Urtica dioica
By amblealice
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Also known as: Common nettle; Stinging nettle; The Naughty Man’s
Plaything.
Plant folklore: Good for the skin and the kidneys. Relieves gout.
Eaten as a vegetable in spring will protect against disease for the rest of the year.
Beating the wrists with the plant treats arthritis.
Used as a whip in punishment.
In Denmark, stings protect against sorcery.
Introduced to Britain by the Roman soldiers who expected to need to beat themselves with nettles to keep warm.!!
Said to reduce prostate enlargement and thus, have aphrodisiac properties!!!!
“Grasping the nettle” is supposed to flatten the tiny hairs which carry the stinging compounds and, thus prevent the sting.
Removes curses, allays fear and averts danger.
Factual inf: Sting can be alleviated by rubbing dock leaf on the skin.
Dock is often found close to nettles
23 Nov, 2009
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I'm assuming all disease Morgana......Don't yu go hitting yourself with it now...don't want you being covered with sting "bumps......lol
23 Nov, 2009
interesting info on nettles, only knew the dock leaf releaf info
23 Nov, 2009
Bloomin' things! They hide from me under other plants and 'get' me just when I don't expect it! There aren't any docks in my garden, either. :-(((
23 Nov, 2009
no docks here either just stinging nettles :o(
23 Nov, 2009
I get annual ones, as well as the perennials! :-(((((((((((((
23 Nov, 2009
A girl has got to get her bumps some way hehe nettle tea is good for you helps you to pass water easier good for the kidneys gentler to the them , if you have inflamation especially in the legs as a nurse from another garden site told me to drink. Nettles also attract butterflies too.
23 Nov, 2009
Not the little ones I get, Morgana - I don't leave them in - I get my gardening gloves on and out they come!
23 Nov, 2009
Younger the better spritz just the ones to make the tea with.
23 Nov, 2009
No chance! I'll stick to my normal tea-bags, thanks!
23 Nov, 2009
Supposed to make nice soup....
23 Nov, 2009
I know - but I don't fancy that, either! Silly, I know - but I just couldn't.
23 Nov, 2009
I know someone whose grandfather made her roll in a patch of nettles when she was a little girl, because she had rheumatism. She has never suffered from it since.
24 Nov, 2009
still feeling the sting i expect hywel :o(( how awfull, would get done for child abuse now
24 Nov, 2009
She is in her 80s now lol
24 Nov, 2009
lol hywel, maybe they were very long stings on them nettles lol
24 Nov, 2009
lol. They have lasted a long time :o)
And she said afterwards her grampa covered her whole body in dock leaves
24 Nov, 2009
i bet, bet she`s been scarred for life,, mentally i mean lol all them awfull nettle stings, bad enough just one, anyway glad she doesnt suffer with doh! forgot what its called now talking nettles lol,, phew!... rheumatism ;o)) any plants good for bad memories out there lol
24 Nov, 2009
I wish I could find something for a bad memory aswell lol
24 Nov, 2009
The naughty man's plaything???????????????
Never heard it called that before!!
Isnt rosemary supposed to be good for the memory?
27 Nov, 2009
Yes it is a strange name ( ?? )
27 Nov, 2009
Lol! It makes the mind boggle!!
27 Nov, 2009
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Is that all disease if eaten in the spring or just a certain disease. I shall have to try this for my arthritis. thanks for the information
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