Urtica, Nettle

Bhichu Ghans (Unani)
Sisona (Ayurveda)
Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491

Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530
Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578
Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886

Uses:
HERB:
1. Warms the Kidneys, Clears Damp, Promotes Urine, Clears Gravel:
-difficulty Urinating and Edema

2. Clears Damp and Phlegm:
-lymphatic congestion and swellings including Scrofula.

3. Opens the Lungs, Clears Phlegm, Stops Wheezing:
-Shortness of Breath

4. Benefits Liver, Blood and Uterus, Promotes Menstruation:
-promotes menstruation

5. Stops Leakages and Bleeding, Benefits Circulation:
-stops bleeding

6. Promotes Circulation:
-traditionally used to promote eruption of Rashes such as Measles and Small Pox (Salmon);

7. Promotes Milk:
-Increases Milk in nursing mothers; benefits milk quality also.

8. Externally:
-fresh plant used externally in the form of its sting is the strongest, safe method of causing stimulation of blood supply to an area; applied to muscular aches and pains.Schroder said ‘Chirurgions rub a part that wants nourishment with Nettles, to attract the Blood’.


SEED
1. Warms the Kidneys, Promotes Urine, Clears Stones:
-difficulty urinating

2. Clears Phlegm, Opens the Lungs:
-Cough, Shortness of Breath

3. Resists Poison:
-the seed is a counter-poison to Venomous creatures, Hemlock, Henbane, Nightshade, Mandrake, Mushrooms and Mercury as well as Snakes, Scorpions and Mad Dog bites


ROOT: in general, used the same as the herb.
1. Strengthens the Kidneys, Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:
-specifically used for Prostatitis, Prostate Adenoma, and Prostatic Hyperplasia.

2. Clears Phlegm, Opens the Lungs:
-Wheezing, Shortness of Breath, and to clear tough Phlegm.


Main Combinations:
1. Difficult, burning or painful urination:
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ii. Nettle with ... available in PRO version
2. Kidney and Bladder Stones:
i. Nettle ... available in PRO version
ii. Nettle with ... available in PRO version
iii. Nettle with ... available in PRO version
3. Strengthen the Kidneys and lower Back, and increase Semen, Nettle seed with ... available in PRO version
4. Prostatitis with difficult urination, Nettle with ... available in PRO version
5. Diabetes:
i. Nettle with ... available in PRO version
ii. Nettle with ... available in PRO version
iii. ... available in PRO version
6. Rheumatism:
i. Nettle with ... available in PRO version
ii. Nettle with ... available in PRO version
iii. Nettle with ... available in PRO version
7. Jaundice, Nettle ... available in PRO version
8. Pleurisy or Abscess of the chest, Nettle ... available in PRO version
9. Tumors and Cancer, combine Nettle with ... available in PRO version
10. Anemia:
i. Nettle with ... available in PRO version
ii. Nettle with ... available in PRO version
11. 'Spring Cure', Nettle with ... available in PRO version
12. Hemorrhage:
i. Nettle with ... available in PRO version
ii. Nettle ... available in PRO version
13. Menopausal Hypertension, Nettle with ... available in PRO version
14. Dandruff, Nettle ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Infusion for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Decoction for Diabetes from Heat (Wirtzung)
Decoction for Cancer (Fuller)
Tincture for Suppressed Menstruation
Powder of Lord George of Elt (Gabelhover)
Powder of Mussel Shells Compound
Stone–Breaking Powder (Lithontripticon) (Nicholas)
Electuary for Asthma (2) (De morbis internis curandis, 1551)
Electuary for the Lungs (Lemery)
Electuary of Orchid (Diasatyrion) (Nicholas)
Warming Confection for Infertility (Wirtzung)
Antidote Experienced Against Cold Gout & All Feet Pain
Antidote for Cold Lumbar, for Venery, and Defect of Semen (Nicholas)


Cautions:
Generally Safe.

Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water