Nettle, or stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), is an herbaceous flowering plant that has been used as a natural remedy for thousands of years due to its medicinal and nutritional properties. You've ...

Nettle tea is a popular herbal supplement, but is it safe to take if you have diabetes? Learn whether drinking nettle tea can lower your blood sugar.

MUNCIE, Ind. – My introduction to stinging nettle came in my youth when a group of us went swimming in a local farm pond. Instead of exiting the way I entered, I decided to climb up an unmown bank.

A brush with a stalk of springtime nettles feels like an attack of angry army ants. They sting, and can make you want to to run away. For an increasing number of cooks, however, the bite of formic ...

I was at an event in Canton helping a friend sell candles, and I talked to customers about candles and plants. Next to our booth we had a fellow selling cactus and succulents in baskets he made. I ...

Question: Stinging nettle has appeared in my garden this year. I ve been told both that it is an herb and a weed like poison ivy. Should I cultivate and use it or pull it out? Nancy Stark, advanced ...

ANSBACH, Germany — Did you know that stinging nettles can be so much more than just a painful nuisance? Many people living in Germany have probably accidentally come into contact with them at some ...