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Top Product Attributes

  • Common Name

    Nettle Leaf, Stinging Nettle

  • Botanical Name

    Urtica dioica

  • Part Used

    Leaf

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  • Alcohol

    45%

  • Dose

    15 to 80mL weekly

A traditional treatment for inflammation and allergy, nettle leaf is a natural antihistamine. Although the stinging hairs can inject histamines into the skin and cause a reaction it paradoxically helps with allergies as well. Nettle leaf can also help alleviate the symptoms of osteoarthritis and joint pain. 

Main Product Attributes
A guide to Nettle Leaf and its properties

  • Traditional Use

    In many European cultures nettle regularly crossed the bridge between being a food and a medicine. The young spring greens offered a mineral rich, pleasant tasting vegetable prized along with other greens such as dandelion as a ‘spring cure’. In Western herbal medicine nettle has traditionally been used as a tonic herb and recommended for complaints associated with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and urinary tract infections. ‘Urtication’ or flogging with nettles was a traditional remedy for chronic rheumatism and general muscle weakness. This has lead to modern research into the herb’s action in respect to this. Being rich in minerals such as iron, nettle was used for lethargy and depleted states and recovery after childbirth.

  • Actions

    Anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, antioxidant, astringent, diuretic, hepatoprotective, irritant (topical), nutritive tonic

  • Indications

    •    Inflammatory joint disease - arthritis, osteoarthritis, tendonitis
    •    Neuralgia
    •    Allergic rhinitis, allergies
    •    Atopic eczema
    •    Inflammatory conditions of the urinary tract
    •    Fluid retention
    •    Prevention of chemical toxicity and liver damage
    •    Fatigue and general weakness

  • Energetics

    Cooling, drying

  • Use in Pregnancy

    Use with caution in the first trimester.

  • Contraindications & Cautions

    People with known sensitivities or allergies to stinging nettle should use this herb cautiously. Local application of nettle can be irritating, and cause contact urticaria, but preparations taken internally are generally well tolerated.

  • Drug Interactions

    Caution with lithium and warfarin. Monitor with antidiabetic and antihypertensive drugs.

  • Dietary Information

    Vegan friendly. Gluten and dairy free

  • Substitutes

    Dandelion Leaf, Oats Green, Alfalfa, Horsetail, Red Clover, Chickweed, Raspberry Leaf, Perilla, Albizia, Baical Scullcap