Materia Medica: Nettle (Urtica dioica)

A Deep Dive into the Nutritional, Medicinal, and Energetic Properties of Urtica dioica

Welcome to the First Installment of the Education Series!

This is the first deep dive in my exclusive education series for paid subscribers, where we’ll explore herbal medicine through extensive materia medica, clinical studies, and personal experience. Each installment will take you beyond the basics, offering practical applications, scientific insights, and traditional wisdom to help you fully integrate these plants into your herbal practice.

For this first installment, I’m starting with Nettle (Urtica dioica)—one of the most foundational and versatile herbs in Western herbalism. Inside, you’ll find:

✔ A highly detailed materia medica covering nettle’s energetic properties, medicinal uses, and formulations.

✔ Extensive clinical studies examining its role in allergy relief, prostate health, and blood sugar balance.

✔ Traditional & modern uses, highlighting nettle’s long history as both food and medicine.

✔ Personal experience, including how nettle became my herbal ally during my apprenticeship in 2023.

This is a lot of information, and that’s intentional. I encourage you to take your time with it. If you can’t get through it all in one sitting, that’s completely normal—this materia medica isn’t going anywhere. Bookmark it, revisit it, and use it as a reference whenever you need.

This is just the beginning of this in-depth education series for paid subscribers. My goal is to provide you with highly valuable, research-backed, and experience-driven content that helps you build a strong herbal foundation. My messages are always open.

For my wonderful free-subcribing herbies: Next Monday, we’re diving back into the Detoxification Series—this time, tackling the Lymphatic System. Stay tuned!

Let’s dive in! 🌿✨