The Nettle Salsa can be enjoyed with chips, but it can also be used with chicken, fish or vegetable dishes. The Barbecue Marinade is excellent as a cooking sauce with meats, poultry, and seafood. It can also be used in stir-fry's with vegetables and tofu. The garlic in the Hot Sauce has been known to reduce blood cholesterol levels, as a stimulant for the immune system and as an antibiotic. Another ingredient, caraway seeds, also aids digestion.
Nettles cleanse the blood and strengthen the body's resistance to certain allergies.
Recent studies have shown them to be an effective treatment for hay fever. In Tibet, nomads eat boiled nettles as a vegetable substitute because of the scarce vegetation in many parts of Tibet. Milarepa, one of Tibet's great yogi and teachers, survived solely on nettles for many years. In addition to this Tibetan Collection is a fine line of candies. These three teas are representative of the Tibetans' love for this fragrant beverage.