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| that freeze-dried nettle effectively prevents and treats bay fever. |
| To brew nettle tea, pour 1 cup boiling water over I teaspoon dried or I tablespoon fresh herb. Drink 3 to 4 cups daily. The recommended tincture dosage is 1/2 teaspoon 3 times daily, and if you use freeze-dried nettle in capsules, take 1 capsule 3 times daily. There is no maximum dosage. |
| Lyme disease is a serious problem in New York State, where herbalist Pam Montgomery developed Auntie Lyme tea as an adjunct therapy in the treatment of active cases and a support remedy for those previously treated. Auntie Lyme contains nettle, red clover, comfrey, calendula, peach leaf, strawberry leaf, mint, burdock seed and milk thistle seed, a combination of blood cleansing, liver tonic and calming ingredients. Nettle tea and tincture are recommended for anyone with Lyme-induced arthritis. |
| In Europe, according to Rudolf Weiss, M.D., nettle tincture is applied externally to treat neuralgia, rheumatic pain, lumbago, sciatica, chronic tendinitis, sprains and similar conditions. ''The effective principle in this external use is not the formic acid contained in the stinging hairs, as one would immediately assume,'' he wrote, in Herbal Medicine, "but another nitrogen-free substance closely related to resinic acid, even small amounts of which will produce skin inflammation and raise weals." Nettle tincture doesn't sting the way fresh nettles do. Like other traditional European herbalists, Maria Treben recommended brushing the skin with fresh nettle (a |
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