Horsetail

Horsetail

Botanical: Equisetum arvense, Equisetum hyemale, Equisetum maximum, Equisetum sylvaticum
Family: N.O. Equisetaceae

---Synonyms---Shave-grass. Bottle-brush. Paddock-pipes. Dutch Rushes. Pewterwort.

Horsetail is the subject of a German Commission E monograph finding it effective for edema.

The American Botanical Council provided a summary article confirming the effectiveness of Horsetail for various indications and usages. “Horsetail is considered mildly diuretic, hemostyptic, and vulnary.” It is used for “post-traumatic and static edema”; “to promote renal function”; for “digestive elimination”; “an adjuvant in weight loss”.

Elements of Health summarizes the use of Horsetail: “Used as a diuretic. Strengthens hair, nails, bone, and teeth, promotes healthy skin, and increases calcium absorption."

A prominent herbalist, David Litell, notes its use for the “bones, connective tissue, skin, hair, nails and teeth.”

FDA has not objected to claims that Horsetail “supports hair, skin, connective tissue and nails”, due to its silica content.

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