Nettle Tea: Uses Throughout History
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
The stinging nettle plant, and particularly nettle tea, has been used throughout history for healing and promoting health. Our ancestors knew the power this little herb held, and humans have always had a fascination for the plant. It has even been made the stuff of proverbs, most likely for its ability to both harm and heal.
“Though you stroke the nettle ever so kindly, and yet it will sting you.”
“He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.”
While it’s difficult to determine when nettle tea was first used, we can assume it was being administered as far back as the Bronze age, when the plant was also used to make cloth.
(more…)
