Scientific Name

Remedy Name

Plant Part

Use

Preparation

Place used

Year used

Contributor Age

Urtica dioica

Nettle

root

Tincture for hay fever

Place 100g root and 1/3 litre of vodka in jar and shake daily. Leave for 14 days, strain and store in dark bottles. Take 5ml in water o r juice daily.

Yorkshire

Not given

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaf

As a Tonic

Put leaf tips in boiling water, brew as tea

1970s

Not given

Urtica dioica

Nettle

top leaves

instead of greens in spring

cooked

Richmond Surrey

-

70 - 100+

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaves

to ease/cure arthritis

place on the afflicted area

Devon

1990's

Not given

Urtica dioica

Nettle

To close wounds, stings

Use as poultice

Melbourne, Australia

1970

Not given

Urtica dioica

Stinging nettle

leaf

for eating

fresh young leaves eaten in a sandwich

North Yorkshire

Urtica dioica

Nettles

leaves

To purify the blood

Boil the young leaves from the top of the plant and bottle it

South Wales

1930s

70

Urtica dioica

Nettle

tip

joint ache, sunburn relief

tea for joint ache, cold for sunburn relief

Cornwall

-

Not given

Urtica dioica

Nettle

nettle

a cough

soup

-

-

Not given

Urtica dioica

Nettle

whole plant

eczema

get stung

Herefordshire

1957

Not given

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaf

To treat hay fever

Pick off the top 5 or 6 leaves, cram them in a cup, pour on boiling water and allow to steep for 5 mins. Then drink.

London

1990 - present

30 - 50

Urtica dioica

Nettle

unknown

unknown

unknown

North Bersteed - Bognor Regis

70 - 100+

Urtica dioica

Nettle

young tips

eating

pinched out and used in a quiche

Buckingham

1960's

70 - 100+

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaves

general tonic

-

Lancashire

-

50 - 70

Urtica dioica

Nettle

stems with stingers

arthritis in joints

Rub nettles on arthritic joint and the chemical is a stimulant and eases pain.

Canada

1993+

53

Urtica dioica

nettle

leaves

refreshing drink

Prepare drink like beer and store in earthenware bottles

South Wales

1920s

82

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaves

cure arthritis

hand or affected part rubbed with nettles

Hertfordshire

1850's

70 - 100+

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaf

To treat kidney stones

Infuse the leaves in boiling water, strain, and add honey to taste

Glamorgan, S. Wales

1920s

Not given

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaf

to treat stomach ache

Boiled in water and taken as a tea

Leicestershire

26

Urtica dioica

Nettle

-

pudding

Mix with small amount of flour and boiled in cloth like a Christmas pudding, or eaten just like spinach

Cumberland

mid-30's-40's

50 - 70

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaf

To cure chilblains

Boil to make a tea and dab on affected area

1960

30 - 50

Urtica dioica

Nettle

?

refreshing drink

nettle beer sold outside people's homes

Morecambe

1950

70 - 100+

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaf

To treat arthritis

Rub raw leaf on joint

Provence, France

1996

Not given

Urtica dioica

Nettle

all parts

To treat eczema

Make a tea

London

Not given

Urtica dioica

Nettle

As a diuretic

Boiled with sugar to form a syrup

Not given

Urtica dioica

Nettle

young leaves

good for blood (vitamins)

pick young leaves, served up with meals

S. Wales

1964

9

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaves

blood tonic, spring

in soup

London

2003

Not given

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaves

rheumatism, aches, pains

wash them, soak in boiling water for about 1/4 hr, strain it and bottle. You can't bottle it for long, and then take a little drop in a glass

Coggesham, Essex, Canning Town

1930's

Not given

Urtica dioica

Nettle

new fresh leaf

To cleanse blood

Make soup from fresh leaves

Scisset, Nr Huddersfield

1920s

43

Urtica dioica

Nettle

tops

To get rid of boils on the neck

Sweated in a saucepan and eaten

Wharfdale

present

50 - 70

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaf and stem

for making nettle soup

boiled in water for 2 minutes then drained

Guildford

1980

30 - 50

Urtica dioica

Nettle

sting

stopping hiccups

-

-

-

9

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaf

Soup - boiled in water

50 - 70

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaf

To treat arthritis of the knee

Pick a stem and brush the leaves over the sore part of the knee.

70 - 100+

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaf

To treat arthritis / rheumatism

Use leaf raw

Shropshire

present

50 - 70

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaf

To treat nettle rash

Boil the leaves and rub on the affected skin

Muswell Hill, London

1966

30 - 50

Urtica dioica

Nettle

whole nettles

rheumatism

whole bunch of nettles across the shoulder

Suffolk near Ipswich

1930

70 - 100+

Urtica dioica

Nettle

whole plant

illness

When people were ill, they would go to bed on a bed of nettles (ailment unknown)

Hobro, Denmark (informant from Bosnia)

2001

58

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaf

To eliminate lethargy

Made into soup and tea

Holland

1920s

70 - 100+

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaf

To treat arthritis

Sting the affected area

England

1970s

40

Urtica dioica

Nettle

tips

as a vegetable

cooked for a few minutes, enjoyed the taste

College Town, Berkshire

1950-1990

Not given

Urtica dioica

Nettle

-

rheumatism

tea

London

1800's

Not given

Urtica dioica

Nettle

leaves

rinse for hair and general tonic

taken every day for good health. Nettle tea

Slovakia

always

Not given