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its high protein content and its stinging hairs (trichomes) which are known to cause | its high protein content and its stinging hairs (trichomes) which are known to cause | ||
Revision as of 03:02, 12 March 2024
Nettle AKA Stinging Nettle
Or urtica dioca: a herbaceous plant native to Europe and parts of Asia and North Africa. Nettle is remarkable
for both
its high protein content and its stinging hairs (trichomes) which are known to cause
parasthesia. It is this latter
quality that led to its use by the Saxons as a means of staying "mindful" during the psychological exploration of
repressed memories, a practice later explored in considerably more depth by
Sigmund Freud
and his myrmidons. Nettle
was originally thought to have been brought to modern day England via the Romans, but in 2011 a burial cist dating
from around 1650 BC was uncovered on Whitehorse Hill in Dartmoor containing a ceremonial sash made from stinging
nettle.