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Healing Nettle Infusion

The first thing I suggest to clients and friends when they are feeling exhausted is to start drinking nourishing herbal infusions. Herbal Infusions are not tea. They are a potent brew of a LOT of plant material brewed over a LONG period of time (tea is a minuscule amount of herb brewed over a short period of time).

Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) a common weed throughout much of the world, and arguably the world’s most nutritious plant.

A quart of nettle infusion contains more than 1000 milligrams of calcium, 15000 IU of vitamin A, 760 milligrams of vitamin K, 10% protein, and lavish amounts of most B vitamins.

Benefits of Nettle:

  • Builds strong immunity

  • Restores adrenals

  • Replenishes energy

  • Moderates blood sugar swings

  • Charges every cell with antioxidants

NETTLE INFUSION

Process

Place 1 oz/30 grams dried herb in a quart/liter jar. Fill jar with boiling water. Cap tightly. Steep for four hours or overnight. Strain, squeezing well. Refrigerate liquid; compost herb.

You can get the herbs at mountainroseherbs.com.

Warmly,

References: 

Weed, Susun. Abundantly Well. Ash Tree Publishing, 2021.