[CH] Stinging nettle, and why not to throw one away
raincrone@juno.com
Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:29:10 -0400
> And try it mixed w/ stinging nettle tea! It took two whole days for
> my hands to stop stinking!
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Yeah, that's not surprising; nettle helps break stuff down in compost
piles, so it stands to reason that it might also break down fish
emulstion
into something even stinkier. Which is genuinely hard to imagine,
I gotta tell ya. They used that stuff around my high school, on days
when the windows were open and the ginkgo seeds were fermenting
to malodorous mush on the lawn. The combo was unspeakable. :-)
I hasten to add, though, that stinging nettle tea by itself is the
furthest
thing from stinky; it's delicious and healthy, and has a light, pleasant
"green" scent. Tastes like young spinach without spinach's acidy
undertone. It's helpful for some people's allergies and urinary
problems, and highly effective for women's menopausal discomforts
and men's late-life prostate difficulties (though in rare cases it can
briefly restart a menopausal woman's period.) It's also something
of a nutritional powerhouse, supplying useful amounts of a long
list of vitamins and minerals.
Please never throw away a stinging nettle plant, folks. If you aren't
gonna use it, please think about drying it (hanging in a place where
you don't have to brush against it) and letting me send a big SASE
so you can ship it to me. The stingers disappear completely with
drying or cooking.
PS--Please never take any medicinal herb internally without reading
up on it. No herb is right or completely safe for everyone.
Rain
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