Stinging Nettle: A Delicious Medicine Covered in Glass Needles Full of Acid
Urtica dioica
Throughout history and the world, there have been, are, and will always be trials of bravery. Do you have a heart full of pine-tar and rusty nails or do you have a small kitten tottling around on a lacy pillow in there? If you are a secret badass, but you wish to unmask yourself to the world, what feats of valor should you perform while staring expressionlessly into the eyes of death?
Would you insert your hands into an glove-full of displeased bullet ants like the Sateré Mawé.
OR
Would you jump from a precarious 18-story building made of twigs like the people of Vanuatu.
OR
Would you casually grasp the Stinging Nettle and receive a faintly irritating rash like…
Tests of bravery are not for everyone.
If you fear the stinging powers of the nettle, be assured, they are swiftly destroyed through cooking or drying. Once defanged, the stinging nettle makes for a gentle and ancient medicine, delicious “tea,” and culinary ingredient mentioned in The Bible and by authors prior.
I forgot to mention, U. dioica stings because it is covered in thousands of glass needles that are full of acid. Please allow me to repeat that:
It is a plant that is covered in glass needles full of acid
So, welcome to the story of U. dioica; it’s a story that is both ancient and ongoing.
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