What are the effects of horsetail

Many people are not familiar with horsetail in daily life. In fact, as a plant, horsetail has many functions, especially in reducing swelling. Some patients who do not know about horsetail know that this medicine cannot fully utilize the medicinal value of this plant to help themselves treat diseases and relieve physical symptoms. So what are the effects of horsetail?

1. To treat blurred vision and excessive tearing: Equisetum arvense (without the nodes), Atractylodes lancea (soaked in rice wine) 1 liang each. Grind it into powder, take 2 qian each time, with tea, or make into pills with honey. (Sheng Hui Fang)

2. To treat wind, cold and dampness, and to induce sweating: 1 liang of horsetail herb (without nodes), 5 qian each of ginger and green onion. Boil it in hot water and drink it, you will sweat. (Sheng Hui Fang)

3. To treat intestinal wind and bleeding: 1 liang of Equisetum arvense (remove the nodes and stir-fry), 5 qian each of Rhizoma Citrus aurantium (stir-fried), Fructus Aurantii Immaturus (processed), Sophora japonica (stir-fried), Poria cocos, and Schizonepeta tenuifolia. Grind the above ingredients into powder, take 2 qian each time, and mix with thick jujube soup. (Equisetum arvense powder from Renzhai Zhizhi Fang)

4. To treat persistent bloody dysentery: take 50 cents of Equisetum arvense, decoct in water and drink while warm. Take once a day. (Sheng Hui Fang)

5. To treat rectal prolapse that has not healed for years: burn a certain amount of horsetail, grind it into powder, apply it on the anus, and press it. (Three Causes)

6. Treat traumatic bleeding, gastrointestinal bleeding, gynecological bleeding and other bleeding: Equisetum 50%, Phellodendron chinense 20%, Leonurus japonicus 20%, Gallnut 10%. Grind them separately, pass through a 120-mesh sieve and mix well. For external use: Sprinkle the powder on the wound and apply pressure with gauze. Oral administration: 2 grams each time, once every four to six hours. (Inner Mongolia "Selected Materials on New Chinese Herbal Medicine Treatment Methods")

7. To treat fetal movement disorder: Equisetum arvense (without nodes) and Ligusticum chuanxiong in equal parts. Grind into powder, take three grams each time, add one cup of water and one gram of honeysuckle and boil it for oral administration. (The Record of the Holy Spirit)

The drugs used in combination with horsetail to treat different diseases are also significantly different, mainly based on the patient's symptoms and the cause of the disease. However, many drugs will cause toxicity after mixing. Therefore, we cannot blindly mix drugs to treat our own diseases to avoid drug poisoning.