Horsetail P.E.Silica,Silicic Acid,Organic Silica 7%HPLC.

CAS.RN.NO:1343-98-2;7631-86-9.M.W.Molecular Formula:O2Si.;M.W.Molecular Weight:60.083

Botanical Source:Equisetum arvense (L) ,Equisetum arvense,Equiseti herba

.......Common Names&Synonyms:Common horsetail,bottlebrush, field horsetail, shave grass, shavetail grass,Field Horsetail, At Quyroughi, Atkuyrugu, Chieh Hsu Ts''Ao, Cola De Caballo, Equiseto Menor, Kilkah Asb, Prele, Sugina,Bottle-brush, Corn Horsetail, Dutch rushes, Equiseto Menor, Field Horsetail, Horsetail, Horsetail Rush, Mare''s tail, Paddock-pipes, Pewterwort, Scouring Rush, Shave-grass, Thanab Al Khail, Vara De Oro, Wen Ching,Shave-grass. Bottle-brush. Paddock-pipes. Dutch Rushes. Pewterwort. Shavegrass,pewterwort, bottlebrush, horsetail rush, paddock-pipes, Dutch rushes, mare''s tail

Parts used:Sterile spring stems. the sterile stems (the shoots, those appearing in summer; not the brownish fertile stems that appear in early spring bearing terminal cones).

Constituents: minerals (silicic acids and silicates - 5-8%;potassium,aluminium,sulphur,manganese and magnesium),flavonoids (principally quercetin glycosides), phenolic acids, alkaloids (usually absent except for traces of nicotine, palustrine and palustrinine), saponin (equisetonin), bitter principle, phytosterols (cholesterol, isofucosterol, campesterol and others), tannins.

Actions:weak diuretic, genito-urinary astringent,antihaemorrhagic,haemostatic,prophylactic causing a mild leucocytosis,restorative to damaged pulmonary tissue, possible detoxifier; Locally styptic and vulnerary
Properties: Anodyne, anti-haemorrhagic, anti-septic, astringent, cardiac, carminative, diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue, galactogogue, haemostatic, nervine, vulnerary.
Indications:enuresis, prostatic disease,cystitis with haematuria,urethritis
Specific Indications and Uses:Cystic irritation; nocturnal urinal incontinence; tenesmic urging to urinate;dropsy;renal calculi.