Herb of The Week
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Herb of The Week
This week we at Pure Wellness have decided to spotlight a very common herb that you can find right in your backyard!!
This herb is called "Purple Dead Nettle" which is completely edible and even has medical benefits.
The Benefits of Purple Dead Nettle
What is Purple Dead Nettle?
Purple Dead Nettle, also known as “Lamium purpureum” can be described as a weedy plant and an annual herbaceous plant that is native to Asia and Europe. It is often found next to Henbit Dead-nettle (Lamium amplexicaule), which can cause many to mistake it for Purple Dead Nettle since they both have the same leaves and similar bright purple flowers. This weed contains astringent, purgative, diuretic, and diaphoretic properties, which medically are beneficial.
Common Uses of Purple Dead Nettle/ Health Benefits
Purple dead Nettle is anti-inflammatory, antifungal and antibacterial.
Therefore it can be used to:
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Treat cuts/wounds/ Insect bites
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Add to your drinking tea
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UTI treatment
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alleviate joint pain
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eaten fresh, sprinkled in salads, or used in pestos
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Infused Oils
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Homemade herbal salve
Be cautious with too much use can cause a laxative effect.
Where to locate & what do they look like?
When trying to locate these beauties you can often describe and notice them in your backyard, field's, and many other places with their Purplish flowers have a top hooded petal with 2 lower lip petals, and their leaves that are crowded heart-shaped leaves tend to overlap; upper leaves are often purplish with greenish undersides and hairy. Short petioles. Wavy to serrated margins. They are around yearly from Fall, Spring, Summer, and Winter depending on your location in the U.S.A.
