Category: Horsetail

Horsetail Herb

Horsetail (Equisetum arvense [Equisetaceae]), powder, Eastern Europe, a/k/a scouring rush, shave grass, corn cob plant, bottle brush, cola de caballo. Over the centuries the herb gained a reputation as a wound healer. As time passed, it shed this reputation and gained one as a diuretic to treat water retention and as a urinary remedy. Contemporary […]

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Posted in Horsetail on Aug 9th, 2010, 3:26 pm by michael