HORSETAIL EXTRACT
- Aids healing properties break down deposits in tissues. Horsetail is a member of the Equisetaceae family; the sole survivor of a line of plants going back three hundred million years. It is a descendant of ancient plants that grew as tall as trees.
- Horsetails grow in moist, rich soils in all parts of the world except Australasia. A widespread species along stream banks and in meadows in North America and Eurasia is the common horsetail (E. arvense), about 30 cm tall. In China, the plant E. hyemale is produced in the provinces in the Northeast and North of China, Inner Mongolia and the Yangtze River Valley.
- It has a toning and astringent action. External application is supposed to stop the bleeding of wounds and promote rapid healing. A lotion of horsetail can be used for irritated skin conditions such as eczema, to heal cuts and wounds, sores and ulcers, and to apply to chilblains.