Botanical name

Equisetum spp.

Also known as .

Horsetail is an ancient, nonflowering plant useful for silica-deficiency issues such as weak hair, split ends, fungus under the nails, and weak, ridged and cracked nails. Horsetail also has a powerful strengthening effect on the body’s connective tissues and in the healing of broken bones.

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Horsetail is an ancient, nonflowering plant that grows on wet sand and is therefore extremely high in silica. Known as “vegetable silicon”, this herb is useful for silica-deficiency issues. These include: weak hair, split ends, fungus under the nails, and weak, ridged and cracked nails. Horsetail also has a powerful strengthening effect on the body’s connective tissues and in the healing of broken bones, both of which require lots of silica.

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Common Uses

Bones & Tissues, Hair & Nails, Kidney Health, Kidney Infections, Nutrition, Oedema, Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Tract Infections, and Prostatitis.

Herbal Actions

Astringent, Diuretic, and Vulnerary.

Recipes

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Precautions

A rare allergic reaction is possible in people susceptible to nicotine, as horsetail contains a small amount of nicotine as hapten.

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Matthew Wood (2008), The Earthwise Herbal, p244

David Hoffmann (1995), Medical Herbalism, p547