According to the charity Endometriosis UK, the “classic” signs of the condition are painful periods, pain during or after sex, infertility, painful bowel movements and fatigue. Common remedies include hormone treatment, pain relief and surgery – although these are all temporary measures. But one expert has suggested that ingesting a common plant, which is often “mistaken” for a weed in the UK, could help manage pain and inflammation.
Although you can go out and pick the nettles for free to make soup, Caroline recommended that a nettle supplement would also work.
She said: “I suppose it is unusual.
“If you say go pick nettles and boil them into a soup people might be put off by that.
“Usually people take nettles as a supplement.
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It is thought that endometriosis costs the UK economy £8.2bn a year in treatment, loss of work and healthcare costs.
Caroline said: “It can be extremely debilitating, that’s something not everyone is aware of.
“I helped one young woman in her early 20s who had to give up work because of it and she was on a cocktail of painkillers.
“If it got really bad at times she had to call an ambulance.”
