Nettle-Urtica doica
Contains lots of vitamins, such as vit A, C, K and several B vitamins , antioxidants, minerals and pigments such as beta carotene, lutein etc . Nettle leaf is a rich source of antioxidants.It is beneficial for reducing joint pain and inflammation, helps manage blood sugar, improves respiratory health, helps in prostate health, helps reducing the risk of kidney disease, osteoporosis and other serios conditions.
Urtica dioica, often called common nettle, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Urticaceaes. It is native to Europe, Asia, northern Africa, and western North America, and introduced elsewhere. The species is divided into six subspecies. The plant has a long history of use as a source of medicine, food, and fibre. Urtica dioica is a dioecius, herbaceous, perennial plant, 1 to 2 m tall in the summer and dying down to the ground in winter. The soft, green leaves are 3 to 15 cm long and are borne oppositely on an erect, wiry, green stem. The leaves and stems are very hairy with non-stinging hairs, and in most subspecies, also bear many stinging hairs (trichomes), whose tips come off when touched, transforming the hair into a needle that can inject several chemicals: histamine, serotonin , acetycholine , moroidin , leukotrenes and possibly formic acid. This mixture of chemical compounds causes a painful sting or paresthesia from which the species derives one of its common names, stinging nettle, as well as the colloquial names burn nettle, burn weed, and burn hazel.