Europe’s equivalent to Asia’s medicinal and healthy teas!
When we hear medicinal and healthy teas, the first tea that comes to mind is green tea, and its story of how the Chinese, Japanese, and other oriental countries have used it for centuries to promote longevity, health, and wellness.
But a tea that has its roots literally deep in the west, has mostly been at the back burner of by mainstream society, until recently.
Nettle tea, a tea that has similar medicinal benefits as green tea and black tea, has been used by ancient western civilizations for centuries, to treat a variety of ailments and promote health and wellness. But is this tea really the west’s answer to eastern teas? Let’s take a look.
Nettle Tea, or more specifically, stinging nettle tea, is a tea that comes from the stinging nettle plant. The name “stinging” comes from various hairs and barbs that can be found in the leaves and stems. It can cause a somewhat painful sting if touched improperly by the skin, but like a diamond in the rough, boiling the leaves and stems turns the nettle into an herb that can give a variety of benefits to the body.
These include helping alleviate insomnia, skin itchiness, constipation, indigestion, headaches, excessive bleeding (helpful after childbirth), and can help improve the cardiovascular system of the body.
But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Many European societies have also used nettle tea to help dissolve or pass kidney stones, purify the blood by causing the kidneys to excrete more water, and activate the natural defense mechanisms of the body, which can help expel everything from intestinal worms to phlegm from the lungs.
It also has a high calcium content, which is beneficial for easing leg cramps, muscle spasms, and can help bone problems usually prevalent in women.
Nettle tea does this by having a high iron and chlorophyll content, along with magnesium, calcium, zinc, copper, potassium, chromium, riboflavin, thiamine, and a slew of vitamins, like vitamins A, C, D, E, K. Truly a good tea to consider when looking go get tea therapy.
So next time you run out of green tea, try getting some nettle tea instead. Whether straight from the stem (be careful though! 
) or from the grocery, the benefits are the same for you to enjoy!
[Ed. Note: Be sure to check out our other recommended teas by browsing through the site's sidebar of various tea choices, and reading my other tea articles!]
