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101 Uses for Stinging Nettles

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After reading this book by either dipping in to seek what you wish to know - or from cover-to-cover - you will be intrigued and delighted!

It is, quite simply, the definitive guide to that much-maligned plant: the nettle.

This book has become invaluable to me in my work of complementary therapy. It has joined the many excellent books that I suggest to my clients, if they seek alternative remedies that work.

I have no doubt that whatever interests you have - you will love this book and its priceless information.

Outstanding book! These nasty weeds I used to roundup, I have found to be one of the most healing plants yet. I now use nettle for everything. Our horses shine like no other. We use it for healing as well as for nutrition. I find myself looking in my friends yards seeing if they have the pesky weed for me to harvest. Its great on chicken too!

I have a large patch of Stinging Nettles close by the house. I knew there were some uses like compost and tea but I did not know that Nettles could be used for so many different things. Some ideas in the book, are too much for me to try. Good book, recommended to all who think that Stinging Nettles are just a weed. They are so much more!

When several nettle plants popped up after I'd decimated hundreds in our overgrown yard, I've ended up being delighted that some are still here. I learned from this book that a tea made from leaves dried from pickings earlier in the season has antihistamine properties. My nettle tea (I mixed with green and orange pekoe and poured over ice) helped me easily survive "Cottonwood season" and I could breathe easily after having this brew without using any other medication. Nettles are also loaded with vitamins, especially C, and are enjoyably beneficial to use and to read about. I also learned from this book that I could use pure nettle tea (from plants you can pick at any point in the season) to pour over my hair at the very end of my shower. The result was glossy hair which my daughter had previously informed me was impossible for gray hair. I often receive compliments on my shiny, beautiful hair. This is a book with many surprises; nicely put together.

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.

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.

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!