Stinging Nettle Benefits: Wild food Stinging Nettles are Superfood!
Stinging Nettles Benefits: Wild food Stinging Nettles are Superfood! Stinging nettles really are a super food! How to get started with them. Join wild Food expert Garliq at the urban herb School (http://livingmedicineproject.com) for the low down on Stinging nettles as a superfood. Everyone has heard of Nettles but usually only as weeds that grow in the garden or on scrub land that give you a nasty sting. They are an extremely common plant in temperate regions of the world, including Europe and America. They can grow from 1 to 2 metres high. Many people are still unaware that stinging nettles are edible! Not only are they a free food source but an incredibly potent and nutritious one at that. Nettles also have some amazing medicinal uses; from treating hair loss to arthritis and have even been used in textiles for clothes. There are probably around 100 different uses for stinging nettles! In this episode of Wild Food TV, Garliq of the Urban Herb school in Canada takes us through the essentials of wild-crafting for the common nettle. By the end you'll have the knowledge to go out and start foraging for this easily available super-food, including how to correctly identify them, how to deal with the stings and why nettles are an essential springtime food. Nettle stings are actually good for you and can help with arthritis conditions. And the sting is not even as bad as is usually made out. You'll also learn some of the lesser known herb lore about nettles. Did you know they are traditionally used to help with emotional issues of fear? The plant helps release adrenaline so can really help you come out of anxiety situations. Finally you'll learn some of the easiest ways to prepare and cook nettles. This ranges from simple hanging them up to dry to preparing a simple broth or even a juice. The nettle broth is also your best option for when the plant get nearer to flowering and becomes more dry and woody. nettles are a truly versatile and amazing nutritious super food that everyone should eat in spring. STINGING NETTLE RESOURCES: Great books: 101 uses for stining Nettles http://amzn.to/1BKsaFx Stinging Nettles: Alchemical Herbal Healing (Herbal Amicus) http://amzn.to/1K8HE7k Nettle - Urtica dioica: Urtica dioica (Natural Herbal Living Magazine) http://amzn.to/1IwVXhE Website resources: http://www.wolfcollege.com/stinging-nettle-harvesting-processing-and-recipes/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtica_dioica http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Stinging_nettle http://feralkevin.com/ good foraging schools USA http://livingmedicineproject.com http://www.primitiveskills.com/survival-courses/foraging/ http://wildernessawareness.org/ schools EUROPE http://www.wildfoodschool.co.uk/ http://www.self-reliance.net/wff.html
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THANKS, NEAT
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can you collect them in autumn , and consume it as vegetables or are they toxic
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I read on the internet that stinging nettles have stings containing formic acid. Then I read that formic acid destroys the optic nerve. So what is the truth about stinging nettles ? Is it safe to eat cooked stinging nettles ?
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Great video. Nettle are great, so many uses. Food, drink, cordage, navigation. Love em..
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Lot of hatred in the comments... relax people.
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Nettles in the UK must be different (or perhaps it's just my garden). I keep seeing people in the USA holding them! It is not possible to touch the ones I have ever encountered without burning the life out of yourself and I cannot imagine anyone 'liking'?? the feeling. A sting feels almost as bad as a heat burn to me, especially when it's from contact with the lower part or the stem... thanks for video though :)
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What is wrong with his face?
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OK, I was waiting for nutritional info... emotional healing... you lost me.
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Excellent!! thank you
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Will the formic acid trigger bee/ant/wasp allergies?
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you should use plantain, dock has no benefit in reducing the sting
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Looks like you fell into the nettle patch! - Facefirst!
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I just had some juice mix nettle and celery it was salty and refreshing.. Really nice video, very informative Thanks a lot.
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Romania has a recipe for soup made from nettle leaves. It was the only vegetable soup I liked as a kid. I was a picky eater. If recommend it highly
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I use it every day for my arthritic knees. When picked fresh it is beaten on the front and sides of my knees and then waiting about 1/2 hr. for the sting to dissipate then I can pretty much get around for the rest of the day with hardly any pain! I also juice it and add 2 teaspoons to a cup of hot water and 1 sweetener and it is delicious! To me it tastes just like pennerial Tea! I don't think I spelled that right but a cup of this tea just before bed keeps me in bed all night instead of getting up to go pee once or twice a night.
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You went off the rails at the 3:30 mark. I'm not saying don't do you or anything like that. Just don't call it a super food when it's not actually a super food. All you're really doing here is taking a common and somewhat interesting plant and eating without really knowing what it actually does. Do that doesn't make it a super food.
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Nice one
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Very good video, instant subscription. Thank you.
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What happened to his face
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