{"id":1407,"date":"2013-02-13T03:01:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T03:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2013-05-18T19:53:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T19:53:00","slug":"nettle-urtica-dioica-urtica-urens-in-some-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1407","title":{"rendered":"Nettle ~ Urtica dioica (Urtica urens in some places)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>Nettle<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Latin name<\/em>: Urtica dioica (Urtica urens in some places)<\/p>\n

Family<\/em>: Urticaceae<\/p>\n

Part used<\/em>: young aerial parts, root<\/p>\n

Habitat<\/em>: waste places throughout world<\/p>\n

Main constituents<\/em>: chlorophyll, indoles (histamine, serotonin), acetylcholine, Vitamin C, fiber<\/p>\n

Energetics<\/em>: drying, stimulating<\/p>\n

Main herbal actions<\/em>: alkalizing diuretic, astringent, tonic, antihemorrhagic, alterative<\/p>\n

Minor herbal actions<\/em>: urinary tract tonic<\/p>\n

Main medicinal uses<\/em>: hemorrhage, skin complaints (i.e. eczema, skin eruptions)<\/p>\n

Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: acute hay fever and histaminic allergic reactions (requires special preparation- Khalsa), asthma, gouty arthritis, edema; root is used for benign prostatic hyperplasia<\/p>\n

Preparations<\/em>: infusion: 1 tsp\/cup water; decoction: more indicated if minerals are desired; 1:1 tincture: 10-60 gtt qd-qid; best used long-term in chronic illnesses, specially prepared in capsules for acute conditions: 1-15 grams per day (Khalsa)<\/p>\n

Contraindications<\/em>: pregnancy (large doses); raw<\/p>\n

Toxicity<\/em>: unknown
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\nSources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth; <\/span>Wren, R.C. Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Encyclopedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n

Nettle Module 2 lecture<\/span><\/h2>\n

Nettle has essentially 3 main uses which are very different remedies:<\/p>\n

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  1. \n

    Nutritive Tonic<\/span><\/h4>\n
      \n
    1. A food that is roughly comparable to spinach in nutritional quality<\/li>\n
    2. Tea is edible as food when cooked, it looses it’s sting.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    3. \n

      General Respiratory Remedy<\/span><\/h4>\n
        \n
      1. Anti-inflammatory<\/li>\n
      2. Used in tea is high doses<\/li>\n
      3. Healing benefit for the lungs ?<\/strong> <\/span>in particular<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      4. \n

        Anti-Allergy Remedy<\/span><\/h4>\n
          \n
        1. Nettle contains ingredients (probably a flavanoid) that is anti-histamatic<\/li>\n
        2. Use it when you want anti-histamine type benefit\n
            \n
          1. Nettle doesn’t make you sleepy,<\/li>\n
          2. doesn’t dry you out<\/li>\n
          3. just shuts down the histamine response<\/li>\n
          4. takes about 5 minutes<\/li>\n
          5. Need to use especially processed Nettle because the flavanoid is easily destroyed<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
          6. Freeze dried Nettle is good, but is double the price<\/li>\n
          7. To treat an allergy, take one capsule when allergy symptoms begin, or even preventatively, in 5 minutes, take another.<\/li>\n
          8. Take every 5 minutes until the symptoms are resolved.<\/li>\n
          9. Dose: 4 to 8 capsules per allergy episode.<\/li>\n
          10. Relief lasts 4 to 6 hours.<\/li>\n
          11. Nettle is harmless stuff. can take a huge amount.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Nettle contains Formic Acid, a simple organic acid.\u00c2\u00a0 As soon as it comes into contact with water, it decomposes.<\/p>\n

            Nettle Seed<\/span><\/h3>\n
              \n
            • Nettle seed has a kidney benefit<\/li>\n
            • One of the best herbs for general kidney benefit<\/li>\n
            • Nettle seed is challenging to find.\u00c2\u00a0 Seeds can be consumes as powder or whole.<\/li>\n
            • Include in urinary remedies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Nettle Leaf<\/span><\/h3>\n
                \n
              • Main uses:\n
                  \n
                • Nutritive food<\/li>\n
                • Lung support<\/li>\n
                • Allergy (specially processed)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  \u00c2\u00a0Herbal Defense page 187, 236
                  \n<\/span><\/h3>\n

                  Nettle Leaf is an<\/p>\n

                    \n
                  • excellent remedy for respiratory symptoms<\/li>\n
                  • antihistamine for hives<\/li>\n
                  • Alertative – nourishing blood cleanser<\/li>\n
                  • Helps clear clogged lymph nodes<\/li>\n
                  • Affinity for the prostate (p 236)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                    Nettle Latin name: Urtica dioica (Urtica urens in some places) Family: Urticaceae Part used: young aerial parts, root Habitat: waste places throughout world Main constituents: chlorophyll, indoles (histamine, serotonin), acetylcholine, Vitamin C, fiber Energetics: drying, stimulating Main herbal actions: alkalizing diuretic, astringent, tonic, antihemorrhagic, alterative Minor herbal actions: urinary tract …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[430,98,192,81,38,324,45,46,61,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alkalizing-diuretic","category-alterative","category-anti-hemorrhagic","category-astringent","category-drying","category-module-2","category-stimulating","category-tonic","category-urinary","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1407"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1410,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407\/revisions\/1410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}