L'Herbier de France Organic nettle - 40g -

The stinging nettle is the only plant you can recognise with your eyes closed, says the joker. Touching the plant burns so much that the nettle has given its name to a skin reaction: Hives or urticaria. "Urticaria" meant lashing with nettles to cure rheumatism, not to punish. The stinging hairs on the nettle are as fragile as glass. They break much like the tip of ampoules. This is how histamine enters the skin, which causes the burning.

The stinging nettle is a kind of panacea. Until the end of the 20th century it was almost forgotten, but in the 21st century it seems to be experiencing a renaissance. Stinging nettles can be consumed over a long period of time without any concerns.

Plant parts: Leaf.
Botanical name: Urtica dioica.