What is Nettle Tea Good For?

Wondering what is nettle tea good for? Nettle leaf tea benefits are numerous and it is a great herb to add into your everyday routine.

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Wondering what nettle tea is good for? Nettle leaf tea benefits are numerous, and it’s a great herb to add into your everyday routine.

Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) grows wild in temperate regions around the world. A staple among herbalists, stinging nettle is considered a classic “nutritive” herb, meaning it is very nutrient dense and nourishing. Nettle has been used as food, medicine, and a nourishing tonic since ancient times.[1] Urtica comes from the Latin urere, meaning “to burn,” because of its erect, bristly hairs covering the leaves and stem which sting when touched. These stinging hairs, along with the leaves’ sharply serrated edges, are distinguishing features of stinging nettle.

Infusing a large amount of dried stinging nettle leaves in water for a long period of time is one of the easiest and most traditional ways to obtain nettle tea benefits.

Nettle’s Nutrients

Stinging nettle is packed with vitamins, minerals, and trace minerals along with hefty dose of potent phytonutrients including deep-green chlorophyll and carotenoids. [2,3] In fact, more than 100 chemical components have been identified in nettle, including:

  • Updated on Sep 20, 2022
  • Originally Published on Jun 22, 2015
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