types of nettle plants
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- Plants called nettle include: 1  ball nettle – Solanum carolinense. 2  bull nettle Cnidoscolus stimulosus, bull nettle, spurge nettle. 3  dead nettle, dumb nettle Lamium, particularly Lamium album.  false nettle 1  – Boehmeria. flame nettle – Coleus.  hedge nettle 1  – Stachys. hemp nettle – Galeopsis.  horse nettle: Agastache urticifolia – horse-nettle.
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Brewing the Health Benefits From Nettle Tea Nettle tea is an herbal 'tea' made from the leaves and/or roots of the stinging nettle plant. Nettle ‘tea’ is actually an infusion or decoction, depending on how you prepare it. It is often considered to be one of the best herbal infusions for overall health and wellness.
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Stinging Nettle Stinging nettle root is also used for joint ailments, as a diuretic, and as an astringent. Stinging nettle above ground parts are used along with large amounts of fluids in so-called “irrigation therapy” for urinary tract infections (UTI), urinary tract inflammation, and kidney stones (nephrolithiasis).tinging nettle might have an effect like a water pill or diuretic.. Taking stinging nettle might decrease how well the body gets rid of lithium. This could increase how much lithium is in the body and result in serious side effects.
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Nettle (Urtica) Nettles are found in damp, rich soil along roadsides, waste places, and wooded areas. Stinging nettle (U. dioica), weak nettle (U. chamaedryoides), and dwarf nettle (U. urens) are representative species. Skin contact with stinging nettle hairs releases histamine and acetylcholine that cause welts or inflammation, which is not an allergic reaction.
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- noun. verb. The stinging nettle plant. The stinging nettle plant. The definition of a nettle is a tall weed that has pointy hairs on the leaves and stems. An example of a nettle is a stinging nettle.
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Urtica dioica Urtica dioica. Urtica dioica, often called common nettle, stinging nettle (although not all plants of this species sting) or nettle leaf, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. It is native to Europe, Asia, northern Africa, and western North America, and introduced elsewhere.
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Nettle Tea Benefits and Warnings Today, nettle root is used to treat urinary problems associated with an enlarged prostate (benign prostatic hyperplasia), urinary tract infections and hay fever. Nettle leaf, meanwhile, is most commonly used to treat pain, osteoarthritis, allergies and hay fever.
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What kind of weed or grass can burn your hand when it is touched? Plants in the nettle family and mint family are often confused with each other since some of the common names call members of the mint family by a nettle name. These include: hedge-nettle, hemp-nettle and dead-nettle. All members of the mint family have a stem that is square in cross-section. None of these listed above belong to the nettle family. Stinging Nettles are one of the first forest floor plants to appear in the spring, usually in early March, sprouting up from under last fall's dead leaf litter.
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Stinging Nettle The leaves and stems of this plant are covered in fine, tiny hairs. Some of these hairs, called trisomes, have the ability to break their tips when handled. These tips or needles inject histamine into tissue when animals (or humans) rub up against the plant. This causes erythema (redness), swelling, and intense itching. When ingested, stinging nettle can result in profuse salivation, pawing at the mouth, vomiting, labored breathing, muscle fasciculations (twitching) and ataxia.
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How to Treat a Sting from a Stinging Nettle The stinging nettle is a plant found practically all over the world. The plant is considered an herbaceous perennial, meaning that it has herbal properties and grows back in the same areas year after year.The leaves and stems of the plant are covered with brittle, hollow, hair-like structures.he stinging nettle is a plant found practically all over the world. The plant is considered an herbaceous perennial, meaning that it has herbal properties and grows back in the same areas year after year.
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nettle any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family. 2. any of various allied or similar plants. verb (used with object), nettled, nettling. 3. to irritate, annoy, or provoke.
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nettle The definition of a nettle is a tall weed that has pointy hairs on the leaves and stems. An example of a nettle is a stinging nettle.
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Nettles 'In Scotland, I have eaten nettles, I have slept in nettle sheets, and I have dined off a nettle tablecloth. The young and tender nettle is an excellent potherb. The stalks of the old nettle are as good as flax for making cloth.
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Weed of the Week: Stinging Nettle Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), if you have never experienced it, is an upright perennial that is covered with tiny, stinging hairs. It is a prairie plant, as are most of my weeds, and for some reason it has found a comfortable home in my raspberry patch. see it in the garden, I grab without thinking, and I tingle for a few hours. So far, it’s been 20-plus hours of tingling, but the antihistamine I took a bit ago seems to be working. Stinging nettle is a great example of a plant that is a weed in some contexts, a beneficial in others.
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- False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica) This unique plant is similar to the stinging nettles but lacks the stinging bulbs at the base of the hairs. It has small green/white flowers that bloom spike-like through summer until October. Although there is no nectar for the butterflies to enjoy, this plant is extremely important for the Commas, Question Marks, and Red Admirals as a host plant.
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Nettle: For Allergies & More He recommends use of nettle for allergies (leaf), Alzheimer's disease, arthritis (leaves), asthma, baldness (leaves), bladder infections, bronchitis, bursitis, cough (leaves), gingivitis, gout, hives, kidney stones, laryngitis, multiple sclerosis, PMS, enlarged prostate (roots), sciatica, and tendonitis.
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Friendly Stinging Nettles If you’re interested in growing Stinging Nettles my recommendation would be to plant a patch away from the garden beds or in an area where its growth can be restricted by natural barriers, such as a wide walkway, or by mowing around it. Another safe option would be to grow this edible weed in containers.s mentioned previously, Stinging Nettles is an edible weed that can be cooked and served as a leafy green vegetable or used as a soup ingredient. Cooking the plant or thoroughly drying it breaks down the stinging fiber strands that would otherwise make eating this plant impossible.
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The Five Healthiest Backyard Weeds Like all weeds, nettles are free. But you get even more of a bargain if you boil them. You can eat the leaves and then drink the water as tea, with or without sugar, hot or cold. If you are adventurous — or, well, just plain cheap — you can collect entire plants to dry in your basement.
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Nettle Nettle (also known as Stinging Nettle) has been used for centuries to treat allergy symptoms, particularly hayfever which is the most common allergy problem. It contains biologically active compounds that reduce inflammation.n the United States many remarkable healing properties are attributed to nettle and the leaf is utilized for different problems than the root. The leaf is used here as a diuretic, for arthritis, prostatitis, rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, high blood pressure and allergic rhinitis.
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Coleus Health Benefits What is Coleus. Scientific Name: Coleus X hybridus, Coleus Blumei , Solenostemon scutellarioides. Common Names: Coleus, Flame Nettle, Painted Nettle, Painted Leaf, Poor Man’s Croton, Ahijado, Dafronaya, Malaina, Mayana. Coleus (Coleus Blumei) is a genus of perennial plants native to tropical Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands. It is composed of about 150 species under the Mint family of plants (Lamiaceae) and closely related to spearmint, peppermint, basil, thyme, oregano and salvia.
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Stinging Nettle Stinging nettles have a flavor similar to spinach when cooked. They are rich in vitamins A, C, iron, potassium, manganese, and calcium. Young plants were harvested by Native Americans and used as a cooked plant in spring when other food plants were scarce.In some areas, they appear as early as January.fter Stinging Nettles enter its flowering and seed setting stages the leaves develop gritty particles, which can irritate the urinary tract. At its peak season, stinging nettle contains up to 25% protein, dry weight, which is high for a leafy green vegetable. The young leaves are edible and make a very good potherb.
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Overview Stinging nettle has been used for hundreds of years to treat painful muscles and joints, eczema, arthritis, gout, and anemia. Today, many people use it to treat urinary problems during the early stages of an enlarged prostate (called benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH).
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- List of plants known as nettle. (Redirected from Nettle) Nettle redirects here. For other uses, see Nettle (disambiguation). Nettle is part of the English name of many plants with stinging hairs, particularly those of the genus Urtica. It is also part of the name of plants which resemble Urtica species in appearance but do not have stinging hairs.
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Nettle Tea -The Health Benefits Behind Stinging Nettle Benefits of Nettle Tea. 1  This tea is made from leaves that are rich in vitamins A, B1, B5, C, D, E and K, iron, potassium, copper, zinc, magnesium, calcium and others. 2  The high levels of iron present in the tea are essential to improve blood circulation and to lower blood pressure.
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Horse Nettle â A Toxic Cherry Tomato Imposter This photo was taken along a hiking path in mid-October and the plant still has a green fruit developing. 1  To summarize, horse nettle is in the same family as the cherry tomato and looks amazingly similar, but the differences can sicken or kill you.
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Florida Plants That Sting The heart-leaf nettle (Urtica chamaedryoides), also called the weak nettle or ortiguilla, is an annual herb with stinging hairs that grows in Florida's northern, central and panhandle regions. The heart-leaf nettle is usually found growing in floodplains, fertile woodland areas, disturbed sites and in farmyards.