The horsetail mother tincture is a valid diuretic, and is useful against arthritis and the fragility of bones, nails and hair. Let's find out better.
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Properties of the horsetail mother tincture
The active ingredients present in the horsetail are: silica, calcium, magnesium, potassium, saponin (equisetonin), flavonic glycosides, small amounts of alkaloids and tannins.
Due to the presence of these mineral salts, in a highly available molecular form for our body, horsetail contributes to "bone metabolism" and promotes remineralization of the osteo-articular system and hard tissues such as nails and hair.
The corresponding mother horsetail tincture contains the active ingredients of the plant unaltered, so this is also useful in case of demineralization, for people suffering from ostoporosis or subject to frequent fractures, as it facilitates calcification after traumas and bone lesions.
Furthermore it has a marked diuretic action, very useful in case of renal inflammation and cystitis.
Description of the plant
Horsetail ( Equisetum arvense ) is a plant of the family of the Equisetaceae. Curious fern with stem (50 cm) sterile (without flowers and seeds), with green, striped chloroplasts, with verticillated stamens.
The multiplication is ensured by the spores emitted by a second type of stem (20 cm), gray because it has no chlorophyll, which appears at the base of the plant in spring, and is free of chloroplasts, with a strobilus at the top.
When the spores fall, the strobilus disappears and the fertile stem becomes similar to the sterile one; it is not infrequent to find the horsetail on damp uncultivated land or along the ditches; but also along the escarpments, ruderal environments, and sandy and clayey soils.
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How to prepare the horsetail mother tincture
Horsetail tincture is a hydroalcoholic preparation obtained by cold maceration in a hydroalcoholic solvent of appropriate gradation of the fresh plant, if possible.
use
The traditional uses of horsetail mother tincture are: joint pains and inflammations, arthritis, arthrosis, osteoporosis, fractures, tendinitis, genito-urinary inflammation, water retention .
Its intake is also indicated in case of nail fragility, hair loss, alopecia, skeletal growth of adolescents, menopause, slow metabolism, skin aging, loss of tissue tone .
Horsetail, or horsetail, is also a good diuretic, so mother tincture is also recommended in the treatment of the elimination of metabolic waste, as an astringent on blood vessels and useful against capillary fragility.
Horsetail intake is contraindicated during pregnancy and lactation . May interact with medicines for hypertension and diuretics.
General indications include 30 drops to be diluted in a little water or another beverage, 2/3 times a day for at least a month, but it is always good to hear the opinion of an expert for each individual case.
