Full health with Natural Remedies

It is a primitive plant, so no fruit and flowers. Reaches a size of20 to 60 cm

She has round stems, rough and grooved, formed by segments of decreasing diameter from root to head.

This plant is rich in minerals, especially silicon and potassium. It also contains calcium, equisetina, oxalic acid, salicylic acid, flavones, phytosterols, tannin and saponin.


Healing Properties

Thanks to his contribution in minerals, is remineralizing, hemostasis and anti-anemic; useful in cases of rickets, osteoporosis, broken bones, bleeding of any kind, heavy menstrual periods and bloody hemorrhoids. Ophthalmic properties. Combat hair loss, dandruff and seborrhea. Also strengthens and promotes nail growth.

Applied to sores and wounds, her ponytail and healing acts as vulneraria also stop any bleeding.

It is used also in cases of tuberculosis and has a stimulating action on the organs producing red and white cells, and cellular exchange.

For cases of rheumatism, gout, edema fluid and Retensioning, horsetail has a highly diuretic action, a characteristic that is known since ancient times.



Folk Remedies ponytail

1. Folk remedy # 1: If  Retensioning liquid or to purify the body, you can use the shoots for salads or can be prepared as an infusion 10 grams per liter of water. Take 2 to 3 cups daily.
2. Folk remedy # 2: For sores and wounds, make a poultice of fresh leaves which are applied directly, after having crushed a bit on the affected areas.
3. Folk remedy # 3: If you have rickets, osteoporosis or had a broken bone, they must boil 40 grams of the dried plant in half a liter of water for half an hour. It is cooled and filtered. To-sea three times a day.
4. Folk remedy # 4: If you want to use as reminiralizante can be very finely crushed stems and twigs and take them 1 or 2 grams per day.
5. Folk remedy # 5: If you want to harden and strengthen nails, you can prepare a decoction of 10 g of horsetail in water for half an hour and insert the fork, when this preparation is already cool for 15 minutes in the night for a week.

Precautions

Do not use in prolonged treatment, which can irritate the kidneys. It also contains substances that can become toxic in large quantities (selenium and equisetina).

Not be given to children under 2 years old or pregnant. In older preparations start with soft.