Horsetail L equisetaceae

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Preparation and Dosage

Fluid Extract, 10 to 60 drops 3 to 10 grains plant ash in treatment of kidney and bladder.
Warm juice or tisane externally for skin inflammation or break-out.
Drachm of dried powdered herb 3 or 4 times a day for spitting of blood.

Contra-Indications

There are no warnings , so it is benign.

Horsetail Properties
Names	Varieties	Constituents	Uses

Bottlebrush	Equisitum arvense	Silicic acid and water-	Of the dried, sterile stem and or fresh juice:
Shavegrass	E. debile	soluble silicic compounds	diuretic
cauda equina	E. elongatum	phytosterol	vulnerary
Paddock-pipes	E. hyemale	flavonoids	genito-urinary astringent
Dutch Rushes	E. fluviatile	aconitic acid	weak anti-haemhorrhagic
Pewterwort	E. maximum	traces of the alkaloids,	Poultice for wounds,sores or ulcers(spec:,urinary tract ulceration)
	E. sylvaticum	nicotine,palustrine and	douche in leucorrhea or menorrhagia
		palustrinine	prostatic disease
		saponins	enuresis (bedwetting)
			incontinence
			cystic ulceration and ulceration of urinary passages
			mouthwash in apthous ulcers or gingivitis
			reduce swollen eyelid
			Dried stems of E.hyemale used for scouring metals or woodwork
			Used in nail prepaparations for strengthening
			beneficial in treating dropsy
			"gravel and kidney affections"
			stomach acidity, dyspepsia
			emmenagogue, being cooling and astringent

Horsetail

Preparation and Dosage

Fluid Extract, 10 to 60 drops 3 to 10 grains plant ash in treatment of kidney and bladder.Warm juice or tisane externally for skin inflammation or break-out.Drachm of dried powdered herb 3 or 4 times a day for spitting of blood.

L equisetaceae

Contra-Indications

There are no warnings , so it is benign.

Horsetail Properties

Names

Varieties

Constituents

Uses

Bottlebrush

Equisitum arvense

Silicic acid and water-

Of the dried, sterile stem and or fresh juice:

Shavegrass

E. debile

soluble silicic compounds

diuretic

cauda equina

E. elongatum

phytosterol

vulnerary

Paddock-pipes

E. hyemale

flavonoids

genito-urinary astringent

Dutch Rushes

E. fluviatile

aconitic acid

weak anti-haemhorrhagic

Pewterwort

E. maximum

traces of the alkaloids,

Poultice for wounds,sores or ulcers(spec:,urinary tract ulceration)

E. sylvaticum

nicotine,palustrine and

douche in leucorrhea or menorrhagia

palustrinine

prostatic disease

saponins

enuresis (bedwetting)

incontinence

cystic ulceration and ulceration of urinary passages

mouthwash in apthous ulcers

or gingivitis

reduce swollen eyelid

Dried stems of E.hyemale used for scouring metals or woodwork

Used in nail prepaparations for strengthening

beneficial in treating dropsy

"gravel and kidney affections"

stomach acidity, dyspepsia

emmenagogue, being cooling and astringent

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Fluid Extract, 10 to 60 drops 3 to 10 grains plant ash in treatment of kidney and bladder.
Warm juice or tisane externally for skin inflammation or break-out.
Drachm of dried powdered herb 3 or 4 times a day for spitting of blood.