Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)

Diabetes

• Stinging Nettle leaf may help with glycemic control in type 2 insulin dependent diabetes.
  • Clin Lab. 2013;59(9-10):1071-6.
• Water and alcohol extract of nettle reduced oxidative stress in people with type 2 diabetes
  • Pak J Biol Sci 2012 Jan 15;15(2):98-102
• Water and alcohol extract of Stinging Nettle reduced inflammation and improved insulin resistance.
  • Pak J Biol Sci. 2011 Aug 1;14(15):775-9.
• Study using rats revealed that U. dioica has an hypoglycemic effect
  • Pak J Biol Sci. 2007 Apr 15;10(8):1200-4.

Antibacterial

• High anti-bacterial activity with the use of the seeds of U. dioica
  • https://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/09637486.2012.734290

Allergy

• Stinging Nettle has been shown to be mildly helpful in allergic rhinitis
  • Planta Med. 1990 Feb;56(1):44-7.

Arthritis

• Pain of osteoarthritis was reduced better with nettle sting that with placebo in this randomized, double-blind study.
  • J R Soc Med 2000 Jun;93(6):305-9
  • https://jrs.sagepub.com/content/93/6/305.long
• A small exploratory study revealed that patients felt that their pain was helped with nettle sting.
  • Complement Ther Med 1999 Sep;7(3):126-31

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)

• Stinging Nettle was helpful in reducing symptoms of BPH in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
  • J Herb Pharmacolther. 2005;5(4):1-11
• A year long study in Germany found that irritation and other symptoms of BPH (or as they call it BPS, Benign Prostatic Syndrome).
  • Urologe A. 2004 Mar;43(3):302-6
  • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00120-004-0532-7