Nettle Leaf Capsules (Stinging Nettles)

Nettles have been used for hundreds of years by herbalists as a food as well as a medicine to treat rheumatism, arthritis, eczema, gout, and anemia.* The center for integrative medicine at the University of Maryland confirms that nettles may also be effective for treating certain individuals with hay fever (www.umm.edu).

The stinging hairs on nettle are sharp polished spines that contain histamine and formic acid and act as an antihistamine taken internally, making nettles known to be effective for allergies.*

Nettles is also currently used by herbalists to contribute to stopping migraines if taken at the onset because nettles is known to contain antihistamine properties.* According to recent scientific research, antihistamines might act like methysergide to block serotonin receptors (migraines are linked to low serotonin levels in the brain).