Herb - Cut nettle leaves (10g)

Cut nettle leaves (10g) In cooking, the nettles are soaked to remove the stinging chemicals. When prepared in this way, it provides a taste similar to spinach. It makes delicious teas and soups. Widely known for its sting, the leaves of nettles, or Urtica dioica, are covered with dozens of hairs. While most of the hairs don't sting, some cling to the skin and inject chemicals that cause an itching, burning sensation that can last anywhere from minutes to weeks. Despite this, nettles have long been held to be a potent, curative herb, and indeed it finds mention as one of the plants evoked in the 10th century "Nine Herbs Charm" which is said to potentially protect from poison and illness.