From time immemorial, the useful properties of nettle have been known to people, so many recipes of traditional medicine contain the components of this plant. Vitamins, mineral compounds, all this is contained in the "garden doctor."
The range of application of nettle is very wide. It is used for cosmetic purposes, gynecology. Nettle is also used to make healthy tea, and some dishes are also prepared from it.
But, nevertheless, when using this herb you need to be careful, as you can cause serious harm to health. At first glance, a safe plant is not so harmless. Here you can not do without consulting a doctor.
Garden Healer
People have known about the benefits of nettle for a long time and have successfully used it to treat various diseases, but in our time this plant has not lost its popularity. Nettle is unpretentious, grows almost everywhere: in forests, rivers, gardens and parks. There are two types of this plant. - it is dioecious and burning. The properties of the first are considered especially healing.
Plant collection can be purchased at the pharmacy or collected independently. Only here are the places to collect this medicinal herb you need to choose environmentally friendly. Better if it is a forest glade. In no case should you collect the plant along the roads, instead of the expected benefits, you can get the opposite.
Useful properties of nettle
The beneficial substances of nettle positively affect the metabolic processes in the body and strengthen the immune system.A good therapeutic effect is achieved in the treatment of diseases such as atherosclerosis and lung diseases (tuberculosis).
Nettle decoction helps with digestive problems, eliminates nausea and flatulence. Nettle leaves are effective for respiratory diseases, as well as for the treatment of mucous membranes. "Burning grass" is successfully used for cooking green cabbage soup, especially in demand in winter. Nettle is also used as a remedy for allergic reactions and irritations.
For men's health
Nettle seeds will be of great help in the fight against male ailments. To obtain a healing potion, the composition is brewed with boiling water, insisted, and then consumed before meals, from one to three times a day. With such insidious male diseases, at an early stage, nettle is also the best doctor. Nettle leaves are prepared in the form of tea and consumed several times a day for two months.
For women's health
Nettle containing iron, flavonoids and coumarin is of particular importance to maintain women's health. Its medicinal properties for the treatment of female diseases were used by our distant ancestors. The leaves of the plant, due to the content of vitamin K, have the ability to increase the number of platelets in the blood, thereby increasing the level of hemoglobin.
In the treatment of various gynecological diseases, nettle is used in combination with other medicinal herbs, increasing the therapeutic effect. During breastfeeding, nettle juice was used as a means of increasing milk volume in women.
Folk recipes inherited from our ancestors sometimes prove to be the most effective and efficient.Nettle leaf infusion, used as a cosmetic product, helps maintain female beauty. Nettle juice extract helps women in hair care, while maintaining the density and splendor of hair and accelerating their growth.
Nettle harm
Along with useful properties, the plant has contraindications. Nettle is forbidden for people with kidney disease suffering from varicose veins.
It is not recommended to use a decoction of nettle during pregnancy, as it can cause vascular tone, which can lead to childbirth ahead of schedule. Hypertensive patients should also be wary of this plant, as it affects the density of blood.
