什麼是蕁麻？

Stinging nettle, or Urtica dioica, is a perennial, flowering, stalk-like plant found in the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe.蕁麻或蕁麻二葉菊是多年生的開花，類似莖的植物，在美國，加拿大，亞洲和歐洲都有發現。 It grows to a height of 2 to 4 feet, with its four-sided slender stems and leaves dark greyish green with serrated margins.它長到XNUMX到XNUMX英尺高，有四個細長的莖，葉子呈深灰綠色，具鋸齒狀邊緣。 Stinging nettle has a long medicinal history.蕁麻有很長的藥用歷史。 In medieval Europe, it was used as a diuretic (to rid the body of excess water) and to treat joint pain.在中世紀的歐洲，它被用作利尿劑（排除體內多餘的水分）並治療關節疼痛。 This diuretic activity has been the subject of a number of German studies.這種利尿作用一直是許多德國研究的主題。 Animals fed stinging nettle showed increased excretion of chlorides and urea.餵食蕁麻的動物顯示出氯化物和尿素的排泄增加。 The juice has a distinctly diuretic effect in patients with heart disorders or chronic venous insufficiency.果汁對患有心髒病或慢性靜脈功能不全的患者俱有明顯的利尿作用。