*grown in my chemical free gardens*

Stinging Nettle Leaf (Uritca spp.)

Taste: Salty and Sweet

Energetics: Cooling, Drying, Tonic, Stimulant

Actions: Diuretic, Nutritive Tonic, Alterative, Astringent, Rubefacient, Inflammation Modulating

Affinities: Urinary System, Circulatory System, Musculoskeletal System, Female Reproductive System, Hepatobiliary/Digestive System

Preparations: Infusion, Vinegar Extracts (Acetract), Tincture, Fomentation, Powder, Food (add into stews, soups)

Contraindications: caution should be used for those with kidney stones, acute or chronic kidney disease

Herb-Drug Interaction: no known interactions although there could be interactions with loop diuretics as Nettles is diuretic in nature