Stinging nettle cream for osteoarthritis.

Abstract

The malady’s antiquity is fur-ther evidenced by the plethora of remedies reportedly used by aboriginal peoples for relief from the pain of “rheumatism.” The Native American people known as the Ohlone, formerly inhabit-ing the central coastal region of California where our research was conducted, utilized at least 12 different herbs for painful joints. Among these Ohlone medicinal plants, we selected sting-ing nettle,