The infusion of nettle tea has been used in folk medicine for centuries. Nettle tea is made from the dried leaves of this herb. Although we usually stay away from this stinging weed as much as ...

Nettle, or stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), is an herbaceous flowering plant that has been used as a natural remedy for thousands of years due to its medicinal and nutritional properties. You've ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers at Ghent University and KU Leuven, Belgium, demonstrated that Urtica dioica agglutinin (UDA), a monomeric lectin extracted from ...

Science One of the more studied uses of stinging nettle extract is in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). BPH affects more than 90% of men by age 70 years and treatment costs exceed ...