Horsetail field

The horsetail field is a perennial herbaceous plant. The horsetail has no flowers, and breeds disputes. Unbranched brown and reddish escapes with a cone on the end grow from a black rhizome in the spring. Right there the green, strongly branching stalks which have medicinal properties grow. Collect young juicy escapes of bright green color for the medicinal purposes. This plant is unpretentious and therefore grows in any soil. The horsetail field everywhere is widespread: on meadows, arable lands, on the clay soil practically in all areas.

The horsetail field, along with a club moss and a fern, is one of the most ancient herbaceous plants on the earth. This mighty plant, after a flood and climate change in the ancient time, turned into a small plant to 50 cm height.

There are also several other national names of a horsetail field:

• Whisk;
• Horse tail;
• Cat's eye;
• Tin grass;
• Mop grass.

Structure and useful properties of a horsetail field

Rich chemical composition of this grass causes numerous medicinal properties of a field horsetail and its use as medicine. So, the horsetail field is rich with many useful elements some of which are listed below:

• Salts of silicon acid;
• Vitamin C;
• Potassium salts;
• Flavonoids;
• Bitterness;
• Saponins;
• Carotene;
• Pitches;
• Tannins.

It is one of the most widespread medicinal plants allocated with curative force. So, the main medicinal properties of a horsetail field is the following:

• Knitting;
• Styptic;
• Wound healing;
• Strong diuretic;
• Spasmolytic;
• Antimicrobic;
• Antiinflammatory;
• Fortifying;
• Antivermicular.

Also, it is scientifically established that the horsetail field is capable to bring lead therefore it is used at chronic and acute poisoning with lead out of an organism.

Use of a field horsetail and its properties

Most often, use of a field horsetail and its properties is recommended in the form of broths or simply made as grass tea.

In the form of broths and infusions the horsetail of the field, most often, doctor is appointed at such disturbances of health:

• Diarrhea (diarrhea);
• Cholelithiasis;
• Internal bleedings.

Traditional medicine recommends to use a field horsetail at conjunctivitis. In this case, use of a field horsetail is carried out in the form of eye trays from plant broth. Besides, use of a field horsetail is reasonable at the following problems:

• Trophic ulcers;
• Furuncles;
• Deep wounds;
• Ulcers;
• Fistulas;
• Eczema;
• Deprive;
• Dermatitis.

The grass of a horsetail field with its properties is long since applied at bleedings, at treatment of difficult healing wounds and at hemorrhoids.

Effectively decoction of a horsetail or fresh juice from a grass at bleedings helps with uric system and at ponosa with blood. Infusion of a horsetail helps women at plentiful menstrual bleedings. However there are also contraindications to a horsetail field in this case. So, if bleeding is connected with an inflammation of the sexual sphere or with an abortion, use of a field horsetail can be dangerous.

Besides, juice of a horsetail field is applied to prevention and treatment of a varicosity.

Fresh juice of a horsetail field strengthens immune system and increases body resistance, thanks to the content of salt of potassium and silicon acid.

Broths from a horsetail field well purify blood, remove toxins and excess water without disturbance of its salt structure therefore are recommended for treatment of an allergy.

Medicinal properties of a horsetail field help at various pulmonary diseases. So, use of a field horsetail saves from cough, rattles in bronchial tubes. Use of a field horsetail is recommended and at a pulmonary tuberculosis. Availability of silicon in a plant as main component as a part of a horsetail field, yields positive takes at treatment of a pulmonary tuberculosis. Broth is used at an inflammation of gums and for rinsing of a throat at quinsy.

It is experimentally established that the horsetail field lowers sugar level at diabetes.

In traditional medicine the horsetail field found application in treatment of many serious diseases:

• Gout;
• Rheumatism;
• Arthritis;
• Arthrosis;
• Osteochondrosis.

Use of this plant for treatment yields good results, and use of a horsetail field contraindications has very little and therefore almost safely. At competent use of a field horsetail there are no side effects and complications and therefore it is recommended even to children.

Quite often, the horsetail field finds application for the general strengthening of health and a raising of protective forces of an organism. It is useful to drink a horsetail field in the form of tea in cold season, it well raises the general tone of an organism and protects from microbes. Elderly people are regularly recommended to use such tea, but not to forget at the same time about some contraindications to a horsetail field. Constant use of this plant will help to get rid of chronic cough and rheumatic pains.

Besides, useful properties of a horsetail field increase calcium absorption, and are used for strengthening of hair, teeth, nails and bones. The horsetail field is fine means for achievement of good smoothness and elasticity of skin, treats eels and other skin problems. Trays and compresses from broth of a horsetail field will help to get rid of perspiration of legs and hands.

For hair the horsetail field is used with special success. The silicon content in a grass promotes production of collagen, and it helps to recover and improve tissues of hair and strengthens their growth. Availability of nutrients provides a full complex of food, improves blood circulation and prevents head skin diseases. When using a horsetail field for hair, they begin to grow quicker, get the special durability and healthy gloss. Regular use of extract of a horsetail field for hair will help to get rid even of baldness. Thus, regular use of a horsetail field for hair will make them smooth and healthy.

Contraindications of a horsetail field and possible harm

Along with existence of many valuable properties of a horsetail of a field contraindication this plant also has. So, use of a horsetail field and its properties can cause irritation of kidneys. For this reason there is a contraindication to a horsetail field at nefroza and nephrites.

Absolute contraindication to a horsetail field is pregnancy and feeding by a breast (the lactation period) at women.

Besides, in certain cases, in the presence of chronic diseases, there can be special contraindications to a horsetail to field and its use. In these cases, independent treatment can be dangerous, and only the doctor will be able to define a possibility of use of a horsetail field.