Last update July 22, 2025

White Nettle, Archangel

Compatible

Safe product and/or breastfeeding is the best option.

The inflorescences of the plant are used. It contains glycosides, flavonoids (rutoside, quercetin, kaempferol, etc.) and tannins. Properties attributed without clinical evidence: expectorant, anti-diarrhoeal, anti-inflammatory for the skin. Indication Commission E of the German Ministry of Health: cough, bronchitis, pharyngitis, dermatitis (Blumenthal 1998). It is not effective in the treatment of dermatitis. (Shapira 2005)

At the date of the last update, we found no published data on its excretion in breast milk.

Some of its components, such as quercetin, are excreted in breast milk and their concentration increases with diets rich in products containing it. (Williamson 2025, Romaszko 2014, Song 2013)

Plant with no toxicity. Moderate consumption is compatible with breastfeeding.

Suggestions made at e-lactancia are done by APILAM team of health professionals, and are based on updated scientific publications. It is not intended to replace the relationship you have with your doctor but to compound it. The pharmaceutical industry contraindicates breastfeeding, mistakenly and without scientific reasons, in most of the drug data sheets.

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Main tradenames from several countries containing White Nettle, Archangel in its composition:

  • Prostatonin™. Contains other elements than White Nettle, Archangel in its composition
  • Prostem Plus™. Contains other elements than White Nettle, Archangel in its composition
  • Sylliv™. Contains other elements than White Nettle, Archangel in its composition

References

  1. Williamson G, Clifford MN. A critical examination of human data for the biological activity of quercetin and its phase-2 conjugates. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2025;65(9):1669-1705. Abstract
  2. Romaszko E, Wiczkowski W, Romaszko J, Honke J, Piskula MK. Exposure of breastfed infants to quercetin after consumption of a single meal rich in quercetin by their mothers. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2014 Abstract
  3. Song BJ, Jouni ZE, Ferruzzi MG. Assessment of phytochemical content in human milk during different stages of lactation. Nutrition. 2013 Abstract Full text (link to original source) Full text (in our servers)
  4. Shapira MY, Raphaelovich Y, Gilad L, Or R, Dumb AJ, Ingber A. Treatment of atopic dermatitis with herbal combination of Eleutherococcus, Achillea millefolium, and Lamium album has no advantage over placebo: a double blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2005 Abstract
  5. Blumenthal M, Busse WR, Goldberg A, Gruenwald J, Hall T, Riggins CW, Rister RS, editors. The American Botanical Council. The Complete German Commission E Monographs. Therapeutic Guide to Herbal Medicines. 1st ed. Integrative Medicine Com; Boston, MA, USA: 1998

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