Stinging Nettle Remedy
Here at My Health Today, there are lots of things that I can write about on the subject of health, so this time I decided that something that I found beneficial to me as a natural remedy would make an interesting writeup. That of the old wives tale concerning the stinging nettle remedy.
Except that many old wives tales actually were based in fact and many of them are only recently coming to light as more research is done into them. The humble stinging nettle has long been known to have healing properties but some of the stranger notions of their benefits are actually turning out to be true.
For instance, the stinging nettle juice benefits are many but one of the stranger ones that is now proven to be true is that the juice is actually a cure for stinging nettle stings!
Also the one about using the whole plant to thrash against an arthritic joint or rheumatic pain in a muscle to bring about relief is also true, as the stingers actually promote blood flow to the area bringing the body’s natural defenses to do their job.
Nettle Dandruff Cure
A great natural cure for dandruff comes from nettles and is made simply by making an infusion. Do this by pouring some boiling water on stinging nettle leaves and leave it to stand for a while. The resulting infusion is then used as a rinse after washing hair as normal with a mild shampoo. Make sure that teh rinse is rubbed well into the scalp for maximum benefit.
Nettle Tea
Stinging nettle tea is a great tonic drink and contains a whole range of vitamins and essential minerals making it packed full of goodness. Similarly, nettle soup also contains large amounts of goodness including iron, and vitamins A and C.
Only use the stinging nettle tops of the plant as the stalks are tough and the lower leaves contain gritty particles that can irritate the kidneys. Also, only harvest the tops before the end of June as after that time the plant changes and becomes more laxative if taken in large amounts.
All in all, the humble stinging nettle is a great all round plant that, after reading this and the recommended article about the stinging nettle remedy here, you’ll never look upon this invasive plant as a weed again!
Happy gardening!
Healthy Body Purity
I’d like to follow on from my last two posts that concentrated on the health of the mind Healthy Workout for the Mind Part 2, by now looking on the effect that cleaning up the body’s intake can have on general health. This isn’t a scientific or statistical test, but more a common sense look at what is plain in front of everyone’s face.
This is about the pollutants that we are exposed to every day of our lives on 21st century earth. They are for the most part unavoidable as many pollutants exist in the air we breath and the water we drink. More gets into our food, so there is really no escaping these poisons. Fortunately, our bodies are quite good at filtering these pollutants out and getting rid of them without to much damage, but we don’t do a perfect job of it and our levels of certain pollutants will increase in our bodies over the course of our lives. Heavy metals such as mercury, lead and aluminium cannot be purged from the body and the latter two are responsible for lowering our intelligence levels, especially in children.
Modern pesticides are sprayed with carefree abandon on our crops by over zealous farmers hell bent on reaping every last ounce of vegetable matter form their beleaguered soil, regardless of the cost to human health. Governments and health bodies either turn a blind eye or deliberately misdirect and obfuscate the issue in the hope that it will be swept under the carpet and public awareness will wane.
These can be avoided to a certain extent by eating organically produced crops and waving a finger in the polluted air at intensive farmers and the greedy supermarket chains that force the issue. Better still if you have your own garden, you could learn to grow a large proportion of your own food crops, thereby saving yourself money and being totally sure that your crops are 100% free from all poisons.
Every little thing that you can do to reduce your body’s intake of pollutants will help you to maintain a better level of overall health and this should be pursued with ever increasing determination if you want to grow old healthily.
