Nettle.Stinging nettle,Nettle leaf,Nettle root,Common Stinging Nettle?Therapeutics and Pharmacology,Historical or traditional use of Nettle.

Contents

• Botanical Basic Data of Nettle.
• Plant Description of Nettle.Urtica dioica L....Spectrology and History of Nettle.
• Phytochemicals of Nettle.Urtica dioica L.,Urticae radix.
• Actions and Indications of Nettle.Urtica dioica L.,Urticae radix.
• Therapeutics and Pharmacology,Historical or traditional use of Nettle.
• Nettle Pharmacology:5 alpha-reductase inhibition.
• Nettle Pharmacology:Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activity.
• Nettle Pharmacology:Antiviral activity.
• Nettle Pharmacology:Aromatase activity inhibition.
• Nettle Pharmacology:Cell proliferation inhibition.
• Nettle Pharmacology:Na+, K+-ATPase inhibition.
• Nettle Pharmacology:Other activities.
• Nettle Pharmacology:Pharmacodynamics/Kinetics.
• Mechanism and General Use of Nettle.
• Biological Activities and Clinical Research.
• Dosage,Safety and Suggestions of Nettle.
• Precautions and Possible Interactions.
• How Search Engine think about Nettle.
• Research Update:Nettle and Its Constituents.

Nettle Pharmacology:Pharmacodynamics/Kinetics.:

After oral administration of 20mg of Urtica dioica agglutinin (UDA) to healthy volunteers, 30-50% of the dose was excreted in the feces. The total amount of UDA in the urine was less than 1%.

 Prior to use as an herbal medicine, stinging nettle was used in fabric weaving. Archaeologists have discovered fabric burial shrouds made from nettle dating back to the Bronze Age. By-products of nettle, such a sugar, starch, protein and ethyl alcohol, have also been used. Nettle fibers have been used to make paper.

 Nettle can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable, and there are several recipes for nettle beer, nettle wine, nettle and potato soup, nettle tea, Scotch nettle pudding, creamed nettles, and nettle puree.

  Nettle was used as a medicinal agent as early as 3 BC both internally and externally mainly as a treatment or antidote for bites, wounds and poisonings. Nettle was smoked to treat asthma. Native Americans used nettle tea for pregnancy complications and to stop uterine bleeding after childbirth. The early settlers adopted these uses and used it to increase breast milk production. The juice of the nettle leaf was believed to be a hair growth stimulant.

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♣ last edit date:12th,Oct.2010.