The 6 Benefits of Nettle For Your Body.
Nettle is one of the favorite plants of the greatest modern herbalists.
Everyone knows this plant, because it stung us all one day!
It is found everywhere, but its bad reputation makes us forget its many benefits.
Here are the 6 benefits of nettle for your body that you should know:
1. Stops bleeding
Nettle is an essential medicinal plant. Its remineralizing and purifying actions make it possible to stop the bleeding.
Nettle helps reduce excessive periods or fight against anemia. In soup, nettle is excellent and will cure these blood ailments.
2. Relieves joint pain
For joint pain, rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago, drops, it is effective as a poultice.
Then mix a little green clay with fresh young nettle leaves and apply directly to the painful area until the clay is completely dry.
3. Stimulates milk production
For women who breastfeed their toddlers, know that nettle stimulates milk production.
So if you are planning to get pregnant in the next few months, you know what you have to do :-)
4. Fight against dandruff
Nettle is a practical and economical cosmetic. A nettle infusion as a last rinse helps fight dandruff and oily hair.
This is also why you can find many nettle shampoos. But since it is not cheap (around 13 €), it is better to do it yourself.
5. Treats skin problems
Also consider infusions for skin problems like acne and eczema.
I use them as a lotion with a cotton ball. Its anti-infectious properties have been proven.
6. Against fatigue
Rich in vitamins C, A and B and mineral salts, nettle is an active stimulant which will be useful to you when you lose your shape.
Every winter, I treat myself to nettle soup for dinner. Result, it strengthens my metabolism weakened and cooled by low temperatures.
How to cook nettle
In cooking, nettle can be prepared in many ways to the delight of the taste buds.
It is prepared in soup of course, but also in mash with good potatoes, in pesto, in quiche, in butter, in sauce or even sautéed like a vegetable.
My little gratin recipe: a layer of precooked onions, a layer of potato slices and a layer of previously boiled nettle leaves.
Savings made
Nettle is one of the plants that we all easily recognize in nature.
Picking is pleasant and in addition we bring home plants full of essential minerals for our health, all for an expense of 0 €. Nature is much better than the supermarket or the doctor.
My advice : Favor unpolluted areas and away from roads. Pick only the young shoots, that is, the 6 smallest leaves at the top of the plant. They are the richest in vitamins and minerals.
Don't forget to take gloves and scissors to cut them easily ;-).
Your turn...
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