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Folium UrticaeLOT 24-0510
Wild-gathered
Batch
LOT 24-0510
Net
100 g
Unit price
€5.80 / 100 g
Origin
Spreewald, Brandenburg
Sourcing
Wild-gathered
Plant part
Folium · Leaf
HarvestApr · May · Jun

Loose tea

Nettle Leaf

Urtica dioica L.

Deep green, mineral, closer to a broth than a tea.

€5.80100 g
€5.80 / 100 g
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In stock 47

Cut in spring before the plant flowers — after flowering the leaf goes coarse and gritty. Gathered from damp woodland edge, where nettle grows tall and the leaf stays tender.

Traditional use

Traditionally taken as a flushing tea over a course of several weeks, always with generous water.

Constituents

  • 01Flavonoids
  • 02Silicic acid
  • 03Potassium
  • 04Chlorophyll

Drawer

Kidney & Bladder — Flushing herbs — always taken with plenty of water. Also pulled for Skin & Wounds.

Preparation95 °C · 10 min

Preparation

The preparation is half the drug

This drug wants 95 °C and 10 min. Water hotter or a cup left standing gives you a different drink, made from the same herb.

The leaflet below is the one that goes in the box. Unfold it for the steps and the timer; the cautions stay in view either way.

Package InsertFolium Urticae · Loose tea
Dose
1.5 tsp (≈ 2 g)
Frequency
3–4× daily
Water
95 °C
Steep
10 min

Steps

As printed on the box · 4 in sequence

  1. 01

    Measure

    One and a half teaspoons of cut leaf.

    1.5 tsp ≈ 2 g
  2. 02

    Pour

    Boiling water.

    200 ml · 95 °C
  3. 03

    Steep

    Ten minutes.

    10 min
  4. 04

    Drink

    Alongside at least two litres of water across the day — the water is the point.

Steep time

Live timer · 10 min · 95 °C

Ready

10:00

Cautions

Read before use

  • Do not use as a flushing tea if you have a heart or kidney condition where fluid intake is restricted.
From the same drawer

Kept beside it

Herbs shelved for Kidney & Bladder, ordered by how much of this one’s indication they share.