VIDEO: Stinging Nettle, the Trail-side Super Food

What do you do when there’s a plant that is a great food source and provides excellent fiber for cordage, but it’s covered in stinging hairs and spikes? In this video, Tyler shows you the techniques to avoid the spiny parts of the nutritious and useful Stinging Nettle.

Stinging nettle is prolific in many places, and it’s beneficial for treating everything from muscle aches, joint issues, eczema, arthritis, gout, and anemia. There’s also research that supports stinging nettle’s ability to help pass toxins, ease seasonal allergies, boost immunity, increase circulation, improve energy levels, and treat skin conditions.

Don’t miss this great video to learn more about harvesting and using this amazing plant.

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Written by Tyler White

Tyler White is one of those rare creators of online survival content who is amply qualified. Growing up on a ranch, Tyler learned about homesteading and preparedness as a way of life, taught by grandparents who had lived through the Great Depression. Although he had already worked at a guide in Alaska, served with U.S. Army, Tyler knew there was more to primitive survival than he could learn from military schools or other outdoorsmen. His passion for primitive survival drove him on a quest to track down the most knowledgeable instructors in the field, traveling from Utah to the Amazon to Canada and finally back to Utah. Like all competent survivalists, Tyler has experience in a broad range of subjects. Highlights from his background includes criminal justice, law enforcement, archery, small arms, amateur radio, farming, gardening, raising cattle, and poultry. He has attended classified schools, worked in law enforcement, studied too many martial arts to list, and achieved the rank of 2nd Dan in Shōrin-ryū karate.