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The stinging nettle is a veritable wonder drug that can be very good for your health. The effect of nettle tea you will find here.
Nettle Effect: 7 practical benefits
- Lowers the blood pressure
- Works on stomach or menstrual pain
- Diuretic effect on infections and bacteria
- Anti-inflammatory function without side effects (eg in osteoarthritis or arthritis)
- Helps well for detoxifying and draining
- Stimulates the appetite and supports the metabolism
- Provides the body just in a diet with iron and folic acid
Nettle Effect: ingredients
- The nettle is so good for our health because it contains so many important ingredients. These include, for example, iron, calcium and vitamin C much . Also unsaturated fatty acids play a health promoting role.
- Especially the diuretic and anti-inflammatory effect of stinging nettle stands out in the nettle tea, which is caused by the combination of all these positive ingredients.
Nettle Effect: Are There Side Effects?
- Use only as a temporary remedy (3-6 weeks) to prevent diarrhea, heartburn and discomfort
- At most 3 cups of tea a day
- Drink enough water so that the diuretic effect does not lead to dehydration
- Pregnant women can suffer from sleep problems and tachycardia
Nettle Effect: How to harvest stinging nettles for your tea
- The great thing about stinging nettles: You can find them practically everywhere in nature. Make sure that you do not necessarily access it, where busy traffic prevails or especially many people run long.
- In the period from May to September you can easily pick stinging nettles, but the best time is spring, when most of the nutrients in the plants are included.
- Cut off the shoots of the stinging nettle on the foot and stroke the head to remove the spines. Of course you take gloves so you do not “burn yourself”.
- Dry the stinging nettles with the leaves in a damp place and then chop the leaves. You can store them in a small tin.