Thomas, the old folks used stinging nettle for whipping pains out of rheumatic joints in your body. In Central America, the Native Americans make an infusion of stinging nettle leaves for cleansing of the blood. Nettle is used to relieve arthritis and anemia. In the Virgin Islands as well as other places in the world, stinging nettle is high on herbalists’ lists because of its powerful medicinal use as an herb. Nonetheless, in biblical times, the poor probably gathered stinging nettle along with a variety of herbs for food. There is no real evidence in the Bible of man using stinging nettle for food and medicine. In other words, places disturbed by humans. You tend to see stinging nettle growing in rubbish places left by man. Some are vine and shrub, but most stinging nettle ( Urtica urens ) defend themselves with small, fine hair structures growing out of the leaves and stems of the plants. There are different varieties of stinging nettle. Nettle is used also for the relief of anemia, arthritis, and dropsy. Traditionally in the Virgin Islands, stinging nettle was used for whipping pains out of rheumatic joints, as many of our folks have testified, according to the late West Indies Weed Woman Arona Petersen. “ And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof and it shall be on habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. Have you ever been stung by stinging nettle? I have. As you read the Bible, plants are an important part of human development physically, mentally, and in the realm of spirituality. This is the last of a four-part series on the botanical history of plants and herbs in the Bible.
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