Nettle contains vitamins A, C, K and group B, as well as iron and calcium. It improves blood clotting, strengthens the immune system, and helps prevent anemia. Kristina Legkova, gastroenterologist at Bowman Hospital, spoke about this.
The specialist pointed out that nettle contains many substances necessary for the body: vitamins A, C, K, group B, as well as iron and calcium.
Before use it is recommended to treat the plant to neutralize hair burning. At the same time, young nettle leaves that have not yet begun to bloom are more suitable for dishes and reports cable– Channel of the Metropolitan Health Department “Moscow Medicine”.
In Russia, cases of poisoning are increasingly recorded with hellebore, a plant that resembles edible wild garlic, but contains the dangerous substance veratrin. Thus, in Vladivostok, several people were immediately hospitalized with a diagnosis of veratrin poisoning. How to distinguish between wild garlic and hellebore and what other plants contain poisonous “pairs”, “Moscow Evening” learned from an expert.