Wintering horsetail, which is also called winter horsetail or winter horsetail, belongs to the horsetail family and is a plant that grows on soils with a high level of fertility.
This is a shallow water and coastal plant that can grow in partial shade and full sun. Despite the fact that the plant has beneficial medicinal properties, one should take into account its toxicity and, accordingly, the danger in case of improper use.
Wintering horsetail: description
The color of the stems is gray-green. They are distinguished by the absence of branches and ribbing. The diameter of the stems can reach 10 mm.
A spore-bearing spikelet develops at the top of the stem. As for the leaf teeth, they are awl-shaped, black in color, but clarified edging. They tend to fall off when the shoot is just starting to develop, leaving only the top nodes.
The plant has a long development cycle. In height, wintering horsetail (photo below) can reach 60 cm and even one meter.
The shape of the plant can be considered decorative. And the peakdecorativeness continues throughout the season. Sporulation begins in June and ends in July.
It is impossible not to note the cold resistance of this horsetail, its special resistance to low temperatures.
There are also decorative varieties of wintering horsetail - for example, with short side branches.
Main plant habitats:
- Eurasian as well as North American grasslands;
- river valleys;
- ravines.
Healing properties
Wintering horsetail contains silicic acid, various resins, nicotine alkaloid, as well as dimethyl sulfone and other useful substances. By the way, there are very few alkaloids in it.
Decoction made from this plant culture has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine recipes, as well as in empirical therapy practiced on the Eurasian and American continents.
What diseases does the plant treat?
In particular, it is used to treat the bladder, hematurgy, chronic urethritis, kidney ailments, urinary incontinence problems. This herb has an astringent and hemostatic effect, so it is suitable for fighting hemorrhoids, gonorrhea, leucorrhoea, eye inflammation and regulates heavy menstruation.
Wintering horsetail is recommended as an analgesic in case of articular rheumatism, and is also used as a diaphoretic. It is indispensable in the treatment of tuberculosis, exudative pleurisy, throat diseases and bronchitis.
Even the flu and just a migraine,It turns out that it can be treated by resorting to the healing properties of this plant culture. An infusion made from it is used to treat jaundice, diarrhea and lack of appetite.
The Indians, by the way, used wintering horsetail and its healing properties in the fight against tumor formations, ulcers, inflammatory processes in the intestines and mammary gland. Physicians of Indochina resort to this plant as a cleanser for the stomach. And Korean doctors recommend it as a choleretic and diuretic drug, stop intestinal, uterine and hemorrhoid bleeding, hemoptysis, and relieve dysentery.
If you need to remove puffiness or solve problems with urination, the described plant will also come in handy.
Wintering horsetail: application
The plant has a large number of medicinal properties and, as a result, is actively used in medicine - both in the manufacture of pharmacological preparations and in the traditional treatment of various diseases.
From it is made, in particular, a diuretic drug that helps treat inflammation of the kidneys and relieve swelling. For its preparation you will need:
- wintering horsetail - 2 tablespoons;
- hot water - 1 cup.
Ingredients must be mixed, heated in a water bath for half an hour. Then the broth must be cooled and filtered. Take half a glass three times a day. Better one hour after eating.
Recipealcohol tincture
It is necessary to put fresh chopped wintering horsetail in a glass bottle. A little less than half a container. Then add alcohol (60%) or vodka. Infuse for 20 days in a place protected from sunlight. Take tincture in the amount of 30 drops dissolved in water. This should be done regularly - three times a day, half an hour before meals.
The benefits and amazing therapeutic properties of this plant culture are evidenced by the possibility of its use in the treatment of oncological formations.
Recipe for cancer treatment
For example, women with uterine cancer are recommended to drink a decoction for a month according to this recipe:
- A tablespoon of dried grass is poured with boiling water (one glass is enough).
- The solution is closed with a lid, after which it is infused for a couple of hours.
- The infusion is drunk in the morning and in the evening, half a glass.
For throat cancer, a decoction is needed, made in the following way:
- Wintering horsetail is boiled in a liter of water for 10 minutes (in the amount of 3 tablespoons).
- Then the broth is filtered and honey is diluted in it (in the amount of 4 tablespoons).
- The solution must be brought to a boil again.
- Remove from heat and let it cool down.
The resulting decoction should be gargled many times a day.
The healing properties of wintering horsetail make it an indispensable component for the manufacture of many remedies, thanks to which a person can successfully deal with a number ofdiseases and improve your he alth.
