Stinging Nettle — The Most Nutritious Plant On Earth?

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[jimcricket]

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.

[danjones]

Man, I'm glad there are people like you who take the time to learn all this and explain it in 15 minutes.

[worldpeacenow]

It gives me hope in humanity, when I come across young people like you. Thank you for sharing!

[gidget]

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...

[DanHearsVoices]

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!

[lindasimpson]

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.😊

[bluecobra]

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 .

[carlettagoodrich-mann]

What a detailed video. You are the type of guy we need to teach natural medicine.

[trudidolder]

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.

[soundseeker]

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.

[helenfay]

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. 💚🌱

[kimfoster]

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 💚 🧚🏽 🌱

[novaricos]

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!

[davedavis]

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

[ambrosemclaren]

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!

[davidgrech]

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 👍🍀

[michaelthomasen]

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 👍

[limbir]

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.

[tclodfelter]

Adam...You HAVE to be ONE THE BEST presenters on YouTube! This is the second video I've watched and you've never faultered! Precise information flow! GREAT JOB!!

[safiteaprivate]

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.