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Background and Aim: Inflammation occurs due to systematic effort of body for self-protection and the aim is to eliminate the damaging agents and to launch the healing process. When a damaging factor stimulates the body, an attempt is made by the body to preclude the agent and this would cause the inflammation. Long-term use of anti-inflammatory drugs could cause serious complications like digestive disorders and even stomach ulcers. The side effects of chemical drugs have directed more attentions to the herbal medicines, in that these types of drugs not only have less side effects but are able to could mitigate the excessive effects of chemical ones and reinforce their therapeutic effects. Materials and Methods: In the present paper, regarding the irrefutable evidences of traditional medicine was anti-inflammatory properties of nettle especially prostatic inflammation; the extracted alcoholic of the plant was evaluated fors its anti-inflammatory property at various concentrations using the inhibition test of denaturation of the bovine serum protein at 51°C. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS Software, version 19 through variance analyzing method. P<0.05 was considered as the significant difference. Ethical Considerations: Integrity and trustworthiness were observed in analyzing and Reporting and publishing the results. Findings: According to the results abstained from the alcoholic extract of nettle, this plant possesses anti-inflammatory properties, the range of which according to the inhibition test of denaturation of bovine serum protein at 1000 and 100 microgram/millimeter of concentration is the minimum and maximum, respectively. Conclusion: The results were consistent with traditional medicine and further assessment we could benefit from the alcoholic extract of the said plant as an anti-inflammatory drug.   Please cite this article as: Khosroyar S, Haghparast Cheshmeh Ali M. Evaluating the Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Nettle in Traditional Medicine and Modern Medicine. Med Hist J 2018; 10(36): 65-72.