#13 ROADMAP TO HEALTH – Stinging Nettle

My grandparents lived off the land.  My Mom being one of the oldest of 9 children remembers Gramma harvesting her garden and storing that food in the dirt basement.  She does not remember the details of harvesting, only that her Mom would come up from the basement with vegetables wrapped in newspaper for supper (in the winter months). 

Her Dad would get all the children outside so they could watch him decapitate a chicken for supper.  (She hated THAT!)  Mom told me that many times, had it not been for her father leaving in the morning to hunt supper, they would not have eaten. There was a forest behind their home.

These ways of our ancestors have all but been forgotten.  For years now, I have been researching our ancestorial ways, especially in the way of what Mother Earth has to offer for healing.

One of the best salves I have ever used, and created from Stinging Nettle, helps alleviate pain in a huge way.  In fact, I have family members that prefer this pain relieving rub above and beyond anything else you can purchase in a store.  Stinging Nettle is also great in tea!

Harvesting Stinging Nettle can cause a terrible itching, blistering rash on your skin.  However, I have discovered this rash is easily stopped by spraying Plasma Water on the skin.  The sooner it is sprayed, the less of a rash appears. 

For anyone wanting to experiment with making this salve, here is the recipe:

1.      Using dried stinging nettle leaves, grind to a powder

2.      Cook the powder in the oven @ 200°F for 1 ½ hours

3.      Using a double broiler, put powder into coconut oil and cook on LOW for 4 to 8 hours

a.      Use your own judgement on how much coconut oil, the less oil, the stronger the salve

4.      Remove from heat and cool (but must still be liquid, do not let it start to harden)

5.      Strain using cheese cloth

6.      Using these measurements and the double broiler, mix the following:

a.      3 TBSP common nettle infused oil (above)

b.      1 TBSP coconut oil 

c.      1 TBSP beeswax (to thicken)

(I multiplied this using 3 cups infused oil, 1 cup coconut oil and 1 cup beeswax)

7.      Let cool (best when it starts to harden) and put in jars

You can enhance this salve using essential oils.  However, essential oil are to added just before pouring in the jar (step 7 above) else the essential oil will burn off in the heated oil.

Anti-inflammatory (add 1 drop per TBSP of final mixture) of the following:

-        Thyme

-        Clove

-        Eucalyptus

-        Camphor

Anti-itch (add 1 drop per TBSP of final mixture) of the following:

-        Peppermint

-        Chamomile

-        Tea Tree

-        Lavender

This blog details my personal healing journal over the past 2+ decades. I am not a medical professional and offer this information freely as personal research only.

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