Challenge 1:
30 days of Nettle Leaf (Urtica Dioica) infusion!
Easy enough...
Use 1oz (30g) (2 handfuls) of dried plant matter (nettle in this case) in a quart jar. Fill the jar to the top with boiling water, put the lid on and let it steep for a minimum of four hours at room temperature. (Overnight is appropriate). When ready strain and squeeze out. Compost the herb. Drink the liquid, 2 cups daily. Drink at either room temperature iced or heated. Keep refrigerated. NB once prepared the infusion lasts only 2 days.
Prepare infusions in quart canning jar with a tight lid to prevent the volatile essences and vitamins from escaping. Also these jars are convenient to carry around with you.
Long steeping allow for the extraction of chlorophyll, vitamins and minerals. Steeping in a closed jar prevents the water soluble vitamins from escaping in the steam.
Why Nettle??
in summary:
- Rebuilds adrenal glands (which coffee drinkers over stress)As a general rule drink at least 1 cup more herbal infusion than coffee!!
- Strengthens the kidneys
- Mineral/Vitamin Rich, Including Vit. K an anti Hemorrhage ingredient
- Good for people with anemia or mal-nutrition
- Strengthening to the body after surgery
- Helps eliminate fatigue and exhaustion. A great herbal ally for people with CFS and other compromised immunity diseases.
- An ally in many chronic conditions include allergies and nerve inflammations (sciatica)
- Good for adults or children who have over-used antibiotics and tend to get sick easily.
- Anti-rheumatic
- Anti-diabetic
- Hair and skin nourisher
In order to participate comment by saying! "I am on the road to better health!" and begin the challenge. At the end of the month let us know if you have experienced and health changes and start on the next months challenge and so on. At the end of 12 months I will put all monthly participants name in a hat and draw a prize! So the more months you participate in the better your chance of winning. Prize yet to be decided!
This is wonderful encouragement! What a great idea!
I am on the road to better health!
:) sheri
Posted by: Sheri Lee Pierce | January 09, 2011 at 09:23 AM
love this! i was totally going to do this with my blog readers in february! 30 days of nettle suggested by a friend changed my world last fall.
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Posted by: vigilon complaints | January 11, 2011 at 08:45 AM
I am on the road to better health!
Posted by: Jiyanna | January 12, 2011 at 09:19 PM
i'm jumping on board a bit late (new to the site), but i am in!! on the road to better health!!
nettles keep coming up for me this month, so it's only natural to pursue them fully. thank you.
Posted by: ivana | January 13, 2011 at 10:49 AM
welcome all! Looking forward to hearing your experiences....
never too late ivana!
many blessings, t
Posted by: tonya lemos | January 14, 2011 at 09:37 AM
Here's Another great link for nettle infusion!
http://heal-thyself.ning.com/profiles/blogs/nettles-leaf-herbal-infusion
Posted by: tonya lemos | January 14, 2011 at 11:41 AM
I'd love to hear some of your nettle experiences from this month!
Have you seen what Kristen Brown is up to here
http://fieldoftansy.blogspot.com/2011/01/herbal-ally-tools.html
Posted by: tonya lemos | February 01, 2011 at 04:51 PM
Hi Tonya and all, I'd like to say I met the challenge perfectly, but I cheated twice when I was too lazy to make my infusion - I used tincture I had on hand instead.
But it sure felt good to be getting back into the practice of making infusions each night :)
One thing I noticed which may be related is that I didn't have munchies at night (my husband and I have gotten in the habit of having a late snack when we sit down to watch television). How cool is that?
Posted by: Sheri Lee Pierce | February 09, 2011 at 02:33 PM
yes Sheri that is one of my fav! "side effects" of drinking nettle (and Oatstraw) regularily. Actually the Bitters (this months challenge help with the munchies also! thanks for playing along!
Posted by: tonya lemos | February 10, 2011 at 10:33 AM
I haven't tried this yet. But will surely do when I get my own nettle.
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