@@ryanfulkerson1903u wrote " he's and Jem". - meaning ...what?? Google is offering to translate ur mgs into English, but I don't think that'd help here, tbh.
@@ryanfulkerson1903 ok, the problem here is that "Jem" doesn't mean anything in the English language, so far as i know. So I'm just going to surmise that the word intended is "gem" - as in a jewel - & it was simply misspelled. Which is forgiveable. After all, indeed, he IS a 💎. - 👻😇✨
I met a woman years ago in a book shop who absolutely vibrated with energy. Her eyes were super white, her skin glowed, her hair was spectacular... I know this may sound crazy but it's 100% true. It was so obvious I was compelled to say something, ask her 'her secret' or whatever... I didn't want to seem weird but I had to talk to her so I said 'Excuse me, your hair looks so healthy and vibrant - what do you use?" Unbelievably, she said she hadn't used shampoo for years, all she ever put on her hair was a strong tea of stinging nettles! Turns out she drank stinging nettles tea, ate nettle leaves, soaked in a tub of boiled nettles after dry brushing, rinsed her hair and gargled with stinging nettles! She called it her magic friend. So glad I found your video - I'd sort of forgotten about these wonderful plants! ❤️ I'm getting stinging nettle tea tomorrow...
I need that cholesterol numbers to be better for sure I have naturally high cholesterol and wow this is awesome I was taking it for other reasons the tea but now I'll do it for the cholesterol too ❣️
Apparently, it’s so chock full of vitamins, minerals, & antioxidants… this makes sense! Her using it in so many ways must be like a veritable fountain of youth. What a great testimony; thanks for sharing! I used to be afraid of the plant but now I’m more excited than ever to start harvesting it. Wonder if it’ll even reverse my greys. Sounds like it may very well be a possibility.
This has me itching just listening, I lived with this surrounding the woods on my property for 20 years. It’s the only thing I miss after moving , I worked until I was itching up to my knees daily. Then I came in and showered. Applying aloe vera helped me . I wouldn’t drink this I am too allergic on my skin , I can imagine what my stomach would look like.
I used to rub it on my arms before school and would get sent home for the day. The rash would only last about 2 hours. Mom finally caught me grabbing it from yard next door lol good times.
@@METRIKVX naw whenever I used to try that the nurse would have me lay down for awhile. They see a rash and would be like get this kid out of here, instantly on the way home.
I’ve been in love with nettles for decades now and recently moved into a home where I delightedly discovered I have a HUGE patch all around back porch and more along the woods line. I feel so blessed 💚 🧚🏽 🌱
As a teenager (I'm 63), I used to pick the wee leaves to make tea and the larger leaves for a hair rinse that leaves your hair shining. If you quickly & firmly take hold of the leaves they don't sting. Very charming young man with a real enthusiasm for his subject that leaves you wanting to learn more from him. Thank you.😊
Funny you say that you can grab the plant quick to avoid stinging, I discovered this when I was about 8 years old, I use to rip them out with my bare hands I just tried it cus I wondered if I could somehow ignore the pain if I did it fast and it turned out it doesn't sting! Just don't brush other leaves!
I did the same.....we would wear gloves to pick it....then make tea with the tiny leaves and the rest went to make a rinse for our hair. We added lemon balm (melissa) to the rinse. Just lovely. Nice comment, brought back memories. 👍💖
I am 86 years old and we used nettles all my life to cook along with spinach. About half and half. My Grandmother also made tea with lemon rind. We drank it cold.
My grandmother was cooking it with the beans ,I used to cook it for my daughter when she was one year old like spinach,she had severe anaemia, and it helped her a lot. Missing so much going to the woods with my grandma Keep in the good health
unfortunately, it is very hard to find “clean” nettles these days. Everything seems to be sprayed with something to kill something. In my “old” house, I used to have a patch of nettles just to be used for spinach, teas etc. (my Grandmother had a nettle patch just for her chickens.)
@@trudidolder6122 Very true. The last time I picked up some Jelly Mushroom and ate it, I had the runs for a couple of days. I noticed that they use pesticides every year. I guess anything growing low to the ground could be contaminated. The only things that's safe are the fruits and nuts that grow high up on trees.
This is one of the most articulate and interesting presenters I have ever watched and listened to. Why isn’t this individual in mainstream media , he should have his own TV Channel. Thankyou so so much .
He's too smart for msm because big pharma advertisers wouldn't like it. Bask in the glory of YT, still good for various topics of interest, help and current events ...today, anyway.
@@LearnYourLand amazing video thanks mate .i also heard that the seeds are real good for you to i dont know if the type you picked grow seeds im from uk and the type we have here grow seeds might be something to look in to if you did not know
The stinging nettles in Antigua in the caribbean is tuff, reall itchy, the soil is powerful over there all fruits nd tree tends to become such valid kings nd queens to its habitat. Plus nature nd non toxic air makes everthing better.. i use to get sting by them alot untill i got use to it, then it never really bothered me after, i just stopp itching..
@@LearnYourLand check out the island of antigua and dominica both islands are really rich when it comes to vegan life. We normally fast as cultural routine. Nothing major its just normal as we know it is important.. the Rastas dreadhead are the true motivators off inner energy being brought out into life..
Fellow nettle affectionado here from Portugal. I am a dedicated worshiper of the nettle for 27 years now. I will return to read all the comments at a later date as I love to hear how nettles have healed people. Just now I wanted to mention something you forgot to cover in the video and that is the later season harvest of nettle tops when their seeds mature. Hang upsidedown to dry and shake out lots of wonderful tiny omega 3 packed crunchy delights. The gift that just keeps giving. 💚🌱
I used stinging nettle all my life. Back in Romania, the plant is well recognized for its health benefits. We used it as a puree and as a replacement for spinach. Also, we were told the stings have medicinal benefits for rheumatism. Still eating and enjoying it in Michigan.
Its true what you heard about stinging nettles and RA. Started take nettle supplements about 2 weeks ago and have already noticed an improvement in the mornings - don't wake up in quite so much pain. I've bought some seeds and am going to start growing my own.
@@m.walter2178 ~Thank you very much.! Since then I did some research on nettles. Nettle Soup in Sweden is called Nasselsoppa is a well known sign of spring blooming in Sweden. Nettles are packed with nutrition, flavour, have high quantities of iron, calcium, vitamin A and K. In old Europe nettles were used medicinally as a diuretic and to treat joint pain. Early young nettles are tender and perfect for cooking. Only use nettles less than 30 cm. (12 inches) high because otherwise they will have too much fiber and tough. Also avoid picking nettles that are flowering because they are too old. For the best flavour then pick only the top four to six leaves on each spear shaft. Farther south in the UK the nettle soup season is from the middle of February to late April, unless the nettles have been cut down in creating a second growth. You can also freeze those nettle tops. I would use clean, very thin nitrile gloves to pick them.
I hope you know how much I appreciate your channel. I used to be a pharmacy technician and I left my job in order to get a more rewarding job. I got a great job at my church here in Seattle where I helped run the kitchen where we fed hundreds of people who were in need of a good meal five days a week. I was just crossing the street and I was hit by a distracted driver and I was rushed to the hospital and I was in a coma for three weeks and I was only given a five percent chance of survival and I am so thankful that I am now able to get back in the gym again and I workout three times a week. Thank you for your post and I will be looking for you next video. I hope you have a great week ahead and I love the nettle tea. Thank you so much for sharing your positive energy 👍🍀
Incredible! We are so blessed aren’t we? Can’t tell when gods putting you through the test but once you’re on the other side you can see why god had to put you through that test. So happy for you, hope to see you in more comment sections like this!
@@hjd832 humanity did this not god. Don’t put the blame on the creator, humans have made a mess of our world not god. God have us freedom, this is what we did with it. Disgusting that people like you talk like that.
@@hjd832 Ionceknewanurse who had injured her back, already Christian, bur now somewhat dibilitated. The injury allowed her to refocus her attention on her prayer life and walk with God as well as pursue poetry and writing, a remembered love. We don't always understand how He works but His ways are not our ways, we just follow and pray.
I grew up in the woods and this young man knows more about one plant than I learned about the entire forest. Bravo and please keep educating us. Subscribed
@Deb Harris Most Western medicines conflict with eachother. 3 out of the 6 meds I've been on for years on have contraindications taken alongside eachother but I had to look into that myself to gauge how I felt about the risk/changing the time of day I take them seeing as my doctor didn't bother to tell me.I think it's a case of making yourself aware f the potential interaction between two active ingredients or whether the mechanism by which two medicines are in conflict but that isn't the case 100% of the time. I use cannabis because it counteracts the side effects of my allergy medication (vivid nocturnal hallucinations)
@Deb Harris Yes this is absolutely true and iI find it incredibly alarming and frustrating when I report adverse reactions to my doctor who refuses to even entertain the possibility. I am always acutely aware of what is going on inside my body and am in a patient group of 4,000 others. I have learned that I have to largely take responsibility for my own health and do my own research Even when I ask the pharmacist about eh specific cannabinoid and terpene profile of my medication they say they do not know and I must follow the papertrail until I find where/when the plant was grown according to the batch number analyse the lab report. My doctors think educating myself is neuroses and undermining their authority, but as you say it is incredibly important- there are so many permutations possible increasing with each drug ou take and people are so diverse with their own unique biochemistry. Statistically it is indeed impossible to say that taking any pharmaceutical is 100% safe but I find it remarkable how I'm still alive reading the vast list of possible side effects for every drug that is deemed 'safe enough' to put on the market. That said, people still need to be careful with herbs if they are unsure of the origin or they're prepared themselves with no way of accurately measuring dosage, like that poor boy who poisoned himself with poppy seed tea. Thankfully my favourite herb is practically impossible to fatally intoxicate oneself with and heals a good number of different ailments...
He has a certain charm. It is from a genuine passion for botany. He appears to effortlessly provide such detailed info on his subject. He is happy and his love of the natural world comes shining through. Awareness of Herbal and medicinal plants used to be a very important part of community living and its resurgence is a blessing indeed. Thank you, young man. Keep up the great work!
Here in Denmark they are called “brændenælder” (“burning nettles”). We have breakfast products with dried burning nettle leaves in them (krudtuglegrød). The fibres in the stems can be/ have been used to make clothes (by hand, you can make a cord strong enough to be used for fishing). If you ferment the leaves and stems in a barrel of water, you get a very potent, though not nice smelling, fertilizer, called “ajle”. Nice channel. Keep up the good work 👍
@Michael Thomasen Hello, What do you use in order to ferment the leaves + stems in a barrel of water & also, is it safe to consume (eat or drink) in that form ?...
@@alozzola3270 it ferments naturally in water, though it needs to be stirred from time to time. Not recommended for internal use. Rather, the dissolved molecular structures of the ajle gives growing plants a lot of useful “building blocks” for growth, roughly speaking :-)
I used this for menstruation. I had horrific periods. Super super heavy. Taking stinging nettle slowed it down to what I think normal people had, sometimes even slowing more and shortening it from 10 days to 5. This is an amazing herb.
10 day period?! That is incredible. Mine has never lasted more than 4 days. I know everyone is different and all but 10 days seems excessive. I'm happy to hear that Nettle has helped you to mellow your body and "time" out. What an amazing plant Nettle is!
As a British guy I must admit I did chuckle to myself when he said "there's never a time when I see stinging nettles and I'm not really excited". He'd be in a constant state of euphoria almost anywhere in the UK! They are very widespead here and generally regarded as a pest. There are nettles growing 6ft tall right accross the road from me, for weeks I've been wishing somebody would strim them down, but now, as a life long hay fever sufferer, I am seeing them in an entirely new light. Thank you for this.
isnt it funny, how old wives tales, remedies, ideas, die out in 1 generation. im from lancs, living in aus. since 71. even iodine, was in most foods, given by doctors as a cure all,. then, we got big pharma, take a pill, its easier. anti biotic. ect. i told another person, if you go to the doctors, & he,s fat, bald, wearing glasses,. why listen to him..
@@ritamariekelley4077 also check out Plantain broad leaved and ribwort species both work immensely well as a more effective antidote to nettle rash plus excellent as a spit poultice on insect bites n stings... U can use the leaves as a plaster for wounds.. Also edible apocalyptic vegetable slightly bland but will see you through 🙂
At the time of writing this, I'm 35, I grew up in the UK and when I was 5 or 6 I have a memory of "Old people" making nettle tea and nettle jellies etc and us kids were all "Yuck" as we just associated nettles with stinging. Remarkable how much natural medicine has been forgotten as generations change. This video is 4 years old and I'm late to the party but thank you for this!
I live in the UK and when I was younger I remember alot of the elderly saying that drinking nettle tea was good for you! I also remember 🤢 thinking...' Not in my life time!'. Now however I'm willing to give it a try.. but I'm still not sure about the Nettle jelly, although I'd like to try it at a kids Birthday party and see their reaction. (Them) 😳(and me) 😂🤣.
You're going to be gobsmacked at how delicious the young, fresh ones are when fairly lightly cooked and buttered, or made into soup. The tea's delicious too, even made from dry leaf. But, nettles jelly?? What's that like?
That's so good hearing young people like yourself telling people how nutritious and overlooked the good old nettle is. I think drying them is a great idea as there's nothing better in winter. It's wonderfully full of iron and has good effects on the kidneys, I could go on forever!
@@szymonbaranowski8184 yeah but the cops keep telling me I can't eat my neighbors... no matter how annoying or delicious they may be! I suppose these plants will have to suffice. For now....
We use nettles when growing vegetables instead of pesticides and we grow organic food. The only problem with stinging nettle is blood clotting, you have to be careful not to take too much.
Many years ago, my Greek mother-in-law was very excited to find this growing on the woodsy edge of my yard here in New England, near Boston. She told me how important it had been as a food source during and after WWII in the northern mountainous area of Greece where they lived on her family's farm and times were horrendous with a lot of starvation. she told me how to pick it and prepare it , a lot like they would spinach. said it was a lifesaver and good medicine too. good to see you spreading the news too!
A survivor of the Berlin blitz attack managed to survive on lard and nettles which grew in vacant lots. I have a pot full of fresh spring nettles cooked on the stove right now. We collect lots, cook, cool and store in the freezer.
Adam...You HAVE to be ONE THE BEST presenters on UA-cam! This is the second video I've watched and you've never faultered! Precise information flow! GREAT JOB!!
I'm not one for watching longer videos, but my lord this guy just had me hooked, he was so well versed in what he was speaking about and learned so much about this plant I used to consider nothing but a pest
I grow stinging nettle in a pot here in Florida and use it regularly. One thing I do is whenever I have a painful arthritic flareup in my thumb, I go and sting the area. The first time I did this for a couple of months whenever I had a flareup, and then I realized that I stopped having flareups all together, for years. Rarely, do I get a flare up now and it’s easily been over 10 years since I did this.
Tried this the other day after i read about it , got arthritis in the joints of the 2 fingers closest to thumb on left hand , Took a glove with me and stung the hell out of it , not too bad must have been a 100 lumps on it lol ( wife was looking at me with raised eyebrows lmao ) , still felt a bit tingly the next day when i touched it but wasn't too bad and 4 days later the pain in my fingers has gone , they feel normal . Admittedly i'm not 100% it's worked so will repeat of the arthritis comes back . Better then taking nsaids forever ...fingers x
Butter, crushed garlic, fresh Rosemary, handful of “chiffonaded” Stinging Nettle over Angel-haired pasta with a splash of ev olive oil. Just had it earlier this week. Can’t beat it.
Don't know if the plant I accidentally bumped into is this but it immediately felt like I was in a ant pile. I live in Texas. I was gardening and found out this plant isn't something I like
Incredible and so informative … thank you so much. I have read through the comments and cannot see mentioned as yet, that the best antidote to the sting of stinging nettles, is actually the nettles themselves! My Mother was born in Germany and she would quickly grab some of the nettles and put this in a little blender with some water, she would then pour this slurry over my arm or wherever else I got stung. It provides pretty much instant relief! When my daughter was a little girl, she came into the kitchen screaming and holding her hand in the air. She was too young to articulate what was wrong with her. After some rapid thought on where she had been and examining her hand, I decided to hazard a guess that she had touched the stinging nettle I had tucked away. So I blended some up with water like my Mum used to so and poured it over her hand. She stopped crying incredibly quickly! Hope this helps someone else. Homeopathy in all its glory “ like cures like”
I love reading all of the different takes on this video. The goodness that envelops this process shows the care that went into the video and the comments that follow. This is beyond heartwarming. Thank you.
@@sketch6995 ditto to you, can't you leave a comment without rudeness? You could have worded your comment better. Though it's great your watching such an interesting Channel. Actually Nettle Soup is delicious and very nutritious. My youngest son makes it. If you live in a rural area, make sure you gather somewhere where dog walkers don't go, or at the edges of roads where exhaust fumes are a problem. I live beside farms and an Agricultural Contractor and wouldn't use any nettles on the grass verges on my road. Though do on our Private Lane behind our homes and part of my garden near compost.
Nettle soup is actually quite delicious. I remember when we used to go on hikes in what I guess would be called primary (or is it elementary?) school in english speaking countries? We picked nettles and made soup while the teacher pointed out stuff about the plants, trees and creatures in the woods and fields we went through. Just make sure you get the first shoots and spring plants. If you get old plants you'll be chewing for hours =P. There's plenty of edible plants out there. Too bad that its not part of common education to teach kids about the stuff we have all around us anymore. Basic foraging skills is really useful. One of my favorites is wild picked wood sorrel.
Schools don’t want you to know this. They rather make money off of you when you get sick and sell you petroleum based medicine. That’s why we should educate ourselves 👍🏼
Number of servings: 4 A "good" sign of spring is nettles! Nettle soup is both tasty and a real health cure, maximized with vitamins such as carotene (vitamin A), calcium, silicon, tannins, organic acids, iron, chlorophyll and glucokinin. Ingredients 2 l freshly picked baby nettles 2 shallots 25 g of butter 3 tbsp buckwheat flour 2 chicken stock cubes 9 dl water (approx.) 2 dl white wine 1 dl cream salt black pepper 1 tbsp dry sherry accessories: 2 tbsp chopped chives 4 eggs 1 dl fresh cream PRINT Do this: Rinse the nettles thoroughly, remove any roots and rough parts. (Use plastic gloves with advantage) Sauté butter, onion and nettles. Crumble the bouillon cube and layer flour over the nettles and onion, then dilute with wine & water. Let it boil for a couple of minutes. Add the cream. Season the soup with salt & pepper and a little vermouth or dry sherry. Serve with a dollop of crème fraîche, a poached egg or half an egg and sprinkle with some chives. A piece of bread also goes well with it. 
Nettles and mashed potatoes--champ in Ireland, stelk in Scotland (unless I have them reversed). I used to make it each year in earliest spring with whatever herbs were then available. USA
I'm a state over from him here in ohio. I knew next to nothing just 3 or 4 years ago until I stumbled on this channel. Best thing that has ever happened to me. My kids now love nature walks and finding food.
...He does know his stuff, unfortunately, mushrooms are questionable since they are "decomposers". I used to eat them until I did the research. No more fungus for Jimbo...
My auntie in Kinnitty Ireland used to make soup for her family from stinging nettles. I didn’t realize how nutritious nettles are until you explained it! What a wonderful channel you have created! Thank you.
I had tennis elbow for about 10 years and I was then working in a vineyard with lots of opportunity to sting myself through out the day … so I decided to sting my elbow with multiply stings by rubbing my elbows back and forth many times through patches of nettles around 4 times a day. I did this for about a week and I could feel the sting migrating to exactly hit the weak spot. It totally healed me I no longer have tennis elbow. Thank you stinging nettles …
Thanks, am going to get into my nettle patch tomorrow morning, i have been having a few extra aches lately particularly in my R elbow...had forgotten about the arthritis and nettle etc...
@@aussiegirl3473 (and Polly A too) I have experienced this for a fact (this is not about 'ME' but I need to explain just to be clear?) I had/ still have a massive trauma to my left wrist since early childhood (and I am naturally left-handed), I didn't like to admit or consider myself to be physically impaired but the harsh reality was that I would suffer lasting pain whenever I did some 'normal tasks' like mowing the lawn for example. It got worse over time and my doctor would prescribe painkillers with a 'rolling' prescription? I didn't like the idea of painkillers except as a last resort and certainly not to be taken every day or even any week if I could bear it. Then came the day I was working in the garden and got stung by nettles along that arm, yeah, getting stung by nettles can really suck (depending on the time of year?) but I realized that the pain in my wrist was gone and it 'stayed gone' long after the nettle-sting was bothering me? I have taken about 100 prescribed painkiller tabs since, that was more than two years ago. I often get stung by nettles though? I can say it works for me and hope it works for you too. God speed (I know there is an obvious question, re nettles don't grow all year round? That's why I used what the doc ordered on occasion?
@@conmcgrath7502 I rubbed some on my elbow today, while i made my smoothie, with pasteurised only milk, frozen banana, 3 stinging nettle leaves, comfrey leaf, gotu kola leaves, moringa powder, magnesium and other ingreds powder, yummy, then i went out and did 3 hours mulching of garden trims, palm fronds etc, had a mile high pile, and still more to go.. Had to bcz yesterday my sweet 11yo granddaughter came f2f with a v large v venomous eastern brown snake in my back yard, there is a small seasonal creek between mine and the back neighbour (long story there, not good) She had been running in the yard, jumped the log to go see the eel she has discovered in the creek and BAM she almost landed on the snake, who at first turned toward her, she froze, petrified, and screamed to us...poor girl, she clung to her mum sobbing for over 5 mins... But, Praise God for His protection over her, she is a small slight built lass and a bite from a snake that size would have been life threatening!!! So, back to the nettle, i intend to get back into having these smoothies daily again, as they are so full of life giving substances..at almost 65 yo things aren't quite what they used to be lol Comfrey is the young woman's insurance policy : ) The middle aged lady's BFF & the older lady's LAST resort LOL Guess i fit the latter bill now haha I'm still fairly active, even though i am challenged with Post Polio Syndrome from my childhood P vaxx at 6 yo, but God, is good all the time, and all the time God is good, He has never let me down, in all my 43 ys walking 🚶🏼♀️ with Him God bless and thanks for sharing : D Here's a blessing for YOU : ) ua-cam.com/video/1qjj2Bojkpo/v-deo.html
@@aussiegirl3473 Thank you and glad to hear no harm fell to your granddaughter. It never occurred to me to use nettle leaves 'direct' in a smoothie or otherwise. I know the 'old people' had a great regard for nettles, in particular for the young ones at this time of year (spring in the northern hemisphere) and I remember my Dad fondly talking about getting 'yesterdays potatoes fried with nettles in the bacon-water'. I think I am going to try and revive some of those old ways. Did you know, that leaving a few nettle plants in a bucket of rain-water for a month makes an excellent fertilizer? By 'a few' I am given to understand no more than a handful or the water will be too strong? but you could always dilute it?! Spookily enough, I had just recently considered my epitaph 'PISS KILLS NETTLES' and laughed quietly to myself for there is indeed ancient knowledge and wisdom to pass on to the next generations. Maybe before I 'shuffle off this mortal coil' I can manage to leave something more useful to know? Dia is Muire duit.
@@conmcgrath7502 Alright for you blokes, but not so grand for the gals LOL Not heard of the nettles, but weeds in a bucket of water for fertilizer : ) All the best with the nettle recipes.. Warm regards Con
One of the first wild plants I was thought about as a child. I still remember being around 6 or 7 on my granddads farm and I was stung by one. My granddad told me when you are stung by a nettle you will find the cure near by. He then helpped me find a dock leaf (nearly always within a few metres of nettles) and showed me if you take a leaf, crush it, squeeze the juice from it to apply to the nettle sting it soothes. Genuinely takes most of the discomfort from the sting. Something about that stuck with me though. I loved how balanced it seemed, that the solution was offered by nature along with the danger. It was very practical advice as well because myself and the cousins were always getting stung running around the farm haha
I was told the same story …English stinging nettles are really pretty and have a heart ❤️ shape leaf and very different to these ones ….I grew up on a farm in Devon.
Excellent commentary on the wonderful nettle. One aspect that was not mentioned is that summer is a great time to harvest the seeds from the mature plant. The seeds are incredibly nutritious, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, are a kidney restorative, and are excellent at boosting one's energy levels and immune system. In fact, they are so powerful, be careful not to consume more than 30g per day you will still be wide awake with energy when it's time to fall asleep. The seeds can be brewed into a tea, eaten fresh, or dried and sprinkled on salads or bread like poppy seeds, or added to soups. Truly, every part of the nettle can be used and harvested at various times giving us its benefits throughout the year.
@@stephaniecarrow4898 , Here is a link to another video on stinging nettles. The host explains all aspects of harvesting. ua-cam.com/video/2_jej88fpfU/v-deo.html
Tree leaves are the most nutritious because they have deep roots that pull up minerals that smaller plants can’t reach. Leaves fall and the nutrients are distributed on the surface for others to enjoy. Awesome and wonderful design!
Stinging nettle has been a life-changer for me. I throw it, raw, into my green smoothies (banana and orange juice). My energy lasts all day, my allergies subside, and I LOVE the taste--it tastes like springtime!
I love stinging nettle, I first moved into a house where it was growing in the backyard but I didn't know what it was and pulled it all out and threw it away sadly. I later realized what I had and now Infuse it drink for allergies and dry it and put it in jars or summer when it doesn't grow here. I use it in stir-fries and soups and talk to people about the nutritional benefits, my son thinks it's crazy but he doesn't stand still long enough to hear about how beneficial it is. what classes did you take to learn about all of this you're very knowledgeable thank you for your information.
On mentioning allergies, I suffer from asthma, quite severe at one point. After buying a house with a 120ft long garden, almost full with nettles, I was nettled constantly, day in, day out. I did make nettle tea with honey occasionally. And now, the asthma has almost disappeared. Coincidence? Possibly, I don’t suffer with hay fever anymore either.
What an amazing world. And here I assumed stinging nettle was the same as poison ivy, a plant people should seek to avoid. Last year I had a similar revelation with dandelions. Watching this guy truly inspires me to want to homestead. My profoundest gratitude to this guy.
@@oldschool8292 Well said! I can't agree more. As an example, I have some relatives clearing over 100k annually and I make far less yet I live simply and somehow I'm happy and I manage my finances better than those people. Here's a quote I'm sure you've heard: _“Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.”_ - Lao Tzu
My German Grandmother once told me that during WW2, they pretty much lived off of nettle; that, and the occasional rabbit. Food was scarce and this plant was in abundance. She had a great sense of humor and called it the bunker diet. I absolutely love walking through a patch any time my arthritis acts up. The chemicals in the "needles" helps to numb the afflicted areas. That was a practice I learned from the Native American folk. It truly is an amazing plant.
Wow! I am impressed that you are using scientific terms including trichomes! Thank you for this well-researched video. From a retired Certified Arborist and Arboriculture/Forestry teacher
Now in my upper 60's, I suddenly noticed BPH symptoms about 3 months ago. I might be doing the pee dance if I couldn't relieve myself on short notice, especially when I woke up in the morning. About 1 month ago, stinging nettles patches were coming up and available for snacking. This video said consume the roots/rhizomes to treat BPH. I found REMARKABLE benefits from merely eating just a few raw leaves.... like 3 or 4. That's it. And then I realized the benefits lasted days. I didn't have to eat any more leaves for ??? days to avoid BPH symptoms but I eat a few leaves once or twice a week anyway, so I don't know how long the benefit would last if I stopped. I've never again experienced BPH symptoms since my first leaves. It really does have a positive impact on quality of life. Thank you for this video.
Omg, two cell phones later and I found you again. Grew up in NW PA on a farm spending most of my time in the woods and never got to know most of the plants you go over. The way you go over them is very informative and never boring. Thank you!
I stumbled upon this and was quickly going to make a comment making fun of this guy. While typing my stupid comment I actually started listening and soon realized he is probably a thousand times smarter than i am and is very informative. I deleted my comment and subscribed instead. Hope to learn more. Keep up the good work!
Cos he's real and not talking about sex and sticking his Willy out for the world to see. Most ppl will watch and subscriber to crap. But some of us love the good stuff innit.
Best way to go forward is to drink it in the morning b4 you eat anything ending your fast after sleep, drink two cups of water then go on with your day. 2nd great plant is echinacea by itself or mix in with goldenseal after every meal or any intake. To keep the immune system being prepared for any bacteria or pesticide trying to invade nd develop...
In a recent "double-blind, placebo-controlled randomised test" - it was concluded that this chap really knows what he's talking about and should be taken very seriously. I'm off now to get me some nettle-tops.
great info - I'm from Europe and I remember my grandma cooking this plant in especially in the spring - she will cut onions in cube and put a little oil, get the onions golden and than added about a tsp of flour mixed it well and add some milk ( warm milk) - make like rue , after that she will put in the stinging nettle ( washed and cut) and cook it for just a little bit, add chopped garlic towards the end of the cooking. We will eat this dish with sunny side up eggs and homemade bread. ( Same for spinach )
THE BEST IS TO BOIL THEM 2 MINUTES THEN DUMP OUT THAT WATER AND PUT FRESH WATER ,THE FIRST WATER IS A LITTLE BITTER THEN BOIL TILL THEY COOK RINSE AND AD SALT OLIVE OIL LEMON AND OR VINEGAR , AND BONO PATTIE S. MUSTAFA
It grows wild where I live and I harvest and smoke it for my arthritis. It's the best remedy. I'm 65 and because I took the time to learn medicinal plants I haven't been to a doctor in 8 yrs and healthier than ever.
Hiya I am fascinated ?! Pray tell me how do I incorporate it into smoking mode ?! Do I just dry the leaves and mix with tobacco ?! Or is it better pure on its own rolled as a cigarette. Perhaps u UTILISE a Pipe !
Margarita Toshkesi Nettle my favourite plant ever! When I was 18 years old I had massive hair loss, I was really sad but once I told my grandma she told me that don’t worry as I have a medicine outside on our garden for you and she went and picked some nettle roots and boiled them so I started to use on my hair, in two weeks I saw a massive difference and after a month no anymore hair falling! This was a miracle for me as I thought I am going to lose all my hair and after using nettle my hair became even more healthy and strong! I just love them also my favourite pie is nettle pie!
Thanks for getting to the points without any la dee dah talking. I'm tired of people who love the sound of their own voices. You are just getting us the information. It's appreciated
Two things about nettles. The first is that because they are so nutritious, they also make great plant fertilizer. I soak and ferment them in water and then mix the result with plain water in different strengths for different needs. My garden loves it! Another use is one I haven’t personally tried, but people where I live swear by it. (I live in the Caucasus country of Georgia.) My mother-in-law tells of how her mother would line her bed with stinging nettles and crawl in wearing just her underwear as a treatment for her rheumatoid arthritis. I’m pretty sensitive to the stinging, so I’d have to be in pretty bad shape from the arthritis to try this, but the claim is that it stimulates blood flow and helps relieve pain and joint swelling.
I grow a big pot of stinging nettle, use it in soups and as tea. I also soak them in water for a few weeks until the water starts to bubble and use it as fertilizer. Sometimes I just forget about the nettle soaking in water and it can sit there for weeks, gets diluted by rain and my dogs regularly go there and drink the nettle water. They, too, know what's good for them!
@@rosita3528 I take the leaves off the stalks a d wash them and then I add them to vegetable stock or, my preferred way of using the, cook them together with potatoes and one or two carrots to make a potato/stinging nettle soup.
For salads it's a good idea, especially later in the season, to blanch stinging nettle lightly to be on the safe side. There is one more use for stinging nettle: as with humans, it's increasingly good for farm animals. I remember my grandpa bringing heaps and heaps of it every day for the chickens, just giving it to them tied in bundles and them going crazy for it. It's very nutrient rich and also protects chickens from parasites.
Why blanch? Ive heard and found out the hard way. Not too consume nettle after it goes to seed. The equivalent of powdered glass accumulates in the plant, ive heard
I harvested some mature stinging nettle this year. It had already gone to seed, so I harvested some of those as well, as I learned that they are also very nutritious. I look forward to adding it to my evening tea.
Also great for allowing to sting where you have extreme pain. I had carpal tunnel so bad Lortab 4x a day wasn't cutting it. Desperate, I stung my wrists thinking it had to be better. I was out of pain for 16 hours with a warm massage feeling instead of the sting I expected!! My Dr's nurse tried it on her dad's back and he slept all night for the first time in YEARS! A friend where I work snatched it from me as soon as I got to work and consumed it at her desk because she said it was the only thing that put her out of pain with a bad back surgery. I had a ton of the nurses and cnas hooked on the tea for their joint ills from walking on concrete floors all day and lifting heavy patients. It is truly a wonderful plant!
I attended a plant workshop when I lst discovered stinging nettle. I was lookin for a mint plant when my finger accidentally brushed against a stinging nettle plant n got stung. After my initial shock of the sting & pain I soon felt a floating sensation then a relaxing calm. I love this plant! 🙏🏿 for the valuable info!
Stinging nettle was my first “wild flower” experience as well, Adam. I’m still growing my first plant that was gifted me by the cashier at our local Amish market as a scrub. Two months later I was diagnosed (officially) with breast cancer. I have made a tincture of the stinging nettle and yarrow that I also grow and have seen remarkable results in reduction of my tumors and masses. Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge on such an easy to understand precise format.
Thank you for this video, it was awesome. I bought some property several years ago that was covered in stinging nettle. I wasn’t, at first, super happy about it. However, my real estate agent told me that stinging nettle is a sign of very good and fertile soil, which turned out to be true for my garden. I also learned to make stinging nettle tea, and it’s one of my favorite medicinal herbs.
In my country, Bosnia, southeastern Europe, we eat these stinging nettles only during the spring time, like march, april, when they are growing, and are considered young and juicy. We pick them up fresh, they grow everywhere, so usually we go to some place where there is no car traffic, so we ensure they are clean, we eat them for breakfest, like out them in some butter and pan, and crack eggs over it, we also make like spinach type dish, we also put them in cornflour and make cornbread with them, we can make pie of it. They are really healthy and tasty, ive been told as a kid that they have alot of iron and will give me strength thats why i ate them always, i was told this by my grammas. Usually when they grow big, people dry them and make tea of them. And of course, folks pick them to scare the children to discipline them lol. That is the use of stinging nettle in my country. Also they remind me when they blossom ans grow tall, they remind me of weed or marijuana. I know marijuana is kind of prahistoric plant, because of male and female ones.i beleive also that nettle is like a fossil, survived millions of years here. It just gives me that old ancient vibe. Great plant all in all.
I had a bad allergic reaction and I broke out in hives all over my body. Fortunately, I had some stinging nettle and I made some stinging nettle tea. The tea really made the reaction bearable and helped me get through it. Thank you for sharing this in-depth information on stinging nettle. I look forward to foraging it now that I can identify it.
usually dock is the companion plant to this growing near to it. If you see it take a leaf and rub on the effected area. others just use the soil around it to neutralize it. Either or
I have a cousin that has myelofibrosis one of side of effects her bone marrow does not make enough blood for her body . She sees her doctor every three months and he is a cancer Dr. She turned him into a believer that the stinging nettle plant does make red blood cells within 9 months she was no more anemic ! Thanks to the stinging nettle plant for doing just that and by the way her doctor has recommend that to all his patients 🙂👍
@@Seek_Him You can get it dried. Sometimes you can get it fresh @ farmers markets. Seeds can also be purchased. Just search stinging nettle to get dried or seeds. God bless.
I tried nettles recently for the first time, by adding them to home made tomato soup; it was unbelievably delightful in texture and flavour, a massive bonus to the health benefits; I love it! I really enjoyed the video too, excited to learn more and I highly recommend trying nettles for anyone one reading this who hasn’t. :)
You're definitely an old soul in a young man's body . Thank you for this excellent presentation and information on the subject of this misunderstood and often hated medicinal plant .👍😸
When I was 16 yr Yong I had extreme knee pain. Doctors prescribe me lot of different medicines with zero result . Pain was so bed I had a problem walking then my mother told me " do not be stubborn cut lot of stinging nettles and whip for 10 min to knee" . I did and next day I could't walk at all , my knee was so badly swollen I was so upset but my mother looked at me and told me - all is ok tomorrow you will walk . She was right and I newer again experience knee pain. I'm 74 years old .
I really love how you intentionally repeat the key takeaways out of the wealth of information you provided to better ensure the most crucial information makes it into longterm memory. Highly effective teaching method, and I can tell it is done with intention. 👏
I think it's more of a human being thing. Repetition is extremely useful when learning because we remember information at a higher rate when it is repeated. This isn't just an American thing, this is true for everybody.
I love this guy. I have used stinging nettle in my chiropractic practice for years as a way to eliminate sinus problems during the whole year. I've always bought it in capsule form. It is seriously anti-inflammatory. I always carry it with me when I travel.
I was from Vermont and my father was a game warden he taugt my brother and I about nettles ( milk weed,fiddle heads wild onions butter nuts etc) . I never knew about the health benifits just that they were DELICIOUS taste like very tender spinitch the problem was finding enough for a meal for 4 people
Sake Wataru: Hardly anybody knows everything about anything. The young man is an outdoorsman, and one with a healthy degree of curiosity. To concentrate his outdoorsy studies on a single element, such as urtica, shows a willingness to explore things you and I might deem trivial. I’ll bet he already has a school 😁
I started including Stinging Nettle in my morning 'tea blend'. I no longer have seasonal allergies. The kicker is that Stinging Nettle is so healthy for us in many ways. Thanks for spreading the word.
If you drink morning tea use 1 or 2 tsp LOCAL honey which contains the pollens in your area that will make you less affected by allergies but the full benefit takes a long time. Medical Research has given a lab product that takes a similar time.
Learn Your Land excuse me, what is the best way to consume stinging nettle for season allergies? the plant itself as tea or can i try the capsules ? please help i suffer from really bad seasonal allergies, thanks.
Love this video! Thanks so much! I live in England and during the covid 19 pandemic my husband and I would forage for and blend nettles into smoothies every day. We lived in an awful, mould-ridden little house and I’m convinced it’s the only thing that stopped us contracting covid and having terrible immune systems. Watching this video has convinced me to go out tomorrow and forage for it again so I can dry out some leaves for the winter!
Everything we ever need is given to us freely, if we just know enough to use it correctly. Excellent video, well presented. Very informative. Thank you!👍
People perish for LACK of KNOWLEDGE...good on this young man and all like him...God bless, and, he looks the picture of good health, the way it was meant to be...
@@dottietaboot4916 we white folk folks ain't all bad, but we do need to keep the good things of the past and not treat it like it's old news. There is a lot of good in the ways of the past,
This plant has long been (perhaps centuries) a favorite Spring treat in Russian communities. The stinging experience is said to alleviate arthritis. A Spring treat is a delicious nettle soup. That, combined with Spring sorrel makes a wonderful soup, either hot or cold.
I agree, same here in Eastern Europe for us ... and it's the same way with all types of stinging nettles all over Europe AND the world, especially with the more traditionally-minded and nature-oriented people.
I started following Learn Your Land's advice (after researching elsewhere) and have created a yearly recurring garden patch of stinging nettle in the back yard. It took beautifully and is fuller and more bountiful every year. The beauty of this plant is that my wife tends towards anemia because she's seems to have difficulty assimilating any type of iron except what is found in beef ---- until I tried supplementing here diet with stinging nettle. Now, instead of requiring at least 3 oz of beef 4 or more times per week she now requires no more 1 to 2 times per week and sometimes not at all. I get the very young shoots and use it for soups primarily but also in other dishes. The gigantic leaves I collect later and keep dried --- half as pretty much whole pieces for soups, stews and teas, and the other half dried and ground into tiny pieces to use as a supplemental cooking herb that is either neutral and a favourable enhancement for most dishes. Originally I would grind them to remove most of the air so they could be inserted into gel caps and used as supplements but later found it to be unnecessary.
Once you love the plant it will establish itself all over your yard, which I love. We make Nesto. Which is like a Pesto except with Nettles. Once you crush it that also takes out the sting. Food process the leaves (I wear thicker medical gloves to strip them into the processor) Olive oil, parmesan cheese, a good salt, some garlic & lemon juice. That keeps well in the fridge or you can freeze it. It is more nutritious raw and addictive :)
I, too, am a great fan of stinging nettles. They were pretty much my sole green, when I was in the UK (in March, perfect nettle time.) I frankly have not eaten a tastier green, in soup, or steamed. Just delicious. Great idea about harvesting and dehydrating late in the season, for winter use.
Wow!,how refreshing it is to listen to someone who’s articulate, interesting and so informative, that’s some knowledge base you have there, l’ve watched some of your other video’s and they’re really excellent, thanks so much for your time and effort. Many thanks. Paul B.👍😊
What a wonderful young man with plenty of information on this amazing plant. Going outside right now to harvest some Stinging Nettle to make tea and make some of the leaves into a spinach substitute meal. Thank you again. We need more people like you on this precious Earth of ours. 💚🙏🏼🌱☀️
Just bought a house in northern Portugal, and noticed a pretty green plant growing en mass all across the field, I thought it might be stinging nettle, but didn't exprerience any stining from it, so I dismissed the idea. BUT..... LOL.... You guessed it, that plant is definately stinging me now. I firs thought I had been cursed by the previous owners, but then I found your video. I am blesed. As a 67 year old man this is certainly a good thing to have growing in my new place. Thanks for the video. Even if it is SIX years old, it is still valid.
We have stinging nettles growing in the field next to the house and we make soup with it. I also take stinging nettle root powder daily on my cereal - it’s an amazing plant Thanks for the video
How do you make soup out of stinging nettle? And where do you get stinging nettle powder? I'm having difficulty finding the plant and not hanging much luck with seeds...
I husband sometimes feels swelling in the prostate making it harder to pee. I give him organic nettle root tea every morning as part of his regimen. He loves it and it works. Also, avoid too much coffee or alcohol to keep your prostate from swelling. Every bit of information helps.
This is my first time watching. Im an instant fan. Loving your energy, presentation, passion and knowledge. Very very nice, if I could give you two likes I would.
I always harvest during the summer months when it’s tall and will sting you. I lay out a string on the ground, then I carefully wearing gloves cut plants off near ground level and stack them on top of my string. When I have a whole bunch, I tie them into a bundle and hang from a rafter to dry. Once dried they no longer sting and can be handled and eaten without being stung. Great for UTI’s
When my husband and I were working in catering, after already spending 8 hours preparing we would sting ourselves with stinging nettles before the guests arrived so that we could wake up and keep energized for the next 8-12 hours. It‘s a lot healthier than drugs, caffein or sugar. It was a big help for us.
About 20 years ago we live in the country side of Port Elizabeth South Africa, and I learnt from a black lady how to harvest and prepare Stinging nettle, either like spinach or in a tomato & onion stew. Delicious. But it does leave you sleepy. Which is fine after supper. It only guarantees a good night sleep. We live in the suburbs in Gauteng now. And I haven't seen any around.
The Great Buddhist Yogi Milarepa subsisted on Stinging Nettle throughout the years of his meditation practice in isolated caves of the Himalaya. He ate so many that in traditional paintings of him he is a mild shade of green. He is testament to their nutritional value and for him they were fuel for his eventual enlightenment!
well..if,,you eat heaps of carrots,,you turn orange.. id like to know, some indian ''gods'', are blue. was that natural color, like some egyptian ''gods'', or,
Hi there in America. I love the stinging nettle, it actually is my favorite plant and I use it since many years. It is also great for the blood (cleaning) and the hair and I use it for my soaps… I drink stinging nettle water, use it in the salad, or as you said as spinach. It is a truly amazing plant. God bless, much love from Switzerland.
My first experience with nettles was on a wild foods weekend, we had stinging nettle fritters and fried dandelion flowers. Every spring my mouth waters for them! Good stuff!
Man, I'm glad there are people like you who take the time to learn all this and explain it in 15 minutes.
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@@ryanfulkerson1903u wrote " he's and Jem". - meaning ...what?? Google is offering to translate ur mgs into English, but I don't think that'd help here, tbh.
@@4herstory what are you talking about? Are you a human?
@@ryanfulkerson1903 ok, the problem here is that "Jem" doesn't mean anything in the English language, so far as i know. So I'm just going to surmise that the word intended is "gem" - as in a jewel - & it was simply misspelled. Which is forgiveable. After all, indeed, he IS a 💎.
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@@Dprang1 🙄 as no one was even talking to whoever u are, kindly stfu, thx. 🥱
I met a woman years ago in a book shop who absolutely vibrated with energy. Her eyes were super white, her skin glowed, her hair was spectacular... I know this may sound crazy but it's 100% true. It was so obvious I was compelled to say something, ask her 'her secret' or whatever... I didn't want to seem weird but I had to talk to her so I said 'Excuse me, your hair looks so healthy and vibrant - what do you use?" Unbelievably, she said she hadn't used shampoo for years, all she ever put on her hair was a strong tea of stinging nettles! Turns out she drank stinging nettles tea, ate nettle leaves, soaked in a tub of boiled nettles after dry brushing, rinsed her hair and gargled with stinging nettles! She called it her magic friend. So glad I found your video - I'd sort of forgotten about these wonderful plants! ❤️ I'm getting stinging nettle tea tomorrow...
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I need that cholesterol numbers to be better for sure I have naturally high cholesterol and wow this is awesome I was taking it for other reasons the tea but now I'll do it for the cholesterol too ❣️
Apparently, it’s so chock full of vitamins, minerals, & antioxidants… this makes sense! Her using it in so many ways must be like a veritable fountain of youth. What a great testimony; thanks for sharing! I used to be afraid of the plant but now I’m more excited than ever to start harvesting it. Wonder if it’ll even reverse my greys. Sounds like it may very well be a possibility.
Poison ivy type shit
This has me itching just listening, I lived with this surrounding the woods on my property for 20 years. It’s the only thing I miss after moving , I worked until I was itching up to my knees daily. Then I came in and showered. Applying aloe vera helped me . I wouldn’t drink this I am too allergic on my skin , I can imagine what my stomach would look like.
I used to rub it on my arms before school and would get sent home for the day. The rash would only last about 2 hours. Mom finally caught me grabbing it from yard next door lol good times.
Totally genius. Throwing up and rashes are a great way to get sent home immediately
@@METRIKVX why would it be? U can see the rash lot easier to get away with. You stupid? Lol
That's some funny shit!
Lmfao brilliant
@@METRIKVX naw whenever I used to try that the nurse would have me lay down for awhile. They see a rash and would be like get this kid out of here, instantly on the way home.
I’ve been in love with nettles for decades now and recently moved into a home where I delightedly discovered I have a HUGE patch all around back porch and more along the woods line. I feel so blessed 💚 🧚🏽 🌱
As a teenager (I'm 63), I used to pick the wee leaves to make tea and the larger leaves for a hair rinse that leaves your hair shining. If you quickly & firmly take hold of the leaves they don't sting. Very charming young man with a real enthusiasm for his subject that leaves you wanting to learn more from him. Thank you.😊
❤❤❤ love this comment. Nettle is so great for the hair!!!
REALLY???
Funny you say that you can grab the plant quick to avoid stinging, I discovered this when I was about 8 years old, I use to rip them out with my bare hands I just tried it cus I wondered if I could somehow ignore the pain if I did it fast and it turned out it doesn't sting! Just don't brush other leaves!
I did the same.....we would wear gloves to pick it....then make tea with the tiny leaves and the rest went to make a rinse for our hair. We added lemon balm (melissa) to the rinse. Just lovely. Nice comment, brought back memories. 👍💖
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I am 86 years old and we used nettles all my life to cook along with spinach. About half and half. My Grandmother also made tea with lemon rind. We drank it cold.
Wow!
Thank you Sir👍😊
Continued good health, and good fortune to you!
Moira
From England.
My grandmother was cooking it with the beans ,I used to cook it for my daughter when she was one year old like spinach,she had severe anaemia, and it helped her a lot.
Missing so much going to the woods with my grandma
Keep in the good health
You're 86, so it must have done something to help you lived so long. I bet your Grandmother was in her 90s before she passed away.
unfortunately, it is very hard to find “clean” nettles these days. Everything seems to be sprayed with something to kill something. In my “old” house, I used to have a patch of nettles just to be used for spinach, teas etc. (my Grandmother had a nettle patch just for her chickens.)
@@trudidolder6122 Very true. The last time I picked up some Jelly Mushroom and ate it, I had the runs for a couple of days. I noticed that they use pesticides every year. I guess anything growing low to the ground could be contaminated. The only things that's safe are the fruits and nuts that grow high up on trees.
This is one of the most articulate and interesting presenters I have ever watched and listened to. Why isn’t this individual in mainstream media , he should have his own TV Channel. Thankyou so so much .
I agree that he is amazing, but should never get a TV deal as it would kill his spirit and he'd have to do as told!
Keep up the great work buddy!
Looks like you now wake up
Definitely IN TOUCH!
He's too smart for msm because big pharma advertisers wouldn't like it. Bask in the glory of YT, still good for various topics of interest, help and current events ...today, anyway.
Tv is dead...
What a detailed video. You are the type of guy we need to teach natural medicine.
It gives me hope in humanity, when I come across young people like you. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks!
@@LearnYourLand He is actualy 67, just eats a lot of veg ;)
@@LearnYourLand amazing video thanks mate .i also heard that the seeds are real good for you to i dont know if the type you picked grow seeds im from uk and the type we have here grow seeds might be something to look in to if you did not know
The stinging nettles in Antigua in the caribbean is tuff, reall itchy, the soil is powerful over there all fruits nd tree tends to become such valid kings nd queens to its habitat. Plus nature nd non toxic air makes everthing better.. i use to get sting by them alot untill i got use to it, then it never really bothered me after, i just stopp itching..
@@LearnYourLand check out the island of antigua and dominica both islands are really rich when it comes to vegan life. We normally fast as cultural routine. Nothing major its just normal as we know it is important.. the Rastas dreadhead are the true motivators off inner energy being brought out into life..
Fellow nettle affectionado here from Portugal. I am a dedicated worshiper of the nettle for 27 years now. I will return to read all the comments at a later date as I love to hear how nettles have healed people. Just now I wanted to mention something you forgot to cover in the video and that is the later season harvest of nettle tops when their seeds mature. Hang upsidedown to dry and shake out lots of wonderful tiny omega 3 packed crunchy delights. The gift that just keeps giving. 💚🌱
Families back in Kenya have been cooking tradational Marsh potatoes with it for many generations +44
thanks for encouragement... wanting to experiment 👍🙏🇨🇦❤️
@@SuperReznative Actually you can even tell your Sweetheart love you like ..
@Corunna Stevens Goris sumptuous especially Kikuyu decedent we love it the Grand and great Children of MAU MAU
Love the sound of that
I used stinging nettle all my life. Back in Romania, the plant is well recognized for its health benefits. We used it as a puree and as a replacement for spinach. Also, we were told the stings have medicinal benefits for rheumatism. Still eating and enjoying it in Michigan.
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Whipping your self, That would be a good one for penance during Lent. ✝
Oh I can't the ground is frozen. 😇
~Do you eat both old and young sting nettles, or only eat the young ones.?
Its true what you heard about stinging nettles and RA. Started take nettle supplements about 2 weeks ago and have already noticed an improvement in the mornings - don't wake up in quite so much pain. I've bought some seeds and am going to start growing my own.
I do in London
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~Thank you very much.! Since then I did some research on nettles. Nettle Soup in Sweden is called Nasselsoppa is a well known sign of spring blooming in Sweden. Nettles are packed with nutrition, flavour, have high quantities of iron, calcium, vitamin A and K. In old Europe nettles were used medicinally as a diuretic and to treat joint pain. Early young nettles are tender and perfect for cooking. Only use nettles less than 30 cm. (12 inches) high because otherwise they will have too much fiber and tough. Also avoid picking nettles that are flowering because they are too old. For the best flavour then pick only the top four to six leaves on each spear shaft. Farther south in the UK the nettle soup season is from the middle of February to late April, unless the nettles have been cut down in creating a second growth. You can also freeze those nettle tops. I would use clean, very thin nitrile gloves to pick them.
I hope you know how much I appreciate your channel. I used to be a pharmacy technician and I left my job in order to get a more rewarding job. I got a great job at my church here in Seattle where I helped run the kitchen where we fed hundreds of people who were in need of a good meal five days a week. I was just crossing the street and I was hit by a distracted driver and I was rushed to the hospital and I was in a coma for three weeks and I was only given a five percent chance of survival and I am so thankful that I am now able to get back in the gym again and I workout three times a week. Thank you for your post and I will be looking for you next video. I hope you have a great week ahead and I love the nettle tea. Thank you so much for sharing your positive energy 👍🍀
Thank you!
Incredible! We are so blessed aren’t we? Can’t tell when gods putting you through the test but once you’re on the other side you can see why god had to put you through that test. So happy for you, hope to see you in more comment sections like this!
Shocking story ! If God is everywhere, why do you think he allowed this to happen to you ? 🤷♀️
@@hjd832 humanity did this not god. Don’t put the blame on the creator, humans have made a mess of our world not god. God have us freedom, this is what we did with it. Disgusting that people like you talk like that.
@@hjd832 Ionceknewanurse who had injured her back, already Christian, bur now somewhat dibilitated. The injury allowed her to refocus her attention on her prayer life and walk with God as well as pursue poetry and writing, a remembered love. We don't always understand how He works but His ways are not our ways, we just follow and pray.
I grew up in the woods and this young man knows more about one plant than I learned about the entire forest. Bravo and please keep educating us. Subscribed
Thank-you so much for this, came upon this video quite by chance, inspired me all over again to investigate herbalism
A brilliant man..
@Deb Harris Most Western medicines conflict with eachother. 3 out of the 6 meds I've been on for years on have contraindications taken alongside eachother but I had to look into that myself to gauge how I felt about the risk/changing the time of day I take them seeing as my doctor didn't bother to tell me.I think it's a case of making yourself aware f the potential interaction between two active ingredients or whether the mechanism by which two medicines are in conflict but that isn't the case 100% of the time. I use cannabis because it counteracts the side effects of my allergy medication (vivid nocturnal hallucinations)
@Deb Harris Yes this is absolutely true and iI find it incredibly alarming and frustrating when I report adverse reactions to my doctor who refuses to even entertain the possibility. I am always acutely aware of what is going on inside my body and am in a patient group of 4,000 others. I have learned that I have to largely take responsibility for my own health and do my own research Even when I ask the pharmacist about eh specific cannabinoid and terpene profile of my medication they say they do not know and I must follow the papertrail until I find where/when the plant was grown according to the batch number analyse the lab report. My doctors think educating myself is neuroses and undermining their authority, but as you say it is incredibly important- there are so many permutations possible increasing with each drug ou take and people are so diverse with their own unique biochemistry. Statistically it is indeed impossible to say that taking any pharmaceutical is 100% safe but I find it remarkable how I'm still alive reading the vast list of possible side effects for every drug that is deemed 'safe enough' to put on the market. That said, people still need to be careful with herbs if they are unsure of the origin or they're prepared themselves with no way of accurately measuring dosage, like that poor boy who poisoned himself with poppy seed tea. Thankfully my favourite herb is practically impossible to fatally intoxicate oneself with and heals a good number of different ailments...
You are 100 and 10% correct... I love how easy he spoke about the plant and that gives the viewer more confidence in trying to utilize it...
He has a certain charm. It is from a genuine passion for botany. He appears to effortlessly provide such detailed info on his subject. He is happy and his love of the natural world comes shining through.
Awareness of Herbal and medicinal plants used to be a very important part of community living and its resurgence is a blessing indeed.
Thank you, young man. Keep up the great work!
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Amen, so refreshing to experience a happy person truly following his interest, and unselfishly sharing himself with the world. Bravo!
He's the Bob ross of nature
And hopefully keeping away from big pharma
Here in Denmark they are called “brændenælder” (“burning nettles”). We have breakfast products with dried burning nettle leaves in them (krudtuglegrød). The fibres in the stems can be/ have been used to make clothes (by hand, you can make a cord strong enough to be used for fishing).
If you ferment the leaves and stems in a barrel of water, you get a very potent, though not nice smelling, fertilizer, called “ajle”. Nice channel. Keep up the good work 👍
I hope Denmark keeps the rabbi communists out or soon your country will be ethnically cleansed like they’re doing to America and Western Europe.
"Brandnetels" in the Netherlands, where hemp was more used, and still is. Both plants are family, however I've never tryed to smoke “brændenælder”🥴
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@Michael Thomasen Hello,
What do you use in order to ferment the leaves + stems in a barrel of water & also, is it safe to consume (eat or drink) in that form ?...
@@alozzola3270 it ferments naturally in water, though it needs to be stirred from time to time. Not recommended for internal use. Rather, the dissolved molecular structures of the ajle gives growing plants a lot of useful “building blocks” for growth, roughly speaking :-)
I used this for menstruation. I had horrific periods. Super super heavy. Taking stinging nettle slowed it down to what I think normal people had, sometimes even slowing more and shortening it from 10 days to 5. This is an amazing herb.
10 day period?! That is incredible. Mine has never lasted more than 4 days.
I know everyone is different and all but 10 days seems excessive.
I'm happy to hear that Nettle has helped you to mellow your body and "time" out.
What an amazing plant Nettle is!
@@jennak.8541 It's better now that I moved to my next phase of life. I don't miss having it at all!
@@annmarygarcia1321 I don't blame you!
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Take care!
Had same issue when I was young. So glad for menopause.
I’m on day 14 with heavy bleeding.. I’m going to try this.
He’s smart , articulate and very knowledgeable! Kudos to him ! My respect 🙏
It seems that he did not and does not get exposed to being "gas-lighted" by some NPD or NPD's enablers.
As a British guy I must admit I did chuckle to myself when he said "there's never a time when I see stinging nettles and I'm not really excited".
He'd be in a constant state of euphoria almost anywhere in the UK! They are very widespead here and generally regarded as a pest. There are nettles growing 6ft tall right accross the road from me, for weeks I've been wishing somebody would strim them down, but now, as a life long hay fever sufferer, I am seeing them in an entirely new light. Thank you for this.
isnt it funny, how old wives tales, remedies, ideas, die out in 1 generation. im from lancs, living in aus. since 71. even iodine, was in most foods, given by doctors as a cure all,. then, we got big pharma, take a pill, its easier. anti biotic. ect. i told another person, if you go to the doctors, & he,s fat, bald, wearing glasses,. why listen to him..
@@harrywalker5836 😄
Did it end up helping your allergies ?
Yes, when we lived in England, we got stung so often. Thank God for the Dock plants next to them.
@@ritamariekelley4077 also check out Plantain broad leaved and ribwort species both work immensely well as a more effective antidote to nettle rash plus excellent as a spit poultice on insect bites n stings... U can use the leaves as a plaster for wounds.. Also edible apocalyptic vegetable slightly bland but will see you through 🙂
At the time of writing this, I'm 35, I grew up in the UK and when I was 5 or 6 I have a memory of "Old people" making nettle tea and nettle jellies etc and us kids were all "Yuck" as we just associated nettles with stinging.
Remarkable how much natural medicine has been forgotten as generations change.
This video is 4 years old and I'm late to the party but thank you for this!
I live in the UK and when I was younger I remember alot of the elderly saying that drinking nettle tea was good for you! I also remember 🤢 thinking...' Not in my life time!'. Now however I'm willing to give it a try.. but I'm still not sure about the Nettle jelly, although I'd like to try it at a kids Birthday party and see their reaction. (Them) 😳(and me) 😂🤣.
This info is timeless 💚 glad you joined the party
See how much benefits we got 🤗👏👏when our teachers in kashmir (india)rubbed our legs and buttocks with these plants. When we haven't done home work.
@@junaidtariq8745 You poor thing. Why didn't you?
You're going to be gobsmacked at how delicious the young, fresh ones are when fairly lightly cooked and buttered, or made into soup. The tea's delicious too, even made from dry leaf. But, nettles jelly?? What's that like?
That's so good hearing young people like yourself telling people how nutritious and overlooked the good old nettle is. I think drying them is a great idea as there's nothing better in winter. It's wonderfully full of iron and has good effects on the kidneys, I could go on forever!
you have lots of iron in meat, in natural to human form
Ty. I have CKD3 so I think I'm going to try some🤗
@@szymonbaranowski8184 yeah but the cops keep telling me I can't eat my neighbors... no matter how annoying or delicious they may be!
I suppose these plants will have to suffice.
For now....
@@szymonbaranowski8184a tortured and then slaughtered animal = "natural to human form"
a plant = not
The level of brainwash, jesus christ.
We use nettles when growing vegetables instead of pesticides and we grow organic food. The only problem with stinging nettle is blood clotting, you have to be careful not to take too much.
Many years ago, my Greek mother-in-law was very excited to find this growing on the woodsy edge of my yard here in New England, near Boston. She told me how important it had been as a food source during and after WWII in the northern mountainous area of Greece where they lived on her family's farm and times were horrendous with a lot of starvation. she told me how to pick it and prepare it , a lot like they would spinach. said it was a lifesaver and good medicine too. good to see you spreading the news too!
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How to eat it with the stinging things
@@annetierney42 apparently you pick when very young, before the 'stingers' develop fully !
Cook it and that disables the stingers. Also dehydrate in the sun.
A survivor of the Berlin blitz attack managed to survive on lard and nettles which grew in vacant lots. I have a pot full of fresh spring nettles cooked on the stove right now. We collect lots, cook, cool and store in the freezer.
Adam...You HAVE to be ONE THE BEST presenters on UA-cam! This is the second video I've watched and you've never faultered! Precise information flow! GREAT JOB!!
I'm not one for watching longer videos, but my lord this guy just had me hooked, he was so well versed in what he was speaking about and learned so much about this plant I used to consider nothing but a pest
I grow stinging nettle in a pot here in Florida and use it regularly. One thing I do is whenever I have a painful arthritic flareup in my thumb, I go and sting the area. The first time I did this for a couple of months whenever I had a flareup, and then I realized that I stopped having flareups all together, for years. Rarely, do I get a flare up now and it’s easily been over 10 years since I did this.
Worked for me, too! I view the sting as a positive thing. But, maybe I'm just not as sensitive to it as some
Thanks for the idea
Tried this the other day after i read about it , got arthritis in the joints of the 2 fingers closest to thumb on left hand , Took a glove with me and stung the hell out of it , not too bad must have been a 100 lumps on it lol ( wife was looking at me with raised eyebrows lmao ) , still felt a bit tingly the next day when i touched it but wasn't too bad and 4 days later the pain in my fingers has gone , they feel normal . Admittedly i'm not 100% it's worked so will repeat of the arthritis comes back . Better then taking nsaids forever ...fingers x
Really ? My hands are starting to really hurt anymore and this has got me thinking.
That's cool!
Butter, crushed garlic, fresh Rosemary, handful of “chiffonaded” Stinging Nettle over Angel-haired pasta with a splash of ev olive oil. Just had it earlier this week. Can’t beat it.
Wow thank you for this recipee! Im growing this but don’t know what im doing. Did you cook it first?
Can you eat the mature plant if you cook it?
@@daniellewis8350 Yes.
Don't know if the plant I accidentally bumped into is this but it immediately felt like I was in a ant pile. I live in Texas. I was gardening and found out this plant isn't something I like
@@RacheaHolliwaySINGER you better cook it, or you'll be in a lot of pain!
Great video. No unnecessary words, informational, under 10 minutes. Just fantastic. Thank you for starting this channel.
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Incredible and so informative … thank you so much. I have read through the comments and cannot see mentioned as yet, that the best antidote to the sting of stinging nettles, is actually the nettles themselves! My Mother was born in Germany and she would quickly grab some of the nettles and put this in a little blender with some water, she would then pour this slurry over my arm or wherever else I got stung. It provides pretty much instant relief! When my daughter was a little girl, she came into the kitchen screaming and holding her hand in the air. She was too young to articulate what was wrong with her. After some rapid thought on where she had been and examining her hand, I decided to hazard a guess that she had touched the stinging nettle I had tucked away. So I blended some up with water like my Mum used to so and poured it over her hand. She stopped crying incredibly quickly! Hope this helps someone else. Homeopathy in all its glory “ like cures like”
I've heard that blending fresh nettles destroys the trichomes so they don't sting. Thanks for sharing this remedy!!
Thank you for sharing this remedy. Next time I walk through the forest I may take a blended solution :)
Also I heard and tried the back side of ferns, where the spores are. Rub it on. It works
Doc leaves , which grow around stinging nettles… just rub the leaf over the area and job done😊
@@stevebutterworth1937
I heard and have tried the doc leaves aswel 👍
I love reading all of the different takes on this video. The goodness that envelops this process shows the care that went into the video and the comments that follow. This is beyond heartwarming. Thank you.
I really appreciated how he repeated himself often to emphasize important points. Very effective way of educating us :)
Shytt u need to listen to dr Umar Johnson....and get echoed the fuvk out
Ya some people need sheer repetition just to remember their own God damned name......
@@jayellell4056 can't you leave your comment without the rudeness?
@@sketch6995 ditto to you, can't you leave a comment without rudeness?
You could have worded your comment better.
Though it's great your watching such an interesting Channel.
Actually Nettle Soup is delicious and very nutritious. My youngest son makes it.
If you live in a rural area, make sure you gather somewhere where dog walkers don't go, or at the edges of roads where exhaust fumes are a problem.
I live beside farms and an Agricultural Contractor and wouldn't use any nettles on the grass verges on my road. Though do on our Private Lane behind our homes and part of my garden near compost.
@@janetrodgers8473 I bet all the tree huggers are having a nettle feast...
Nettle soup is actually quite delicious.
I remember when we used to go on hikes in what I guess would be called primary (or is it elementary?) school in english speaking countries?
We picked nettles and made soup while the teacher pointed out stuff about the plants, trees and creatures in the woods and fields we went through.
Just make sure you get the first shoots and spring plants.
If you get old plants you'll be chewing for hours =P. There's plenty of edible plants out there.
Too bad that its not part of common education to teach kids about the stuff we have all around us anymore.
Basic foraging skills is really useful.
One of my favorites is wild picked wood sorrel.
Schools don’t want you to know this. They rather make money off of you when you get sick and sell you petroleum based medicine.
That’s why we should educate ourselves 👍🏼
What did you students put into the soup?
Do you have a recipe?
Number of servings: 4
A "good" sign of spring is nettles! Nettle soup is both tasty and a real health cure, maximized with vitamins such as carotene (vitamin A), calcium, silicon, tannins, organic acids, iron, chlorophyll and glucokinin.
Ingredients
2 l freshly picked baby nettles
2 shallots
25 g of butter
3 tbsp buckwheat flour
2 chicken stock cubes
9 dl water (approx.)
2 dl white wine
1 dl cream
salt
black pepper
1 tbsp dry sherry
accessories:
2 tbsp chopped chives
4 eggs
1 dl fresh cream
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Do this:
Rinse the nettles thoroughly, remove any roots and rough parts. (Use plastic gloves with advantage)
Sauté butter, onion and nettles. Crumble the bouillon cube and layer flour over the nettles and onion, then dilute with wine & water.
Let it boil for a couple of minutes. Add the cream.
Season the soup with salt & pepper and a little vermouth or dry sherry.
Serve with a dollop of crème fraîche, a poached egg or half an egg and sprinkle with some chives. A piece of bread also goes well with it.

Nettles and mashed potatoes--champ in Ireland, stelk in Scotland (unless I have them reversed). I used to make it each year in earliest spring with whatever herbs were then available. USA
THIS GUY iS THE ABSOLUTE BEST TEACHER OF WILD EDIBLES
ESPECIALLY MUSHROOMS...DOWN TO EARTH AND LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE..
I'm a state over from him here in ohio.
I knew next to nothing just 3 or 4 years ago until I stumbled on this channel.
Best thing that has ever happened to me.
My kids now love nature walks and finding food.
...He does know his stuff, unfortunately, mushrooms are questionable since they are "decomposers". I used to eat them until I did the research. No more fungus for Jimbo...
My auntie in Kinnitty Ireland used to make soup for her family from stinging nettles. I didn’t realize how nutritious nettles are until you explained it! What a wonderful channel you have created! Thank you.
I had tennis elbow for about 10 years and I was then working in a vineyard with lots of opportunity to sting myself through out the day … so I decided to sting my elbow with multiply stings by rubbing my elbows back and forth many times through patches of nettles around 4 times a day. I did this for about a week and I could feel the sting migrating to exactly hit the weak spot. It totally healed me I no longer have tennis elbow. Thank you stinging nettles …
Thanks, am going to get into my nettle patch tomorrow morning, i have been having a few extra aches lately particularly in my R elbow...had forgotten about the arthritis and nettle etc...
@@aussiegirl3473 (and Polly A too) I have experienced this for a fact (this is not about 'ME' but I need to explain just to be clear?) I had/ still have a massive trauma to my left wrist since early childhood (and I am naturally left-handed), I didn't like to admit or consider myself to be physically impaired but the harsh reality was that I would suffer lasting pain whenever I did some 'normal tasks' like mowing the lawn for example.
It got worse over time and my doctor would prescribe painkillers with a 'rolling' prescription?
I didn't like the idea of painkillers except as a last resort and certainly not to be taken every day or even any week if I could bear it.
Then came the day I was working in the garden and got stung by nettles along that arm, yeah, getting stung by nettles can really suck (depending on the time of year?) but I realized that the pain in my wrist was gone and it 'stayed gone' long after the nettle-sting was bothering me? I have taken about 100 prescribed painkiller tabs since, that was more than two years ago. I often get stung by nettles though?
I can say it works for me and hope it works for you too.
God speed (I know there is an obvious question, re nettles don't grow all year round? That's why I used what the doc ordered on occasion?
@@conmcgrath7502 I rubbed some on my elbow today, while i made my smoothie, with pasteurised only milk, frozen banana, 3 stinging nettle leaves, comfrey leaf, gotu kola leaves, moringa powder, magnesium and other ingreds powder, yummy, then i went out and did 3 hours mulching of garden trims, palm fronds etc, had a mile high pile, and still more to go..
Had to bcz yesterday my sweet 11yo granddaughter came f2f with a v large v venomous eastern brown snake in my back yard, there is a small seasonal creek between mine and the back neighbour (long story there, not good)
She had been running in the yard, jumped the log to go see the eel she has discovered in the creek and BAM she almost landed on the snake, who at first turned toward her, she froze, petrified, and screamed to us...poor girl, she clung to her mum sobbing for over 5 mins...
But, Praise God for His protection over her, she is a small slight built lass and a bite from a snake that size would have been life threatening!!!
So, back to the nettle, i intend to get back into having these smoothies daily again, as they are so full of life giving substances..at almost 65 yo things aren't quite what they used to be lol
Comfrey is the young woman's insurance policy : )
The middle aged lady's BFF
& the older lady's LAST resort LOL
Guess i fit the latter bill now haha
I'm still fairly active, even though i am challenged with Post Polio Syndrome from my childhood P vaxx at 6 yo, but God, is good all the time, and all the time God is good, He has never let me down, in all my 43 ys walking 🚶🏼♀️ with Him
God bless and thanks for sharing : D
Here's a blessing for YOU : )
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@@aussiegirl3473 Thank you and glad to hear no harm fell to your granddaughter. It never occurred to me to use nettle leaves 'direct' in a smoothie or otherwise. I know the 'old people' had a great regard for nettles, in particular for the young ones at this time of year (spring in the northern hemisphere) and I remember my Dad fondly talking about getting 'yesterdays potatoes fried with nettles in the bacon-water'. I think I am going to try and revive some of those old ways.
Did you know, that leaving a few nettle plants in a bucket of rain-water for a month makes an excellent fertilizer?
By 'a few' I am given to understand no more than a handful or the water will be too strong? but you could always dilute it?! Spookily enough, I had just recently considered my epitaph 'PISS KILLS NETTLES' and laughed quietly to myself for there is indeed ancient knowledge and wisdom to pass on to the next generations.
Maybe before I 'shuffle off this mortal coil' I can manage to leave something more useful to know?
Dia is Muire duit.
@@conmcgrath7502 Alright for you blokes, but not so grand for the gals LOL
Not heard of the nettles, but weeds in a bucket of water for fertilizer : )
All the best with the nettle recipes..
Warm regards Con
One of the first wild plants I was thought about as a child. I still remember being around 6 or 7 on my granddads farm and I was stung by one. My granddad told me when you are stung by a nettle you will find the cure near by. He then helpped me find a dock leaf (nearly always within a few metres of nettles) and showed me if you take a leaf, crush it, squeeze the juice from it to apply to the nettle sting it soothes.
Genuinely takes most of the discomfort from the sting.
Something about that stuck with me though. I loved how balanced it seemed, that the solution was offered by nature along with the danger.
It was very practical advice as well because myself and the cousins were always getting stung running around the farm haha
We just used mud!
Edit: Then waited for it to dry and wiped it all away.
I was told the same story …English stinging nettles are really pretty and have a heart ❤️ shape leaf and very different to these ones ….I grew up on a farm in Devon.
I stayed away from them.
My Grandparents farm
(County Cork) had bunches of them, strangely beautiful...
It isn’t offered by nature. It’s offered by God, the creator of nature. Give credit where credit is due.
@@winnepeterson7740 The nettle is a product of evolution, just like you and I and every living thing, no fictional beings required.
Excellent commentary on the wonderful nettle. One aspect that was not mentioned is that summer is a great time to harvest the seeds from the mature plant. The seeds are incredibly nutritious, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, are a kidney restorative, and are excellent at boosting one's energy levels and immune system. In fact, they are so powerful, be careful not to consume more than 30g per day you will still be wide awake with energy when it's time to fall asleep. The seeds can be brewed into a tea, eaten fresh, or dried and sprinkled on salads or bread like poppy seeds, or added to soups. Truly, every part of the nettle can be used and harvested at various times giving us its benefits throughout the year.
Very interesting! Can you explain how to harvest the seeds? Thanks!
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@@stephaniecarrow4898 ,
Here is a link to another video on stinging nettles. The host explains all aspects of harvesting.
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If they are green are they ready to be harvested and I have to wait till seeds are brown ??
Thank you for that. I consider it as the most important part of the wonderful plant.
Tree leaves are the most nutritious because they have deep roots that pull up minerals that smaller plants can’t reach. Leaves fall and the nutrients are distributed on the surface for others to enjoy. Awesome and wonderful design!
I just found another angel that comes to bless this world.
Related connection is there
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Either this guy is great at memorization or he's incredibly smart. I think it's the latter. Great videos!
Clearly, I need to try stinging nettle. Brain food!
He is a botanist!
He is brilliant
Smokes pot
Hello all, I'm a new sub but I'm guessing he's most likely both... Be safe everyone...
Stinging nettle has been a life-changer for me. I throw it, raw, into my green smoothies (banana and orange juice). My energy lasts all day, my allergies subside, and I LOVE the taste--it tastes like springtime!
I love stinging nettle, I first moved into a house where it was growing in the backyard but I didn't know what it was and pulled it all out and threw it away sadly. I later realized what I had and now Infuse it drink for allergies and dry it and put it in jars or summer when it doesn't grow here. I use it in stir-fries and soups and talk to people about the nutritional benefits, my son thinks it's crazy but he doesn't stand still long enough to hear about how beneficial it is. what classes did you take to learn about all of this you're very knowledgeable thank you for your information.
On mentioning allergies, I suffer from asthma, quite severe at one point.
After buying a house with a 120ft long garden, almost full with nettles, I was nettled constantly, day in, day out.
I did make nettle tea with honey occasionally.
And now, the asthma has almost disappeared.
Coincidence?
Possibly,
I don’t suffer with hay fever anymore either.
@@krazytroutcatcher A fine blessing 🌿
We have been using it for seasonal allergies successfully for a few years. So thankful for for this important medicinal information.
What an amazing world. And here I assumed stinging nettle was the same as poison ivy, a plant people should seek to avoid. Last year I had a similar revelation with dandelions.
Watching this guy truly inspires me to want to homestead. My profoundest gratitude to this guy.
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Positive thoughts your inspirations will become your reality.
@@oldschool8292 Well said! I can't agree more. As an example, I have some relatives clearing over 100k annually and I make far less yet I live simply and somehow I'm happy and I manage my finances better than those people. Here's a quote I'm sure you've heard: _“Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.”_ - Lao Tzu
My German Grandmother once told me that during WW2, they pretty much lived off of nettle; that, and the occasional rabbit. Food was scarce and this plant was in abundance. She had a great sense of humor and called it the bunker diet. I absolutely love walking through a patch any time my arthritis acts up. The chemicals in the "needles" helps to numb the afflicted areas. That was a practice I learned from the Native American folk. It truly is an amazing plant.
Awesome comment, thanks for sharing, and yes it really is an amazing plant…. With so many different benefits, uses, and cures all in one plant…
Well chewing willow bark helps with pain, but aspirin works better, and don't get stuck in your teeth.
@@larryscarr3897 is that why they made dental floss. yucca leaf fiber makes a great flossing string.
@@philliperskine4986 not as good as 37 cents at the nearest drug store.
@@larryscarr3897 what would one do without them? right I would rather do it free of charge.
Who is this brilliantly articulate young man? Kudos to him!!!
Wow! I am impressed that you are using scientific terms including trichomes! Thank you for this well-researched video. From a retired Certified Arborist and Arboriculture/Forestry teacher
Thank you for your service in an extraordinarily important area that is unfortunately often overlooked these days. 🌱🙏🌱
I don't know why people are surprised by this young man's level of education? He probably went to uni and has a degree in botany or similar.
@@PatchouliPenny Because people judge on appearance in most cases.
@@PatchouliPenny It’s just refreshing to see one interested in something most his age are not.
He problems just smokes marijuana???
Now in my upper 60's, I suddenly noticed BPH symptoms about 3 months ago. I might be doing the pee dance if I couldn't relieve myself on short notice, especially when I woke up in the morning. About 1 month ago, stinging nettles patches were coming up and available for snacking. This video said consume the roots/rhizomes to treat BPH. I found REMARKABLE benefits from merely eating just a few raw leaves.... like 3 or 4. That's it. And then I realized the benefits lasted days. I didn't have to eat any more leaves for ??? days to avoid BPH symptoms but I eat a few leaves once or twice a week anyway, so I don't know how long the benefit would last if I stopped. I've never again experienced BPH symptoms since my first leaves. It really does have a positive impact on quality of life. Thank you for this video.
Omg, two cell phones later and I found you again. Grew up in NW PA on a farm spending most of my time in the woods and never got to know most of the plants you go over. The way you go over them is very informative and never boring. Thank you!
Stinging nettle in my omelet every morning. Grow in my back yard wild. free healthy food, I love it.
Do you just put the raw, uncooked leaves in scrambled eggs or do you cook the nettle first? Thanks
Your brain is firing on all cylinders. Love your enthusiasm for these medicinals.
I stumbled upon this and was quickly going to make a comment making fun of this guy. While typing my stupid comment I actually started listening and soon realized he is probably a thousand times smarter than i am and is very informative. I deleted my comment and subscribed instead. Hope to learn more. Keep up the good work!
Everyone with soul has their own style. Fuck being a robot. Do your thing, brother.
Kyle Bailey ?
Kyle Bailey well done bro, you are a wise man because you have humility
Why did you want to make fun of him though?
Yes, I'm hooked on Adam too. I'm doing a live seminar next Saturday on foraging in the Ozarks for a fairly large audience.
The fact that you don't have millions of subscribers is beyond me! I think you need your own tv show! Keep up the great vids bro, you are awesome!
Hey thanks!
Because, not all that good.
Many people don't appreciate good genuine information.
Cos he's real and not talking about sex and sticking his Willy out for the world to see. Most ppl will watch and subscriber to crap. But some of us love the good stuff innit.
Best way to go forward is to drink it in the morning b4 you eat anything ending your fast after sleep, drink two cups of water then go on with your day. 2nd great plant is echinacea by itself or mix in with goldenseal after every meal or any intake. To keep the immune system being prepared for any bacteria or pesticide trying to invade nd develop...
I cant get enough of this channel....this guy is off the wall with knowledge.
In a recent "double-blind, placebo-controlled randomised test" - it was concluded that this chap really knows what he's talking about and should be taken very seriously. I'm off now to get me some nettle-tops.
You are doing so much to help people: your parents must be VERY proud of you! Thank you for the useful information!
great info - I'm from Europe and I remember my grandma cooking this plant in especially in the spring - she will cut onions in cube and put a little oil, get the onions golden and than added about a tsp of flour mixed it well and add some milk ( warm milk) - make like rue , after that she will put in the stinging nettle ( washed and cut) and cook it for just a little bit, add chopped garlic towards the end of the cooking. We will eat this dish with sunny side up eggs and homemade bread. ( Same for spinach )
Mmmmm yummm , thanks and bless your grandma.
Thank you!
I have Stinging nettle growing wild on my land, maybe I should try this.
Blessings to you and your amazing Grandmother, what a treasure
THE BEST IS TO BOIL THEM 2 MINUTES THEN DUMP OUT THAT WATER AND PUT FRESH WATER ,THE FIRST WATER IS A LITTLE BITTER THEN BOIL TILL THEY COOK RINSE AND AD SALT OLIVE OIL LEMON AND OR VINEGAR , AND BONO PATTIE S. MUSTAFA
No , the best choice is to drink the water after you boil it ......DUH ! Stinging Nettle is one of the best teas you can make in the world. lol.
Its not itchy when you eat it?
It grows wild where I live and I harvest and smoke it for my arthritis. It's the best remedy. I'm 65 and because I took the time to learn medicinal plants I haven't been to a doctor in 8 yrs and healthier than ever.
So you can smoke it safely so you can take it in your lungs safely ?
😮 wow what for real????
Hiya I am fascinated ?! Pray tell me how do I incorporate it into smoking mode ?! Do I just dry the leaves and mix with tobacco ?! Or is it better pure on its own rolled as a cigarette. Perhaps u UTILISE a Pipe !
@@eileenfinnan6026 either way, I mix it with my pot
Thanks for sharing. Will you explain how you harvest it to smoke? I have arthritis too. I’m 59. It’s growing beside my back door steps.
Margarita Toshkesi
Nettle my favourite plant ever! When I was 18 years old I had massive hair loss, I was really sad but once I told my grandma she told me that don’t worry as I have a medicine outside on our garden for you and she went and picked some nettle roots and boiled them so I started to use on my hair, in two weeks I saw a massive difference and after a month no anymore hair falling! This was a miracle for me as I thought I am going to lose all my hair and after using nettle my hair became even more healthy and strong! I just love them also my favourite pie is nettle pie!
Did you eat it or just rub the in your hair?
Please share how you used it for your hair?
@@victoriaoshea4865 Boil it and rub it into your scalp,,, look on you tube, there should be vids.
Just Me thank you
try birch its faster more efficient and awesome for hair .
I find the sting to be therapeutic ! I walk through it working in the woods and have actually got used to the feeling and begun to enjoy it.
Thanks for getting to the points without any la dee dah talking. I'm tired of people who love the sound of their own voices. You are just getting us the information. It's appreciated
Glad you enjoyed it, Frank!
Frank Hoffman
If he was a doctor he would only point you to drugs, that is all they are taught.
harold bryant what does that assumption of yours, have to do with how he speaks in his videos?...
Two things about nettles.
The first is that because they are so nutritious, they also make great plant fertilizer. I soak and ferment them in water and then mix the result with plain water in different strengths for different needs. My garden loves it!
Another use is one I haven’t personally tried, but people where I live swear by it. (I live in the Caucasus country of Georgia.) My mother-in-law tells of how her mother would line her bed with stinging nettles and crawl in wearing just her underwear as a treatment for her rheumatoid arthritis. I’m pretty sensitive to the stinging, so I’d have to be in pretty bad shape from the arthritis to try this, but the claim is that it stimulates blood flow and helps relieve pain and joint swelling.
I grow a big pot of stinging nettle, use it in soups and as tea. I also soak them in water for a few weeks until the water starts to bubble and use it as fertilizer. Sometimes I just forget about the nettle soaking in water and it can sit there for weeks, gets diluted by rain and my dogs regularly go there and drink the nettle water. They, too, know what's good for them!
May I ask how you prepare the nettles to add to soup please?
@@rosita3528 I take the leaves off the stalks a d wash them and then I add them to vegetable stock or, my preferred way of using the, cook them together with potatoes and one or two carrots to make a potato/stinging nettle soup.
For salads it's a good idea, especially later in the season, to blanch stinging nettle lightly to be on the safe side.
There is one more use for stinging nettle: as with humans, it's increasingly good for farm animals. I remember my grandpa bringing heaps and heaps of it every day for the chickens, just giving it to them tied in bundles and them going crazy for it. It's very nutrient rich and also protects chickens from parasites.
Wow!
I tried it with my chickens, but they didn't go crazy for it
Absolutely! ❤️
Thank you, I would not have thought to give it to my chickens, but I will be now!!!
Why blanch? Ive heard and found out the hard way. Not too consume nettle after it goes to seed. The equivalent of powdered glass accumulates in the plant, ive heard
I harvested some mature stinging nettle this year. It had already gone to seed, so I harvested some of those as well, as I learned that they are also very nutritious. I look forward to adding it to my evening tea.
Also great for allowing to sting where you have extreme pain. I had carpal tunnel so bad Lortab 4x a day wasn't cutting it. Desperate, I stung my wrists thinking it had to be better. I was out of pain for 16 hours with a warm massage feeling instead of the sting I expected!! My Dr's nurse tried it on her dad's back and he slept all night for the first time in YEARS! A friend where I work snatched it from me as soon as I got to work and consumed it at her desk because she said it was the only thing that put her out of pain with a bad back surgery. I had a ton of the nurses and cnas hooked on the tea for their joint ills from walking on concrete floors all day and lifting heavy patients. It is truly a wonderful plant!
I attended a plant workshop when I lst discovered stinging nettle. I was lookin for a mint plant when my finger accidentally brushed against a stinging nettle plant n got stung. After my initial shock of the sting & pain I soon felt a floating sensation then a relaxing calm. I love this plant! 🙏🏿 for the valuable info!
Stinging nettle was my first “wild flower” experience as well, Adam. I’m still growing my first plant that was gifted me by the cashier at our local Amish market as a scrub.
Two months later I was diagnosed (officially) with breast cancer. I have made a tincture of the stinging nettle and yarrow that I also grow and have seen remarkable results in reduction of my tumors and masses.
Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge on such an easy to understand precise format.
food; Yes, best wishes. I am a survivor of almost 30 years! The old days. Turkey tail mushroom.
Use sodium bucarbonate wraps
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Steve Jobs was killed by thinking natural remedies would cure his cancer.
Thank you for this video, it was awesome. I bought some property several years ago that was covered in stinging nettle. I wasn’t, at first, super happy about it. However, my real estate agent told me that stinging nettle is a sign of very good and fertile soil, which turned out to be true for my garden. I also learned to make stinging nettle tea, and it’s one of my favorite medicinal herbs.
In my country, Bosnia, southeastern Europe, we eat these stinging nettles only during the spring time, like march, april, when they are growing, and are considered young and juicy. We pick them up fresh, they grow everywhere, so usually we go to some place where there is no car traffic, so we ensure they are clean, we eat them for breakfest, like out them in some butter and pan, and crack eggs over it, we also make like spinach type dish, we also put them in cornflour and make cornbread with them, we can make pie of it. They are really healthy and tasty, ive been told as a kid that they have alot of iron and will give me strength thats why i ate them always, i was told this by my grammas. Usually when they grow big, people dry them and make tea of them. And of course, folks pick them to scare the children to discipline them lol. That is the use of stinging nettle in my country. Also they remind me when they blossom ans grow tall, they remind me of weed or marijuana. I know marijuana is kind of prahistoric plant, because of male and female ones.i beleive also that nettle is like a fossil, survived millions of years here. It just gives me that old ancient vibe. Great plant all in all.
Good stories about nettle use in Bosnia.
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@@PaddyMcann yea Paddy the baddy viking bicsh.
You know that they’ve survived millions of years???
You are so smart!
I had a bad allergic reaction and I broke out in hives all over my body. Fortunately, I had some stinging nettle and I made some stinging nettle tea. The tea really made the reaction bearable and helped me get through it. Thank you for sharing this in-depth information on stinging nettle. I look forward to foraging it now that I can identify it.
usually dock is the companion plant to this growing near to it. If you see it take a leaf and rub on the effected area. others just use the soil around it to neutralize it. Either or
@@philliperskine4986 no, dock is. Not burdock.
@@danm8004 sorry I stand corrected
I have a cousin that has myelofibrosis one of side of effects her bone marrow does not make enough blood for her body . She sees her doctor every three months and he is a cancer Dr. She turned him into a believer that the stinging nettle plant does make red blood cells within 9 months she was no more anemic ! Thanks to the stinging nettle plant for doing just that and by the way her doctor has recommend that to all his patients 🙂👍
It would be nice to hear how exactly she ate it! My daughter is anemic also.
I let it grow in my garden and among flowers. It grow itself no problems.was reading its the best for fertilising too.
GREAT DOCTOR!
WISH MORE WOULD RECOMMEND NATURAL MEDICINES, BUT THEN YOU WOULD NEED THEM.... SO THEY DON'T 🥲
@Amarie How much & How often? Best time to consume?
You can buy it at store?
I'm thinking this would help covid? At least some symptoms..
@@Seek_Him You can get it dried. Sometimes you can get it fresh @ farmers markets. Seeds can also be purchased. Just search stinging nettle to get dried or seeds. God bless.
I tried nettles recently for the first time, by adding them to home made tomato soup; it was unbelievably delightful in texture and flavour, a massive bonus to the health benefits; I love it! I really enjoyed the video too, excited to learn more and I highly recommend trying nettles for anyone one reading this who hasn’t. :)
Hi, I am curious that soup sounds good, how did you process and what age were the nettles?
Stinging nettle is a must in every spring . We can buy this plant even in supermarket
Greetings from Romania
You're definitely an old soul in a young man's body . Thank you for this excellent presentation and information on the subject of this misunderstood and often hated medicinal plant .👍😸
Check out like 3 pages of any good botanical book.
When I was 16 yr Yong I had extreme knee pain. Doctors prescribe me lot of different medicines with zero result . Pain was so bed I had a problem walking then my mother told me " do not be stubborn cut lot of stinging nettles and whip for 10 min to knee" . I did and next day I could't walk at all , my knee was so badly swollen I was so upset but my mother looked at me and told me - all is ok tomorrow you will walk . She was right and I newer again experience knee pain. I'm 74 years old .
@@franksmith7419 Lives reincarnate and that's a fact. Google zhuan falun pdf.
Maybe he's not so young, lol it's just the stinging nettle benefits?
@@aussiegirl3473 Funny!
I really love how you intentionally repeat the key takeaways out of the wealth of information you provided to better ensure the most crucial information makes it into longterm memory. Highly effective teaching method, and I can tell it is done with intention. 👏
That's an American thing too. People should just listen the first time lol
I think it's more of a human being thing. Repetition is extremely useful when learning because we remember information at a higher rate when it is repeated. This isn't just an American thing, this is true for everybody.
I love this guy. I have used stinging nettle in my chiropractic practice for years as a way to eliminate sinus problems during the whole year. I've always bought it in capsule form. It is seriously anti-inflammatory. I always carry it with me when I travel.
I suffer with sinus problems can you tell me best way to take this
I was from Vermont and my father was a game warden he taugt my brother and I about nettles ( milk weed,fiddle heads wild onions butter nuts etc) . I never knew about the health benifits just that they were DELICIOUS taste like very tender spinitch the problem was finding enough for a meal for 4 people
This man is a natural born teacher. I'm not sure but I think he knows everything there is to know about anything. He needs to open up a school!
I love nature.
probably has horticulture degree
Very down to earth and humble as well
His life pathNumber probably is 11
Sake Wataru: Hardly anybody knows everything about anything. The young man is an outdoorsman, and one with a healthy degree of curiosity. To concentrate his outdoorsy studies on a single element, such as urtica, shows a willingness to explore things you and I might deem trivial. I’ll bet he already has a school 😁
Look at you back in 2017 🤗
I love your connection to the land & all the plants &fungi you teach us about.
Love from Scotland ❤🐱♏🏴🦅
I started including Stinging Nettle in my morning 'tea blend'. I no longer have seasonal allergies. The kicker is that Stinging Nettle is so healthy for us in many ways. Thanks for spreading the word.
Awesome! This plant truly is wonderful for seasonal allergies. Glad you enjoy it as much as I do!
Evi1M4chine by heated dairy do you mean pasteurized? Do your friends with autoimmune eat raw milk products?
I wonder if that works against other allergies in the long run as well. That gluten allergy of mine is no fun, period....
If you drink morning tea use 1 or 2 tsp LOCAL honey which contains the pollens in your area that will make you less affected by allergies but the full benefit takes a long time. Medical Research has given a lab product that takes a similar time.
Learn Your Land excuse me, what is the best way to consume stinging nettle for season allergies? the plant itself as tea or can i try the capsules ? please help i suffer from really bad seasonal allergies, thanks.
Love this video! Thanks so much! I live in England and during the covid 19 pandemic my husband and I would forage for and blend nettles into smoothies every day. We lived in an awful, mould-ridden little house and I’m convinced it’s the only thing that stopped us contracting covid and having terrible immune systems. Watching this video has convinced me to go out tomorrow and forage for it again so I can dry out some leaves for the winter!
Everything we ever need is given to us freely, if we just know enough to use it correctly. Excellent video, well presented. Very informative. Thank you!👍
Yes!!!
People perish for LACK of KNOWLEDGE...good on this young man and all like him...God bless, and, he looks the picture of good health, the way it was meant to be...
@@aussiegirl3473 agreed, more people need to learn this stuff.
Just need to listen to our first nation people. They did just fine until we white folk turned up!
@@dottietaboot4916 we white folk folks ain't all bad, but we do need to keep the good things of the past and not treat it like it's old news. There is a lot of good in the ways of the past,
This plant has long been (perhaps centuries) a favorite Spring treat in Russian communities. The stinging experience is said to alleviate arthritis. A Spring treat is a delicious nettle soup. That, combined with Spring sorrel makes a wonderful soup, either hot or cold.
I agree, same here in Eastern Europe for us ... and it's the same way with all types of stinging nettles all over Europe AND the world, especially with the more traditionally-minded and nature-oriented people.
I started following Learn Your Land's advice (after researching elsewhere) and have created a yearly recurring garden patch of stinging nettle in the back yard. It took beautifully and is fuller and more bountiful every year. The beauty of this plant is that my wife tends towards anemia because she's seems to have difficulty assimilating any type of iron except what is found in beef ---- until I tried supplementing here diet with stinging nettle. Now, instead of requiring at least 3 oz of beef 4 or more times per week she now requires no more 1 to 2 times per week and sometimes not at all. I get the very young shoots and use it for soups primarily but also in other dishes. The gigantic leaves I collect later and keep dried --- half as pretty much whole pieces for soups, stews and teas, and the other half dried and ground into tiny pieces to use as a supplemental cooking herb that is either neutral and a favourable enhancement for most dishes. Originally I would grind them to remove most of the air so they could be inserted into gel caps and used as supplements but later found it to be unnecessary.
Vitamin C greatly increases absorption of non-heme iron. Which makes this plant an ideal alternative to meat for improving iron deficiency.
look for foods with iron and vitamin c together . Iron will not absorb well without vitamin c present.
Once you love the plant it will establish itself all over your yard, which I love. We make Nesto. Which is like a Pesto except with Nettles. Once you crush it that also takes out the sting. Food process the leaves (I wear thicker medical gloves to strip them into the processor) Olive oil, parmesan cheese, a good salt, some garlic & lemon juice. That keeps well in the fridge or you can freeze it. It is more nutritious raw and addictive :)
Yum!
I, too, am a great fan of stinging nettles. They were pretty much my sole green, when I was in the UK (in March, perfect nettle time.) I frankly have not eaten a tastier green, in soup, or steamed. Just delicious. Great idea about harvesting and dehydrating late in the season, for winter use.
really never ate it ... :( do you have a recipe ??? i'll try them this year
Wow!,how refreshing it is to listen to someone who’s articulate, interesting and so informative, that’s some knowledge base you have there, l’ve watched some of your other video’s and they’re really excellent, thanks so much for your time and effort. Many thanks. Paul B.👍😊
Hear, hear. Well said Paul.
What a wonderful young man with plenty of information on this amazing plant. Going outside right now to harvest some Stinging Nettle to make tea and make some of the leaves into a spinach substitute meal. Thank you again. We need more people like you on this precious Earth of ours. 💚🙏🏼🌱☀️
Spinach is a bland industrial substitute for nettles!
Just bought a house in northern Portugal, and noticed a pretty green plant growing en mass all across the field, I thought it might be stinging nettle, but didn't exprerience any stining from it, so I dismissed the idea. BUT..... LOL.... You guessed it, that plant is definately stinging me now. I firs thought I had been cursed by the previous owners, but then I found your video. I am blesed. As a 67 year old man this is certainly a good thing to have growing in my new place. Thanks for the video. Even if it is SIX years old, it is still valid.
We have stinging nettles growing in the field next to the house and we make soup with it. I also take stinging nettle root powder daily on my cereal - it’s an amazing plant
Thanks for the video
How do you make soup out of stinging nettle? And where do you get stinging nettle powder? I'm having difficulty finding the plant and not hanging much luck with seeds...
I husband sometimes feels swelling in the prostate making it harder to pee. I give him organic nettle root tea every morning as part of his regimen. He loves it and it works. Also, avoid too much coffee or alcohol to keep your prostate from swelling. Every bit of information helps.
it’s made as a homeopathic remedy for burning when peeing etc. i like that, since it uses so little of the actual plant.
This is my first time watching. Im an instant fan. Loving your energy, presentation, passion and knowledge. Very very nice, if I could give you two likes I would.
SAME, REALLY GOOD INFORMATION.
@@eileenpritchard9154 Me too 👍
Okay, I love the detail you go into on these plants. Very informative!
I always harvest during the summer months when it’s tall and will sting you. I lay out a string on the ground, then I carefully wearing gloves cut plants off near ground level and stack them on top of my string. When I have a whole bunch, I tie them into a bundle and hang from a rafter to dry. Once dried they no longer sting and can be handled and eaten without being stung. Great for UTI’s
If you do get stung, peppermint oil will rid any sting instantly
Thank you! What a great harvesting method!
Thank you for your dedication to the understanding of our floral environment.
When my husband and I were working in catering, after already spending 8 hours preparing we would sting ourselves with stinging nettles before the guests arrived so that we could wake up and keep energized for the next 8-12 hours. It‘s a lot healthier than drugs, caffein or sugar. It was a big help for us.
Wth that works? Isnt it supposed to be painful though?
@@skie6282 not really painful…..just more annoying imo….
@@skie6282 naw man, it hurts enough to be distracting for about 8 hours
@@xstorm_8_shadowx hello go back to UA-cam help me go to the local weather
About 20 years ago we live in the country side of Port Elizabeth South Africa, and I learnt from a black lady how to harvest and prepare Stinging nettle, either like spinach or in a tomato & onion stew. Delicious. But it does leave you sleepy. Which is fine after supper. It only guarantees a good night sleep. We live in the suburbs in Gauteng now. And I haven't seen any around.
The Great Buddhist Yogi Milarepa subsisted on Stinging Nettle throughout the years of his meditation practice in isolated caves of the Himalaya. He ate so many that in traditional paintings of him he is a mild shade of green. He is testament to their nutritional value and for him they were fuel for his eventual enlightenment!
I heard this story. Malarepa turned green because all he ate was nettle soup
well..if,,you eat heaps of carrots,,you turn orange.. id like to know, some indian ''gods'', are blue. was that natural color, like some egyptian ''gods'', or,
Cool ☺️
@@harrywalker5836 too much colloidal silver turns humans blue. Just like too much beta carotene turns you orange. Not sure about turning green
@@harrywalker5836 probably from too much ionized silver in their blood
Hi there in America. I love the stinging nettle, it actually is my favorite plant and I use it since many years. It is also great for the blood (cleaning) and the hair and I use it for my soaps… I drink stinging nettle water, use it in the salad, or as you said as spinach. It is a truly amazing plant. God bless, much love from Switzerland.
i've smoked it
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les bowes I’m dying 🤣🤣🤣😂
That's a kid really trying to get high or stay home from school there!
@@dosmundos3830 lol
The sting of the nettle plant was used in lreland for joint pain etc. Even the sting has healing properties long appreciated in Ireland
David McNamara - you will ken what a docking leaf is then?
My father has brushed his arthritic thumbs and wrists with the stings for years, he swears by it's efficacy.
Much like "bee sting therapy"?
Works best when applied to the privates.
@@nunclefiji ok, you first
You have quite a memory to remember all the botanical names and features and everything else you communicate. Awesome.
My first experience with nettles was on a wild foods weekend, we had stinging nettle fritters and fried dandelion flowers. Every spring my mouth waters for them! Good stuff!