Make a stinging nettle leaf decoction - PEP BB Medicine.sand.decoction.nettle

Robin Katz wrote:Decoction (45 minutes)
Dandelion Root
 - Make a journal page about the uses and attributes and and how to ID dandelion. Add it to the herb section. Post picture of your ID page in the book
 - Make a journal page about the uses and attributes and recipe for a dandelion decoction.
 - Make a dandelion decoction, with a picture of it being made, and of it being finished.
Ginger Root
 - Make a journal page about the uses and attributes and and how to ID ginger. Add it to the herb section. Post picture of your ID page in the book
 - Make a journal page about the uses and attributes and recipe for a ginger decoction.
 - Make a ginger decoction, with a picture of it being made, and of it being finished.
Nettle Leaf
 - Make a journal page about the uses and attributes and and how to ID nettle. Add it to the herb section. Post picture of your ID page in the book
 - Make a journal page about the uses and attributes and recipe for a nettle decoction.
 - Make a nettle decoction, with a picture of it being made, and of it being finished.  

Liv Smith wrote:This Badge Bit (BB) is part of the PEP Curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Natural Medicine.

In this BB you will make a decoction from stinging nettle leaf.  Decoction is a method of extraction by boiling herbal or plant material to dissolve the chemicals of the material, which may include stems, roots, bark, and rhizomes.

Drawing of nettle from Richard Whelan website:


Additional Information:
Mother Earth Living on Decoction
https://www.rjwhelan.co.nz/herbs%20A-Z/nettles.html
https://pfaf.org/plants/edible-weeds-urtica-dioica-stinging-nettle/

Minimum requirements:
  - Make a decoction
  - Strain and store your decoction

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (< 2 minutes):
  - Stinging nettle leaves (either being harvested or just harvested)
  - Making  the decoction
  - Finished decoction in its labeled jar

Liv Smith wrote:make a decoction from stinging nettle leaf.  Decoction is a method of extraction by boiling herbal or plant material to dissolve the chemicals of the material, which may include stems, roots, bark, and rhizomes.

Minimum requirements:
  - Make a decoction
  - Strain and store your decoction

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (< 2 minutes):
  - Stinging nettle leaves (either being harvested or just harvested)
  - Making  the decoction
  - Finished decoction in its labeled jar