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How to Make Stingling Nettle Leaves Tea

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By Urjani Mickle-Reed
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Urjani C. Mickle-Reed

The Consumption of Brewed Nettle Leaves during pregnancy hold many benefits for both the Mother and her baby. Nettle leaves contains an array of Vitamins such as A, C, D, K, and Minerals such as Calcium, Potassium, Phosphorous, Iron, and Sulfur. The National Medicine Database suggest Nettle Leaves are Unlike safe yet EWG's Cosmetics database states Nettle are 97% and a score of Zero hazardous. Brewed Nettles leaves has a deep everest color leaning to black. It also has a deeply rich taste. Nettles leaves rebuilds, nourish and strengthens the kidneys, loosens, dissolves and eliminates kidney stones or gravels, ease legs cramps, spasms, eliminates pains during and after child birth, reduces hemorrhoids, slows postpartum hemorrhages and bleeding.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • a kettle
  • 1 teaspoon of Organic Stingling Nettle leaves
  • 1 cup of hot or warm water
  • 1 tea cup, mug, thermos, or tea tumbler
  • spoon
  • muslin bag or paper tea bag (if you don't have or want to use a tea strainer, tea infuser, tea ball, tea filter or tea tray.)
  • Organic Stevia leaves, Organic honey, Organic sugar, or Splenda. (Optional)
  • Kettle stand
  • Tea infuser or tea ball (optional but beneficial for clean up) or Tea strainer, Tea tray, or Filter (Optional but beneficial for separating tea from leaves and for clean up)
  • Saucer or Trash can
  1. Step 1

    Place clean kettle on Cook top or Stove Top.

  2. Step 2

    Place 1 cup of Hot filtered water or Warm Filtered Water inside kettle.(Hot and warm water boils quicker than cold water. But if you just want cold water, place cold filter water instead inside the kettle instead.)

  3. Step 3

    Turn or Cook top or Stovetop on High Heat or Medium High Heat. (Which ever you prefer or if you like Medium put Cook top or Stove top on Medium.

  4. Step 4

    Let water in kettle come to a boil.

  5. Step 5

    Once water achieve a boil, remove from heat then place a Tea infuser or Tea ball of 1 teaspoon of Organic Stingling Nettle Leaves inside the kettle. (If you don't have infuser or ball, simply place leave inside the kettle or in muslin bag or paper tea bag.) Turn stove or cook top off. If place loose leaves of Stingling Nettle inside kettle, simply stir it and let set for 10 minutes. Place kettle on cook top, stove top, counter top which can't be damaged by hot items resting on it, or a kettle stand. Mug option below

  6. Step 6

    If you don't want to place Nettle Leaves inside the kettle, and prefer to place leaves inside your tea cup, mug, thermos, or tea tumbler, place Nettle leaves inside a muslin bag, paper tea bag, tea filter, tea strainer or tea tray first. Then proceed to tea cup, mug, thermos or tea tumbler. Pour brewed Nettle Tea in desired beverage container.

  7. Step 7

    Let set for 10 minutes after set time is up, remove muslin or paper tea bag, tea strainer, tea filter or tray our of desired beverage container.

  8. Step 8

    Place tea strainer or etc. on a empty saucer or through in a trash then place in the sink or dishwasher rack.

  9. Step 9

    Place a desired amount of Organic stevia leaves ( a natural plant sweetener), Organic Honey, Organic Molasses, Organic Sugar or Splenda in your brewed Nettle Tea.

Tips & Warnings
  • Some pregnant women rotate consumption of Stingling Nettle tea and Red Raspberry tea by a week. Example, Consume Nettles tea one week and Raspberry tea the next week and so one.
  • Since Stingling Nettle tea has a deeply rich taste, you can put a desired amount of Organic lemon juice, or Fresh Organic, Kosher and Pasteurized Cream, Milk or Soy with Step 9.
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