Stinging Nettles

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sarahlou1967
sarahlou1967 Member Posts: 153
edited June 2014 in Complementary and Holistic Medicine and Treatment

Hi Just wondering if anyone knows about stinging nettles, I make them into a soup its very delicious and apparently full of antioxidants and vitamins does anyone think this will help in the fight we are all engaged in?

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  • althea
    althea Member Posts: 1,595
    edited March 2011

    I've been using nettles for close to a year now.  It's teeming with vitamin, minerals and even protein.  I learned about them from a book by Susun Weed, who also has a massive website filled with articles from her newletters, and youtubes showing how to do the things she writes about.  I drink nettles at least twice a week. 

    I use a quart mason jar with a metal lid.  I place nettles in the jar up to the 1/4 mark and then boiling water to the top and cover with the lid.  I do this at night and drink the result the next day.  Susun calls this method of brewing an 'infusion', but around here, that word means something else.  Mainly, the herb is to be in the water for at least 4 hours, and this is what herbalists call an infusion.  I drink it with a bit of stevia and water and I like the taste.  It doesn't last  more than a day, which helps make certain that I drink it all up. 

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  • 3monstmama
    3monstmama Member Posts: 1,447
    edited March 2011

    Where I am, its the season for fresh nettles.  I buy them at my farmer's market but you can also gather them if you wear gloves.  You pick the fresh new growth at the top of the plant.  To prepare mine, I blanch them in water with a bit of salt and them saute them with olive oil and serve with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar. mmmmmmmmm. 

    You can drink the water you use to blanch the nettles in after it cools.

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  • Yazmin
    Yazmin Member Posts: 840
    edited March 2011

    WOW! Did not know stinging nettles could be so delicious!

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