Horsetail family (Equisetaceae)
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Equisetaceae · Plant
2
Indications
1
With studies in people
Cautions
May enhance diuretic effects; caution with kidney disorders.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Horsetail family for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation SyndromeSwelling Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Horsetail family does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit DiureticBenefit Skin Hair
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Equisetaceae and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.
- Benefit Antimicrobial6 records, 1 in people
- Benefit Diuretic5 records
- Benefit Skin Hair1 records
- Inflammation Syndrome7 records
- Swelling Syndrome0 records