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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.
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Nettle tea is made from the dried leaves of the stinging nettle plant, Latin name Urtica dioca, and also known as common nettle. This humble plant can be found growing in the wild in most temperate areas of the United States, Canada, Northern Europe and parts of Asia. It can be harvested from the wild for making nettle tea – with care, however. It comes by it’s name honestly and the tiny hairs on fresh leaves and stems can sting the skin. Dried leaves, however, pose no threat.

In addition to its high nutrient and mineral content, there are also numerous other nettle tea benefits. It can be used to treat arthritis, pain and inflammation, rheumatism, allergic rhinitis, kidney problems and prostate enlargement just to name a few. In fact, there’s not much that won’t be improved by consuming the herb on a regular basis.
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