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Nettle is unique in its composition and variety of healing properties. Unfortunately, most people perceive this plant as a weed, especially since it is common almost everywhere.

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They try to avoid it, so as not to burn it. And herbalists advise, on the contrary, not only not to avoid a burning plant, but also to collect it, because from time immemorial nettles treated ailments, and also prepared all sorts of dishes from it.



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Young May nettle in the hands of an experienced hostess can turn into an exquisite dish. Soups and salads from May nettle are not only useful, but also very tasty, and also saturated with a whole list of vitamins we need.

“One nettle replaces seven healers” – so they said in ancient times. The healing properties of nettle were well known to our ancestors, its popularity does not decrease today.





The vitamins and minerals that make up nettle make it one of the most useful medicinal herbs. Such a variety and concentration of vitamins can not be found even in the most useful vegetables and fruits!

For example, ascorbic acid (vitamin C) in nettle is much more than in lemon, and vitamin A is more than in carrots and spinach. In addition to the main group of vitamins, nettle includes vitamin E, necessary for people suffering from arthritis. It will improve the condition of the body and greatly relieve pain.





Vitamin H contained in nettle is involved in the liver and nervous system, and vitamin K provides blood clotting, prevents osteoporosis and protects the heart.

In addition to vitamins, the beneficial properties of nettle are due to its high content of calcium, magnesium and other elements necessary for the body. The composition of nettle includes organic acids and silicon, thanks to which nettle becomes an excellent strengthening agent.

Few people paid attention to the fact that the common in our latitudes nettle has two types: with oblong, drop-shaped leaves, it is a bi-dominal nettle, and with rounded, egg-shaped nettle.





The strength of the healing properties they are the same. Dwodom nettle begins to bloom in June, so it is not worth collecting yet, but the burning nettle blooms from the end of April-May, so you can start hunting for it.

Most often, nettle leaf is used for treatment, which is harvested in May-June. Nettle are harvested when the moon is growing, when the plant has special strength. Cut branches of the plant are moistened for 2-3 hours, then the leaves are cut.





Place the leaves in a well-ventilated room in a layer of 3 to 5 cm and dried. In dryers, the leaves are dried at a temperature of 40-50 degrees. The storage period of raw materials is 2 years.





Nettle root harvested from late autumn to early spring, flowers - in June-July, seeds - from the second half of August. For nettle juice, young leaves and stalks of nettle are used before it blooms.





Nettle has many healing properties. Among the main ones are: the ability to stop blood, diuretic and choleretic effects, the removal of inflammatory processes, the acceleration of the restoration of the mucous membranes of the digestive tract, the normalization of menstruation.

1. Infusion - from bleeding, nerves and swelling
   Infusion of nettle leaves It has several useful properties. First, it is a hemostatic agent (due to vitamin K) - it is effective for hemorrhoidal, intestinal and pulmonary bleeding.
   
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   In addition to the fact that nettle stops bleeding, it also improves blood flow (due to its high iron content), which is why it is useful for iron deficiency anemia.
   
   Secondly, the infusion has a calming effect (due to B vitamins), it is recommended to take it for nervous disorders, irritability and insomnia.
   
   And, thirdly, it is used as a diuretic for edema (the effect is achieved due to organic acids and flavonoids). To prepare the infusion, take 2 tbsp. l. fresh leaves (dried are not suitable), pour 400 ml of boiling water, insist for 2 hours, strain. Take 0.5 glasses a day 30 minutes before meals.
   
   
2. Juice - from wounds, acne and ulcers
   Fresh leaf juice has wound healing properties. You can squeeze it with a meat grinder, juicer or simple gauze (before that, the leaves must be thoroughly washed). With gastritis and ulcers, take juice 1 tsp 3-4 times a day 30 minutes before meals, diluting half a glass of water.
   
   
   
   Juice-soaked tampons help heal diaper rash, acne and wounds on the skin. To do this, they must be applied to problem places and glued with a patch, changed 2-3 times a day and do so until healing.
   
   With acne in parallel, you need to take the infusion of nettles inside. As a fortifying agent, it is best to drink fresh, while it should be diluted: 1 tbsp. l. juice per glass of water.
   
   
3. The broth is for hair
   Washing the head with a decoction of nettle helps with seborrhea and focal, or nesting, baldness (thanks to chlorophyll). Take 100 g of leaves, boil them for 30 minutes in 1 liter of vinegar diluted with water in a 1: 1 ratio. My head in the evening before bed, no shampoo, every other day. The course is 3-4 weeks, then a break for 1-2 weeks and repeat the course again.
   
   
4. Recipe for reducing blood sugar
   Take 2 tablespoons of dry crushed leaves, mix with a glass of yogurt and take before eating. 2 weeks of treatment. Then take a ten-day break and repeat the two-week course of treatment. The best result is achieved with a five-fold repetition of the course of treatment with ten-day breaks.
   
   
5. For men's health.
   Nettle seeds have long been considered an indispensable tool for maintaining male power. For use, they are brewed and consumed the resulting decoction half an hour before meals, in the morning and evening. In the early stages of prostate adenoma, men are useful tea from dry leaves: 2 tbsp. l of dry product pour a glass of boiling water and insist for 5-10 minutes. Take this tea in the morning and evening for one to two months.
   
   
6. For women's health
   In the case of prolonged or painful periods, nettle tea can be used. This drink increases the number of platelets and the level of hemoglobin in the blood. Another positive property of nettle is the ability to cleanse the blood. In gynecology, herbal collections are often used, since in the complex they have maximum effectiveness. Nettle to enhance the positive effect can be combined with a bullfish, yarrow and horsetail.
   
   With insufficient milk during breastfeeding, you can drink nettle juice diluted in purified water, or add young leaves to tea.
   
   
7. Contraindications
   It is contraindicated to use drugs from nettle to pregnant women, since the tone of the uterus increases. Nettle should not be used for people who have thick blood, as this plant contributes to blood clotting. Nettle is also contraindicated in thrombophlebitis and varicose veins.

In the hungry military and postwar 50s, nettle, along with swan and sorrel, was almost the main food of barefoot children. They ate it from early spring until late autumn, and their mothers managed to cook many dishes from this plant - shila, salads and cakes.

In our more satiated time, nettle has receded into the background and almost completely forgotten about it. And in vain, the nutritional value of nettle is not inferior to legumes.

In some national cuisines, nettle, as a mandatory ingredient, is part of branded dishes. Due to the presence of a large amount of vitamins, chlorophyll and especially protein, nettle is perfect for making borsch, soups and salads.

Nettle dishes

1. Nettle stitches
   Take well-washed young nettle leaves, put them in boiling water for a few minutes, wait for softening, then recline on a sieve and dry a little. Carrots and parsley with onions cut and slightly stew in the oil, adding a small amount of flour in the process. Move the mixture into hot meat broth and boil until ready, add the chopped sorrel and nettle at the end. Along with the soup to the table, serve hard-boiled eggs and sour cream.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Nettle salad
   Take well-washed young nettle leaves, grind them. Add green onions, parsley, dill. Stir all the ingredients, gradually adding vegetable oil. Salt, add pepper to taste. Serve the table right away.
   
   
   
3. Porridge "Useful"
   Put 1 liter of slightly salted water on the fire and, when it boils, add 250 g of canned fish and a glass of nettle seeds. Cook for about 15 to 20 minutes. As soon as the porridge thickens, the dish will be ready.

Put on your gloves, collect nettles in your first aid kit, and be healthy!

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