probably produced an effect somewhat related to acupuncture, by increasing the poor patient's level of endorphins, assuming he survived the treatment.

Answer 2

I have seen stinging nettle listed on some weight loss products, so maybe it's an appetite suppressant? Google would tell you.

Answer 3

Some people take nettle tablets to help with skin diseases such as eczema; they may have a detoxifying action in the body

Answer 4

I am an alternative medicinal therapist and I prescribe these tablets for a lot of my patients because they help to clean out the system and are a diuretic (help you to lose excessive water) very helpful during the menstrual cycle. Also helpful in bladder infections. You can get these in capsule form and as a tea

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