Comments on: Eat your herbs: nettle salt.

By: sam

sam — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:10:54 +0000

Hi
I have heard of properties of nettle seed powder, but have been trying for the better part of 6months to find a UK supplier. Does anyone know where i can buy it from locally. I have found a Turkish supplier, but it is so expensive to have couriered so need a local supplier.
Please help

By: kristine

kristine — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:52:20 +0000

ahhhh, just what i need! i have low blood pressure & dryness…but darn it! i haven’t been able to get my nettles re-established! hopefully next year will be my lucky year.

By: Clara

Clara — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:00:56 +0000

Wow, yet another use for nettles. It’s may have to rival comfrey as my favorite herb.

By: Sarah Head

Sarah Head — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:34:18 +0000

Hi Rebecca – sorry it’s taken me a while to answer your question. I wouldn’t have applied the term “gritty” to nettle seed on porridge. You can taste them and they add texture to the porridge, but nothing to catch in your teeth and make you wince as a piece of grit that you have to remove might. I shall try grinding them beforehand next time I use them and report back.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:38:46 +0000

Hello again.

I just love reading your blog.

Question: Does a fresh nettle seed tincture have the same type of affect as eating the dried seeds in the seed salt? (support for people with deep fatigue, etc..) If so, that sounds very intriguing. Do you tincture with alcohol? If so, what type?

I love to eat my medicine whenever possible, but sometimes it is easier to put a couple of drops of tincture sub-lingually (spelling?) for quicker absorption.

Thanks for the fresh ideas! I’m a fan.

By: crabappleherbs

crabappleherbs — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:06:11 +0000

Thanks, Kiva!

By: Kiva Rose

Kiva Rose — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:48:31 +0000

I powder it, Rebecca…. otherwise yeah, too much grit. Seems to work fine when ground up finely though.

By: crabappleherbs

crabappleherbs — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:49:21 +0000

Lisa: Thank you!

Sarah: How do they taste in the oatmeal? Are they gritty at all? That’s the main complaint I get…

By: Sarah Head

Sarah Head — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:48:25 +0000

Thanks for giving us another way of using nettle seed, Rebecca. So far I’ve always added the dry seeds to my porridge/oatmeal in the morning when I’ve needed it. I’ve made a fresh nettle seed tincture for the first time this year and am looking forward to trying it out. I have nettle seeds drying at the moment waiting for me to put them away for the winter when I return from holiday

By: Lisa Z

Lisa Z — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:46:54 +0000

Thanks for your answer to my question. I’m going to go get some nettle seeds. Your blog, btw, is fabulous! I have it linked on both of my blogs. Thanks for all you’ve put into it. I’m really trying to find time to put more into my herbalist blog, but life is sometimes so overwhelming and it takes a lot of thought to put herb info. out there in a helpful manner. You’ve done it so well!

Lisa