The herb in the spotlight for this season, is nettle. It is het wild herb and the official name is Urtica dioca. Nettle works very well for ailments as rheumatism and fibromyalgia. You can find these blogs under the header health.
Some people see nettle as a weed, but nettle has a lot of healing capacities.
You can find nettle on, for example, roadsides. If you want to harvest, look for a clean place and don’t forget your gloves. Only take the new, fresh leaves.
Nettle is good for hair and skin, it is against hay fever, it is good for the digestive tract, for the bones, rheumatism and it works well for peeing-problems.
You should always blanch the nettle slightly. By blanching, the nettle loses it’s spiky character. You can use nettle as spinach, you can use it in soups and in stews. Like spinach, you better not warm up nettle for a second time.
How to make nettle soup:
* you only use the fresh leaves froma clean place.
* chop them
* put them in a soupplate or bowl
* pour over with your own soupcreation.
So, you don’t cook the nettle, because then it will lose it’s healing properties.
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May 2019
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