Nettle

[SimplyLonghair]

The herb Rapunzel is actually a salad and is an old German word for lamb's lettuce or field salad. It contains much folic acid, potassium, iron and iodine, many factors that can promote hair growth. And it tastes so yummy!

Okay now I wonder if this is what we call lambs quarter. It is a yummy salad mix when young. Has more calcium than spinach. I went to google and it isn't but it is cool!

[Heavenly Locks]

nettles scare the begeebers out of me! I have gotten stung by them on my hands before out in the pasture and I could have screamed. It's like touching a hot wire or having fire ants bite you.

How can you all handle this stuff? I mean, do you wear gloves?

[mellie]

You can buy the leaves dried and chopped and ready to go in the bulk section at herbal stores, so no stinging or hassle.

[mira-chan]

nettles scare the begeebers out of me! I have gotten stung by them on my hands before out in the pasture and I could have screamed. It's like touching a hot wire or having fire ants bite you.

How can you all handle this stuff? I mean, do you wear gloves?

Yup, I use gloves or when picking it I may pull my sleeve over my hand. I grew up with them being everywhere, they especially like to grow in the raspberry bushes. Being stung by them doesn't shock me much anymore.

[pdy2kn6]

who would have thought nettle for hair?? do you just go outside and pick some nettles and then boil water and leave over night? this sounds so interesting, i would have never of thought nettles would be so useful.

[mira-chan]

who would have thought nettle for hair?? do you just go outside and pick some nettles and then boil water and leave over night? this sounds so interesting, i would have never of thought nettles would be so useful.

Yes, just make a strong tea from them. Or you can make nettle tea vinegar mix for a hair rinse like neoma does for after washing. This stops the negative effects of hard water too.

[Diamondbell]

It's never eaten as is, unless you are a serious masochist. .

Just the thought !!

[LisaMonster]

Bumping this thread to sing the praises of nettle tea!

I've been drinking it and rinsing post-wash with it, and my hair is happy. It's probably not feeling the effects of me drinking it yet, but my body is loving it.

My hair is really soft and happy and flake free.

[jeanniet]

I use an herbal rinse that includes nettle (also rosemary, lavender, hibiscus, and horsetail). I've only used it for a month and a half, so I can't make any real conclusions yet, but I think there's a decrease in split ends so my ends may be getting stronger. I really like the rinse, at any rate!

[Deliciosa]

That is interesting, I have heard that the stinging nettle is the herb that was desired by the mother of Rupunzel of the witch, and that the girl Rupunzel ate the nettles all of her life and had glorious hair. But there is an herb called rupunzel as well.

As far as I know (well this is what is known in Germany) it is from the Salad that in some regions is called Rapunzel Salad or Rapuenzchen Salad.

But well it would explain a lot wouldnt it.