Dead-Nettle Herbal Tea Bags (Alphabet of Herbs)

Dead-Nettle (Lamium album), also known as White Nettle, offers a range of therapeutic benefits. Its astringent, hemostatic, blood-purifying, anti-inflammatory, calming, anticonvulsant, and mild sedative properties make it effective in treating various conditions. Internally, it’s used for respiratory ailments, anemia, nervous excitability, pulmonary and uterine bleeding, spleen and kidney disorders, jaundice, and malaria. It’s particularly valued as a blood purifier for scrofula, boils, eczema, rashes, hives, and other skin conditions. Externally, it’s applied to alleviate convulsions, hemorrhoids, itchy rashes, wounds, ulcers, and burns, and is used as a gargle for sore throats.