Nettle roots

Description: perennial herb, up to 1.5 m high; With a long creeping branched rhizome. The leaves are opposite, jagged, dark green, covered, as well as the stem with harsh, firm hairs. Blooms May - September.

Chemical composition: coumarins, phenylpropane derivatives, tanning substances, phenolic compounds, terpenediol and terpendyl derivatives, starch.

Application:

Internal: in rheumatism, arthritis, gout, sick kidney and prostate. It has haemostatic, strengthening and diuretic action, reduces high blood pressure. Helps in anemia, bleeding (especially from the uterus), hemorrhoids.

External: Eczema, first degree burns, hair loss, and skin diseases.

Preparation:

infusion: 1-2 tablespoons of herb are poured with 1/4 l of boiling water, soak for 1 hour and strain. The same infusion is used externally.

Usage: three cups of tea a day.

Ingredients: Nettle roots (100%)

Measure: envelope 100 g