Why nettles are burning?For children, this issue becomes particularly relevant when blisters on the legs and hands swell, itch, itch and spoil the mood when recalling the unpleasant moments of life.
Growing near roads, on vacant lots, near fences anddwellings, innocuous at first glance nettles of large thickets do not form, which does not prevent to fall into its green "embrace" frolicking children and inattentive passers-by. It is the property of nettle burning that causes its total destruction by available means: a sickle, a shovel, a scythe. Oh, this nettle! Why is it burning, thus causing a negative attitude toward it?
Nettle, which many consider a weed, isIn fact, it is a valuable medicinal plant, rich in vitamins C, K, A, stops bleeding, is an excellent remedy for beriberi. It is not for nothing that the people believe that nettle will replace 7 doctors.
To strengthen hair with a liter of boiling water should bepour about 150 grams of nettle, add a spoonful of thick honey to the resulting composition and insist for about an hour. After the decoction drain, divide into several parts. When washing your head in warm water intended for rinsing, you should dissolve 2 cups of the product obtained. Nettle rinse gives the hair strength, shine and silky.
Due to the content of formic acid, this herb has a general cleaning effect.
In ancient times, from the fibers of stems of nettlemade strong threads, ropes, fishing nets. For this, a special variety of nettle was cultivated - rami, which is very hot. For its cleaning, people even wear special, very dense clothes. This kind of grass is so high that even a horse can hide in its thickets.
Her young shoots are suitable for food; wrapped inleaves of nettle fish and meat are better preserved, washed dishes with such a grass glitters like new. Despite such useful qualities, all the same one, but a very big minus has a nettle plant. Why is it burning? Perhaps in this way the plant tries to protect itself. On some islands of the Indian Ocean and in India, the nettle burn is similar to the bite of a poisonous snake. What burns such a seemingly harmless plant? Explicit spines and thorns do not seem to have nettles. Why nettles are burning?
In fact, thorns have nettles, only theyvery small, they can even be called "hairs." In each of them is hidden a kind of tiny "bottle", the contents of which is a burning acid, characterized by a complex chemical composition. The neck of such a "vessel" is very sharp, when it comes into contact with the skin, it immediately snaps into it, breaking inside and releasing a burning liquid in this way.
The consequence of contact with the nettle is the appearanceon the skin of the hands and feet of redness and blisters, and in the eyes - tears of pain and resentment, and in my head the question: who invented such malicious nettles? Why does it burn without warning and cruelly? Nettle burns practically do not cause any harm. In England, even the World Nettle Eating Championship is held, and in the form in which it grows in nature, without any treatment.
How to make the nettle not burn?Grass loses its malicious properties if it is scalded with boiling water. By the way, in this state it is a very nutritious and useful food for livestock. For the first spring Nettle Nettle is simply an indispensable component. In addition, it appears before the meadow sorrel and vegetable greens. The use of nettle in compliance with certain rules is absolutely safe. Its leaves can be boiled, dried, frozen or eaten fresh. Dried leaves are an excellent ingredient for a fragrant healthy tea, for the preparation of which you just need to pour boiling water and insist for 10 minutes.
If the nettle is meant for a longstorage, dried leaves should be ground in a blender or with a mortar and place the crushed raw material in a sealed container. Such a billet can also be used as a seasoning for first courses or salads.
