That's a lot of nettle. Good job!
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I will probably use all of it, I have both spring and fall allergies. I gave some away v4v last season thinking I had way too much but ended up barely having enough. I think I'm out of time to harvest another load for the dehydrator.
How effective do you find it?
It's incredibly effective for me. Last season I was setting up a sheep paddock with tall grass brushing pollen directly onto my face. My eyes were swollen and I was wheezing. As I was drinking the tea I could feel the swelling go down and my chest opening back up. It starts working immediately and lasts about 4hrs for me. I use a lot for one cup, maybe the equivalent of 4 tea bags.
i'm gonna have to try this out, there is common nettles everywhere around me now, it would be easy to gather it and dry it out to make proper fresh tea out of
i don't get allergies very badly except sometimes when i eat certain foods, notably commonly from store bought eggs, but my general immune function is always a bit hyper
I would be interested to know if it helps you. Purple dead nettle specifically has more antihistamine than the stinging nettles in my experience. I tired stinging nettles tea with almost no results.
Been common fact that animal products make allergies worse lol
ah, well, i don't see any of this purple one around, it's just the common nettle that you find all over the UK and it's everywhere in the temperate areas of australia as well, definitely green
yeah so it must be kinda rare then i guess
This is what it looks like. An earlier plant to come up in the spring.
