| The simple answer for many is yes, and certainly | | | | the skin similar to acupuncture which triggers histamine |
| acceptable for quick relief. Stinging Nettles have been | | | | (the body's own anti-inflammatory) as well as a sting, |
| used for thousands of years for there medicinal | | | | to concentrate on the treated area, the by product |
| properties. Nature provides us with many plants and | | | | being arthritis pain and inflammation relief. Pain relief |
| roots that will aid in the relieving of joint pain and | | | | was most likely to occur if a sting with weal's (nettle |
| inflammation, with the most radical being the common | | | | rash) was produced. |
| Stinging Nettle. | | | | This is an ancient folklore, that seems to work for |
| The science behind the myth is somewhat confusing, | | | | many people all over the world. |
| having said that recent studies carried out at the | | | | The stinging nettle is a freely available plant which |
| University of Plymouth UK, offer some scientific proof | | | | grows in may countries around the world and its sting |
| that this ancient folklore therapy can actually work. | | | | seems a safe treatment. |
| During research at the University of Plymouth stinging | | | | How to Administer |
| nettle leaves were applied to the hands of 27 arthritis | | | | Quite simple really, the best and the traditional way to |
| sufferers daily for a week, The results were then | | | | treat your arthritis with stinging nettles is to grasp the |
| compared to the effect of a placebo, namely, the | | | | plants stem with a gloved hand and then thrash the |
| white deadnettle leaf, which does not sting, the white | | | | affected joint with the leaves until nettle rash appears, |
| deadnettle leaf was also applied for a week. | | | | repeat for all affected joints, in most cases this will help |
| The researchers found that stinging nettles not only | | | | reduce the pain and swelling quickly for a short period |
| significantly reduced pain, but also that the level of | | | | of time. |
| remaining pain stayed lower through most of the | | | | Does this all sound a little barbaric?, well nature has |
| treatment. | | | | provided many long and short term answers for |
| How Does It Work | | | | arthritis, with nettles being at the extreme. |
| The theory is, the nettle leaf contains thousands of | | | | There are easier and far less abrasive ways of |
| microscopic stinging spines which are thought to pierce | | | | reducing your pain and inflammation believe me. |