This plant is considered by many Vietnamese as a weed but it cures all kinds of diseases.
Although it grows wild, the stinging nettle plant is effective in preventing urinary tract diseases and treating gout.
Not only rose hips but all parts of the rose hips plant can be used to treat diseases. Rose hips are edible and used to treat phlegm and heat that causes cough. In addition, this fruit can also prevent urinary tract diseases and kidney inflammation such as kidney stones, bladder stones and is very good for treating gout.
In Oriental medicine, the stinging nettle plant has a bitter taste and cool properties, and the effect of clearing heat, reducing phlegm, promoting urination, and dispersing stagnation. It is used to treat colds, diabetes, sore throat, hoarseness, dry cough or cough with phlegm, chickenpox, rash, heat in the body, vomiting, sore throat, and hand, foot, and mouth disease.
Some remedies from nettle
Cure sore throat, dry cough or cough with phlegm
- Prepare 50g fresh nettle. If using dried, take 15g.
- Wash the nettle plant, boil with 500ml of water and drink several times a day.
- You should persistently take the medicine continuously for at least 3 to 5 days to get the desired results.
Support treatment of diabetes
- Prepare 20-30g fresh nettle root, 1 pig heart, cinnabar.
- Wash the above ingredients, cut them into small pieces and cook them together for about 20 minutes. Filter the water and drink once a day. Each course of medication needs to be taken continuously for 5-7 days.
Treatment of hand, foot and mouth disease, red skin rash, chickenpox
- Use 50-100g fresh purslane (equivalent to 15-30g dried plant). Boil the medicine to get concentrated water and drink until the disease is completely cured.
Support treatment of lung, colon, liver, cervical, nasopharyngeal, and nasal cancers
- Take 30g of dried nettle and 40g of Cyperus rotundus. Put the above 2 ingredients into a pot with 1.5 liters of water. When the water boils, reduce the heat until it is reduced to 700ml, then stop. Divide into 2 or 3 drinks a day.
Improve immune system, prevent disease
- Take a sufficient amount of fresh leaves and young shoots of the stinging nettle plant. Cook the ingredients in soup or boil them to replace vegetables in the main meal. Eat 2-3 times a week to improve health, help prevent cancer, diabetes and other diseases.
Treat acne
- Use fresh nettle, pound it and squeeze out the juice to drink daily, apply the residue to the affected area.
Treatment of breast boils and carbuncles
- Use 40-80g of fresh nettle, crush and squeeze out the juice to drink and use the pulp to apply externally. Can boil nettle water to wash daily.
Note
Stinging nettle is a natural and benign medicine, but long-term use is not good. Before using it, it is best to consult a doctor for advice and dosage. If during the treatment you see bad symptoms such as rash, chest tightness, shortness of breath, nausea, you should stop taking it immediately. Pregnant women and children need a doctor's consent before using it.
While taking Western medicine, be careful when using nettle because they can reduce the effectiveness of each other or cause bad side effects.
The stinging nettle plant is easily confused with the male lu lu - a plant that contains the toxin solanin. While the stinging nettle flower usually grows alone, and the fruit is red or yellow when ripe, the male lu lu flower grows in clusters, and the fruit is black. People need to pay attention to this to avoid confusion.