101 Uses for Stinging Nettles edition by Piers Warren Crafts Hobbies Home eBooks
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Stinging nettles are, for many of us, nothing more than persistent weeds with a painful sting. But apart from having an important role in the web of life, nettles are an incredibly useful plant to mankind. They have been put to myriad uses by our ancestors, and many of these are still valid today. Already stinging nettle products are growing in popularity in the field of alternative medicine, as their wide range of health benefits becomes better known.
This unique book explores the diverse uses of this fascinating plant - in the garden and the kitchen, for their medical and fibrous properties and so on. It is packed with practical suggestions, as well as a guide to the botany of stinging nettles, and how to collect and store them. For example, you will discover how to use nettles to
make a liquid plant fertiliser
brew an unusual beer
make a dandruff treatment
protect beehives
flavour an omelette
make friendship bracelets
repel flies naturally
make green or yellow fabric dyes
keep yourself warm in the winter
and much more ...
The many health benefits of taking nettles in various forms include relief from hay fever and other allergies; acne and other skin conditions; arthritis and rheumatism; asthma; stress; high blood pressure; depression; enlarged prostate gland.
The book also features Digital Nettle Art!
101 Uses for Stinging Nettles edition by Piers Warren Crafts Hobbies Home eBooks
Although this book has a very strong UK flavor (flavour?), the fact that Urtica dioica grows all over the world makes this a very useful guide.The table of contents gives an overview of what is covered here; a few of the areas that I found most useful included:
"The Sting" -- In Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock (Acting Edition) one of the characters quotes Aesop "Gently touch a nettle and it'll sting you for your pains/Grasp it as a lad of mettle and soft as silk remains". If you have the mettle, grasping strongly makes the "needles" lie down and they don't have a chance to sting you; as a farm boy in Wisconsin, I often tested this theory, normally with great success.
Food -- there are several recipes for nettles as food in this book; a key point, soaking in water will remove the chemicals that cause the stinging so they are edible. Drying the leaves has the same benefit. Either way, try to find the youngest leaves possible; the older plants have a very bitter taste, quite apart from the stinging.
Other interesting uses include paper, fabric, compost and folk medicine. Rigorous studies are not very common but the University of Maryland maintains a website which describes the best researched areas:
Osteoarthritis. The leaves and stems of nettle have been used historically to treat arthritis and for sore muscles. Studies have been small and not conclusive, but they do suggest that some people find relief from joint pain by applying nettle leaf topically to the painful area. A few other studies show that taking an oral extract of stinging nettle, along with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), allowed people to reduce their NSAID dose.
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). Stinging nettle root is used widely in Europe to treat BPH. Studies in people suggest that stinging nettle, in combination with other herbs (especially saw palmetto), may be effective at relieving symptoms, such as reduced urinary flow, incomplete emptying of the bladder, post urination dripping, and the constant urge to urinate. These symptoms are caused by the enlarged prostate gland pressing on the urethra (the tube that empties urine from the bladder). Laboratory studies have shown stinging nettle to be comparable to finasteride (a medication commonly prescribed for BPH) in slowing the growth of certain prostate cells. However, unlike finasteride, the herb does not decrease prostate size. Scientists aren't sure why nettle root reduces symptoms. It may be because it contains chemicals that affect hormones (including testosterone and estrogen), or because it acts directly on prostate cells. It is important to work with a doctor to treat BPH, and to make sure you have a proper diagnosis to rule out prostate cancer.
Hay fever. One preliminary human study suggested that nettle capsules helped reduce sneezing and itching in people with hay fever. Researchers think that may be due to nettle's ability to reduce the amount of histamine the body produces in response to an allergen. More studies are needed to confirm nettle's antihistamine properties, however. Some doctors recommend taking a freeze dried preparation of stinging nettle well before hay fever season starts.
Stinging nettle is used in many forms, including as teas, tinctures, fluid extracts and creams. The freeze dried leaf capsule is very popular among male physicians.
Precautions:
The use of herbs is a time honored approach to strengthening the body and treating disease. Herbs, however, can trigger side effects and can interact with other herbs, supplements, or medications. For these reasons, you should take herbs with care, under the supervision of a health care provider.
Stinging nettle is generally considered safe when used as directed. Occasional side effects include mild stomach upset, fluid retention, sweating, diarrhea, and hives or rash (mainly from topical use). It is important to be careful when handling the nettle plant because touching it can cause an allergic rash. Stinging nettle should never be applied to an open wound.
Amazon offers a number of brands of freezedried nettles, including Nettles Freeze-Dried - 90 - VegCap; Amazon Reviewers seem unanimous in praising its effectiveness against allergies.
It should be noted that Wikipedia has a very good article on stinging nettles, which anticipates much of what is in this book -- you will find more specific information in the book on nettles in the UK, but not much more information otherwise than is contained in the book. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the book very much, and make this last point simply as a caution who consider the purchase price a bit high.
Robert C. Ross
May 2012
revised April 2015
Memorial Sloan Kettering's "About Herbs, Botanicals and Other Products" is a very useful reference in general and for nettles in particular:.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/about-herbs-botanicals-other-products
Summary:
Clinical Summary
Nettle is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant, native to Asia, Europe, and North America. The root is widely used to treat benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), allergies, arthritis, and inflammation. Nettle is usually combined with herbs such as saw palmetto and pygeum for the treatment of BPH. Several compounds have been isolated from nettle including flavonoid glycosides that appear to contribute to its biological effects, although the precise mechanism of action is unclear.
In vitro and animal studies indicate that nettle extract has reno- (1) and hepatoprotective (2) properties, and is effective against colitis in mice (3).
Data from a few clinical trials suggest benefits of nettle in the treatment of osteoarthritis of hip, knee (4) and hand (5) and in ameliorating symptoms associated with benign prostatic syndrome (BPS) (6) (7) (8). In another study nettle improved glycemic control in type-2 diabetic patients (9).
Nettle may also have anticancer potential. It demonstrated anti-proliferative effects in human prostate cancer cells (10), and protected against cisplatin-induced toxicity (11).
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101 Uses for Stinging Nettles edition by Piers Warren Crafts Hobbies Home eBooks Reviews
Who'd have thought that there would be so many uses for this weed? I was surprised. Not just because of the many uses pointed out, but for the ideas I now have for putting this information to use for entertainment and profit. There should be a book like this about dandelions, thistle, and some of the other nuisances I have in my yard each year.
I'd give it 5, except that I don't believe there are 101 - many are variations of the same thing. I will be giving a few of these a try - like tea. Mostly the nettles get fed to the cows. But we have such a nice big crop (ouch, I'm very sensitive to the sting) that we could do more with them. A local cheesemaker makes a gouda with nettles that is pretty tasty. We'll see if I actually get brave enough to eat them like a vegetable.
Fun to read book! And I’m using some of the recipes for eating, and putting other ideas to use..great as a dye plant
There was much potential in this book, but it just didn't go in depth enough to be of use. There were a few exemptions, the dying process was thorough enough and there were a few other useful items, but most of the 100 were only presented as "fun facts". I wish the author had put a bit more time into this book.
Frankly, I must admit I was one of "them" -those auotmatons who viewed the nettle as noxious & annoying...until I recieved
this very informative book! They are quite common where I live, yet suffice to say, I was ignorant of their potential. Now I am not. Very interesting, info- packed book that has satisfied my lust for understanding about the world around & under me. I once saw a nettle used to sedate some bad guys in an episode of MacGyver, and that always stuck with me...1/4 century later!
Seratonin was the cause, but I did not know that. Nettles contain this compound- I drew that from this book!! I did not even know how highly regarded this plant was around the world, but specially in Britian ,where there are actually festivals dedicated to it! Knowledge is truly power,and I am empowered to apply some of the things I've gleaned therein, and add this plant to my foraging list( love to make the tea)! Rock on!
I got this book at the same time that I ordered 10,000 Nettle seeds ( suggested it when I was ordering the seeds, I should have known better) thinking how useful it could be.
Unfortunately, it falls short of what they could have done in the useful area. The 101 uses for stinging nettle should have been titled "A list of 101 uses for Stinging Nettle". That would have been more appropriate. It doesn't go into very much information on how to use it for those 101 uses. It just list those uses.
ie.
This is taken directly from the book
"74. Head Lice
There is a number of commercially-available shampoos containing nettle extracts for the treatment of head lice."
That's it, that's all they say about using Nettle for head lice.
That is one of the extreme examples as they do have some useful information but it seems to lack some basic instructions on how to use the Nettle plant for the various uses they list, even the ones they touch on briefly with "how to's" are short and limited.
Another example
"84. Beehive Protection
It is said that nettles grown around the entrance to beehives will protect the bees from predation from frogs."
Don't get me wrong, it has some information that gives a starting place, I'm just very disappointed that this book (should have been a booklet) cost me $10 for what I got out of it. It would have been worth $.50 or maybe $.99 to me but in now possible way is it worth $10.
I will be very very slow to ever accept an suggestion in the future and I advise you to do the same as well as do not buy this book.
Although this book has a very strong UK flavor (flavour?), the fact that Urtica dioica grows all over the world makes this a very useful guide.
The table of contents gives an overview of what is covered here; a few of the areas that I found most useful included
"The Sting" -- In Sean O'Casey's Juno and the Paycock (Acting Edition) one of the characters quotes Aesop "Gently touch a nettle and it'll sting you for your pains/Grasp it as a lad of mettle and soft as silk remains". If you have the mettle, grasping strongly makes the "needles" lie down and they don't have a chance to sting you; as a farm boy in Wisconsin, I often tested this theory, normally with great success.
Food -- there are several recipes for nettles as food in this book; a key point, soaking in water will remove the chemicals that cause the stinging so they are edible. Drying the leaves has the same benefit. Either way, try to find the youngest leaves possible; the older plants have a very bitter taste, quite apart from the stinging.
Other interesting uses include paper, fabric, compost and folk medicine. Rigorous studies are not very common but the University of Maryland maintains a website which describes the best researched areas
Osteoarthritis. The leaves and stems of nettle have been used historically to treat arthritis and for sore muscles. Studies have been small and not conclusive, but they do suggest that some people find relief from joint pain by applying nettle leaf topically to the painful area. A few other studies show that taking an oral extract of stinging nettle, along with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), allowed people to reduce their NSAID dose.
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). Stinging nettle root is used widely in Europe to treat BPH. Studies in people suggest that stinging nettle, in combination with other herbs (especially saw palmetto), may be effective at relieving symptoms, such as reduced urinary flow, incomplete emptying of the bladder, post urination dripping, and the constant urge to urinate. These symptoms are caused by the enlarged prostate gland pressing on the urethra (the tube that empties urine from the bladder). Laboratory studies have shown stinging nettle to be comparable to finasteride (a medication commonly prescribed for BPH) in slowing the growth of certain prostate cells. However, unlike finasteride, the herb does not decrease prostate size. Scientists aren't sure why nettle root reduces symptoms. It may be because it contains chemicals that affect hormones (including testosterone and estrogen), or because it acts directly on prostate cells. It is important to work with a doctor to treat BPH, and to make sure you have a proper diagnosis to rule out prostate cancer.
Hay fever. One preliminary human study suggested that nettle capsules helped reduce sneezing and itching in people with hay fever. Researchers think that may be due to nettle's ability to reduce the amount of histamine the body produces in response to an allergen. More studies are needed to confirm nettle's antihistamine properties, however. Some doctors recommend taking a freeze dried preparation of stinging nettle well before hay fever season starts.
Stinging nettle is used in many forms, including as teas, tinctures, fluid extracts and creams. The freeze dried leaf capsule is very popular among male physicians.
Precautions
The use of herbs is a time honored approach to strengthening the body and treating disease. Herbs, however, can trigger side effects and can interact with other herbs, supplements, or medications. For these reasons, you should take herbs with care, under the supervision of a health care provider.
Stinging nettle is generally considered safe when used as directed. Occasional side effects include mild stomach upset, fluid retention, sweating, diarrhea, and hives or rash (mainly from topical use). It is important to be careful when handling the nettle plant because touching it can cause an allergic rash. Stinging nettle should never be applied to an open wound.
offers a number of brands of freezedried nettles, including Nettles Freeze-Dried - 90 - VegCap; Reviewers seem unanimous in praising its effectiveness against allergies.
It should be noted that Wikipedia has a very good article on stinging nettles, which anticipates much of what is in this book -- you will find more specific information in the book on nettles in the UK, but not much more information otherwise than is contained in the book. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the book very much, and make this last point simply as a caution who consider the purchase price a bit high.
Robert C. Ross
May 2012
revised April 2015
Memorial Sloan Kettering's "About Herbs, Botanicals and Other Products" is a very useful reference in general and for nettles in particular.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/about-herbs-botanicals-other-products
Summary
Clinical Summary
Nettle is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant, native to Asia, Europe, and North America. The root is widely used to treat benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), allergies, arthritis, and inflammation. Nettle is usually combined with herbs such as saw palmetto and pygeum for the treatment of BPH. Several compounds have been isolated from nettle including flavonoid glycosides that appear to contribute to its biological effects, although the precise mechanism of action is unclear.
In vitro and animal studies indicate that nettle extract has reno- (1) and hepatoprotective (2) properties, and is effective against colitis in mice (3).
Data from a few clinical trials suggest benefits of nettle in the treatment of osteoarthritis of hip, knee (4) and hand (5) and in ameliorating symptoms associated with benign prostatic syndrome (BPS) (6) (7) (8). In another study nettle improved glycemic control in type-2 diabetic patients (9).
Nettle may also have anticancer potential. It demonstrated anti-proliferative effects in human prostate cancer cells (10), and protected against cisplatin-induced toxicity (11).
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