What are the effects and functions of horsetail

Equisetum is a herbaceous plant, and its dried parts can be used as medicine, so Equisetum is also a Chinese medicinal material. Horsetail has many functions, such as anti-inflammatory and hemostasis, and its effects are also very wide-ranging. It can be used to treat and prevent diseases. Boiled horsetail in water and taken can also lower cholesterol.

1. Equisetum has astringent, anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, hyperlipidemia and diuretic effects; it is often used for trachoma, colds, coughs, psoriasis and other diseases. Horsetail herb can eliminate blood stasis and relieve blurry eyes and excessive tearing. Horsetail herb tastes bitter and is neutral in nature. It can treat blood in stool, hemorrhoids, and excessive menstrual bleeding. It can remove cataracts, improve eyesight and clear liver heat, and completely remove eye obstructions.

2. Improve eyesight and remove cataracts. Equisetum arvense has the effect of clearing the liver and improving eyesight. It is used for symptoms such as red eyes due to wind-heat, cloudiness in the eyes, and tears in the wind.

3. Dispel wind and clear heat, treat red eyes, typhoid fever and malaria caused by hyperactivity of liver fire. Eliminate rheumatism and disperse evil fire.

4. Stop bleeding, treat intestinal bleeding, hemorrhoidal bleeding, bloody dysentery, women's continuous menstruation, and rectal prolapse.

5. It can relieve sores and swellings, and treat carbuncles, scrofula, furuncle, furuncle, tinea versicolor, powder residue, and red and white metrorrhagia.

6. Equisetum has analgesic effects, and its active ingredients are fatty acids and their esters. The analgesic effect of horsetail ether extract is stronger than that of water and ethanol extracts. Three fluorescent substances were isolated from the ether extract of horsetail, two of which were ferulic acid and caffeic acid. These two substances can significantly enhance the inhibitory effect of sodium pentobarbital on the central nervous system and have a sedative effect.

7. The decoction of horsetail can significantly reduce serum total cholesterol and triglycerides, and has a preventive and therapeutic effect on hyperlipidemia. Equisetum injection also has the effect of preventing the formation of atherosclerotic plaques.