Let's make a super easy Dead Nettle Tincture!
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- In this quick little video I'm going to show you how easy it is to make a Dead Nettle Tincture (Lamium purpureum) for things like allergy relief, stress relief, & so much more!
Be sure to also watch my meeting Dead Nettle in the wild video! • Let's get to know Purp...
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Thx so much you have helped me so much 😊. But I have stopped trying to tell others about these wonderful things because ppl don't get it they tell me those are weeds 😂😂😂. Used to take offense but as I feel it working I don't care as much because it really is their loss!!!!
I've called some items home from your apothecary. I can't wait!
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I just watched a video on dead nettle yesterday and ppl in the comments were saying how they were off their allergy pills due to dead nettle. I know where a ton of this grows, Ill be harvesting some real soon. Hope it helps with my food allergies. 😊
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I love dead nettle! I’m definitely one of the people that stopped taking allergy pills because of it. Haven’t had to take one in 3 years now. I use that or stinging nettle depending on what I have on hand. How’d it go for you?
Our son doesn't have a back lawn, but a Dead Nettle full ground cover. It is from fence to fence and thick and under the kids swing set. It is soft and beautiful, and you can use it like April said! ...and I run over and make lots of tincture from our son's 'lawn'.
You did it April.
Best herbal teacher of our generation.
Bravo
👍I feel like Purple Dead Nettle is the herb of the year- Thank you.
My 3rd comment here lol.....just wanted to say you've inspired me....I usually would not tincture anything if I didnt have enough for a quart jar, but now I'm just grabbing it when i see it and if it's just a pint, so be it! I did 2 cleaver tinctures days apart cuz i could only get to enough for a pint each time❤
Thank you April. I love watching you teach us about what Mother Earth provides. ❤❤
Time to get some more vodka. I used it up making a nettles tincture a couple weeks ago but this video has convinced me that I need deadnettle tincture too! Thank you so much for teaching us in a way we can understand about herbs that many of us have eaay access to!
Feeling empowered😊
You are my most favorite youtuber!! Thank you ApriL 🌻
Thank you, April. I've never heard of dead nettle, though my garden is swarming in stinging nettle(I know they're not related😉). Since watching you I'm excited to go and find these herbs in the wild. The closest open land to us in our area is Turkock Lake that I want to go and see what I can identify cause I've seen so many plants out there that I've never seen before because this is all new to me. I need to find books about our native plants first, though. 🤸🌞🌻🤠💚I think you're wonderful, btw. So much appreciation for your generosity, encouragement and authenticity. 🤗🌼
Absolutely wonderful! Gives me even more info/inspiration to get out and gather for my much -needed family tincture.
Hey! Wonderful info! I have a bunch of this around and it has called to me! Thanks for helping me find out what She has been saying. ❤
I just love all your knowledge, April. Thank you! 😊
Thank you for sharing pretty Lady. Stay strong and wise, friend.
I just made organic honey dead nettle infusion. She's a beautiful plant.
So you take this by mouth
Been eyeing my dead nettle now and plan on picking in next day or two. Thank You ❤
You are the best, April. Thank you for your very good work. ❤
Thank you, I didn't know this plant 💖
I love and appreciate you and your channel so much❤😊
Definitely going to making this tincture this week!!!
Just what I needed. Going to make this this today. ❤
I SO LOVE YOUR CHANNEL! And YOU!
Thank you for your humor, makes my day. Love the simplicity here.
a smart nettle cookie ..🙏
I'm so glad I found you today !!!!! I saw the dead nettle forage video and now I'm here .. heading to the liquor store . 👩🌾🍃
Great timing! Just found a little nettle in my yard!! Just enough to make a small tincture. Love, love, love your videos! Such an amazing teacher - I love how real you are. ❤
I've got it everywhere never seen it before!!!
Thank you April ❤
You're welcome ☺️
Nice one sister 👍🏻👍🏻😎
I find dead nettle to smell like moss after the rain...very earthy and green smell❤
Got mine picked and fixing to make it today ❤
I feed it every spring to my Redfoot Tortoises. Free food in abundance for them, from Dandelion, Plantains, etc always better to pick your own. Though watch out for public spots of forage (City Parks , Parking lot finds etc) that might have sprayed pesticides or weed killers around the area.
I have dead nettle jungle!!! Just made some, now I need to write down when to use it😊 THANK YOU!!!
I know she's good with spring allergies and I hide a bit in my wild spring salads, hate the way it tastes on its own, dead musty mouse probably isn't far off😂
Thank you April! I’m going to harvest dead nettle from my yard today. 😊
Hello April. I love the abundance of knowledge you so openly share with with the world, your humor, your encouragement, thank you! As someone who is highly sensitive to alcohol, I'm exploring alternatives to alcohol-based tinctures. Do you have suggestions? I know you mention alcohol vs water soluble properties a lot... Would herbalism, without the use of alcohol, be limiting the bioavailability of medicinal constituents? Do you know of any books/resources which focus on alcohol-free apothecaries? Thoughts? Thank you!
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Try herbal vinegars, infusions, teas, honey, capsules. All of these are great ways to utilize herbs without alcohol and the capsules in particular will make sure you're not missing any properties because you'll be ingesting the plant as a whole ☺️
I love hiw accessable you make this knowledge
Just dehydrated for tea, now i will make tincher. Thanks 😊
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I have what I’ve always called “False Nettles” in my flower garden…same thing? Blooms are purple. Leaves are variegated, silver and green.
I just found you, I'm so excited to learn more. I'm so ready to get out there and start my first tincture!
I just found a DN tincture, I'd made in 2019!! So glad I labeled, lol
Yup!
Can you expound on how to take the tincture (in liquid or under tongue, etc) and dosage?
Check out my let's talk about tinctures video, I go over all of that and so much more ☺️
Thanks mama. Love this dress on you
Thanks for the reminder!
Short & sweet!🎉
I found some yellow dead nettle today. I was soooo surprised ❤
Awesome! I’m going to try this! I’m new to all of the tincture making, assuming there is basic information on how to strain and store? Thank you!
Check out my let's talk about tincture video, I go over all sorts of handy information like that ☺️
I've looked, but never seen it here in Utah.
Haven’t seen dead nettles in Florida
Hi I really appreciate the knowledge you bring, can you speak on camphor tree ?
I need to find some dead needles & make this. So easy
Thanks
Great video!
Thank you 💯
Thanks for all the knowledge April, but please , please let those beauties out😲,, I bet those are the nicest dreads on a white gal I’ve seen. I bet🫵🏿💪🏿🤷🏿♀️
Heya, too long to wear down comfortably as they drag on the ground/pull on my neck so I've gata wear em up in a crown ☺️
Thank you.
I use this for my allergies. I take 3 droppers full and blow my nose. Boom, saved until the next attack.
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It's peel and stick from Amazon! If you click on the second link in my pinned comment you'll find it in the things I use Amazon list ☺️
@@sheisofthewoods thank you!!
I took dead nettle tincture that I made when I had an inflamed cat bite on my hand.
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QUESTION
To me, My tinctures seems so much stronger with alcohol taste and smell, Then yours, I'm wondering why?
I put mine in a shot of water, let it evaporate for 10 min. I tincture quite often & I'm tired of tasting the alcohol.
BTW, I love all your tinctures!!
Had fun with your Fire cider, lol, 1st drop of that, it puckered me up from head to toe!!
Are you using 100/50% proof vodka and fresh plant matter?
Plantain is my herb!!
April, if I don't have access to fresh Dead Nettle could I get the same results using it dried form for the tincture? Could I encapsulate it in the powder form? Thanks so much!
With dried I'd stick to tea and capsules ☺️
Thank you so much for all of your videos! I’m hoping you can help me with a couple of questions about the PDN and tincturing. I noticed you didn’t do any chopping. Is it best not to chop the PDN? Last year when I made it I actually used a quad blade herb scissors, does that negatively affect it? Also, the ants in my area (Central/Southern NJ) love this and they’re ridiculously difficult to be sure you’ve gotten them all off, they have a way on disappearing into the buds. I typically harvest from rather unmolested areas and therefore don’t usually rinse. Is that bad? Should I rinse everything? If I do rinse, can it still be damp when I tincture? If by chance I happen to tincture a few ants, is that okay? Is there anything you would never tincture without rinsing first? The only thing that I’ve ever rinsed/cleaned before tincturing is my Poke root. Other than the Poke root and PDN, the only tinctures I’ve made are Honeysuckle vine blooms, Lemon balm, and Lemon thyme. And I used the quad blade herb scissors for all of the herbs. Is it okay to mince it to that extreme? I know you often say you don’t have to chop things too small and probably winced when reading about my overkill, but is it okay if I do choose to do it that way? One last question, I’ve never strained any of mine, I just dip a spoon in and let it drip directly from the spoon into whatever, is there anything wrong with that? I know this is a lot, I definitely appreciate any assistance. I’ve purchased your book (personal story) and found it incredible, you are an example in perseverance. I also hope to be quick enough to buy some of your pit goop (I think that’s what it’s called) when it next becomes available! Thank you again in advance!
Heya! Chop if you want to but not big deal if you can't, no need to rinse your herbs, set them out on cardboard for a few hours outside and the bugs will likely crawl away as the sense the plant is dying, also bugs in tincturing is unavoidable, even with dried plant there will be dead/milled in bugs, okay to pull out of a jar with plants still in it but don't let the plants get above alcohol level and you also risk oxidation when leaving the plant matter in while creating air space from reducing the volume of alcohol 💚
Thank you so much!!!
Can you please talk about using apple cider vinegar instead of alcohol for tinctures. I've used vinegar more then alcohol and it seems to work the same.
❤Good video!!! Thank you
Thanks April, I’ve taken many notes from that earlier video!
Just one question, I know a nice patch of yellow dead nettle, would that be interchangeable?
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I think the purple dead nettle smells like ammonia to me, I had been trying to figure out what is that scent Hmm. But I love the look of this plant.
Would dried nettle work as well? Thanks for your videos
I planted spotted deadnettle , is that the same? Can i use it to make a tincture?
I just came across your channel April and I think you are amazing, knowledgeable, informative and very interesting to listen...I love learning new things, especially from kind, humble people...new subscriber!! Looking forward to all you have to offer...
Hi April! Shout out from Purple dead Nettle jungle in NJ! Just a quick question: did you use the stems or just the leaves and blooms? Thank you for all you do!!
I used the stems blooms some leaf. Any combo is fine ☺️
This has nothing to do with herbs i love your dresses
Oh my gosh, I had 1/2 acre full of it, and now I know what it is, lol
I have spotted dead nettle...does it have the same properties? I suffer from horrible allergies and would love to make a tincture if it has the same properties.
❤ I was hoping you would make a video about this! I have sooo much! Along with cleavers and chickweed. Is chickweed better eaten or tinctured or both or ....😅
I like chickweed tincture just as much as I like chickweed pesto 😉
How does the dead nettle compare to stinging nettle for allergies and lowering histamines? stinging nettle is hard to find out in the wild where I am at but dead nettle is everywhere. I'm tired of paying a fortune for bags of dried stinging nettle.
They're not related just to put that out there but I'd say the histamine reduction is for sure right up there with Nettle 😊
So is she anti-inflammatory? Like helping lower inflammation so cholesterol levels might go down?
Where do you place the jar for the 6 week duration?
In a cupboard typically 😊
I want your dress. (So cute),
I need this tincture.
Pick some but a white spots showed i was afraid to use it
your so cool😁
Please help! How much of the dead nettle plant do you use for a tincture and should I pick off all the leaves that are 'not pretty'?? (another poster calls them 'rusty') Help?!?!?
I have Stinging Nettle but have not heard of Dead Nettle. Does it grow everywhere?
They're not related but yep Dead Nettle grows just about everywhere, really common in yards and disturbed soils etc
Does it matter what type of vodka matter. Can using a more expensive vodka give the tincture a better taste?
Nope, and more expensive vodka just= more times filtered. Same alcohol.
Is there a way to make it without alcohol?
Can you use apple cider vinegar if you can’t have alcohol? Alcohol gives me migraines even in small amounts. Thanks x
You could make an oxymel if you'd like, I have a few videos on that ☺️
My question is, should I wash and dry the nettle before making a tincture? If so, what's the best way of doing so ?
Nope, you can lay them out on cardboard for a few hours to let any potential bugs crawl away if that's an issue in your patch.
@@sheisofthewoods thank you
Do you prefer Dead Nettle over Stinging Nettle?
Depends on the context of use. However I'm more likely to use Nettle on a consistent basis.
Thank you for the video. After the time that it soaks in the vodka do you then strain it?
Hi! I know you said dead nettle doesn’t go bad but ive made a tincture and let it sit now i have these kind of blue floatys in my tincture i was just wondering if thats normal and still good?
I mixed 3 different alcohols is that ok??
How do you get all the bugs out of the flower?
You can lay them on some cardboard outside for an hour or two in the shade and the bugs will crawl away 😊
Also u can u put few different herbs together??
Check out my let's talk about tinctures video 😊
Is this the same as "nettle" in nettle tea? Or is that stinging nettle? How does one know?
Totally different plants that aren't related at all😊 this is called "Dead nettle" (it's actually a mint) and Stinging Nettle (not a mint).
I have a wild lettuce tincture I made from your tutorial but it’s like 3 years old. I forgot to take the herbs out. It’s just been sitting. Is it okay?
So long as it's not evaporated it'll be fine 😊
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Sorry to sound silly but how will I be able to tell? I wish I could send you a photo.
@@emilinebelle7811 the alcohol level will be lower than when you filled the jar and there won't be much of an alcohol smell. It the jar was capped tightly it won't likely have evaporated off
@@sheisofthewoods thank you!
Hello love love you!! Do you wash the nettle first?
No need, can lay them out on some cardboard for a few hours in case there are any bugs they'll crawl away 😊
My daughter took over my UA-cam.. so this her stuff on profile picture.. lol I homeschool her so I have been showing her all the wonderful things in our back yard and we watch you together. What other ways can we use this beautiful lass?
@@The_egg122 you could also make an oxymel which any of my methods here would work for her ☺️
(Question) can you make a tea with this
Yep, check out the video link in the description I talk more indepth about her there and she can for sure be made into a tea 😊