In water three or more times a day as required by condition. As a herbal tea by itself, or combined with
the above, steep 1 teaspoonful in 1 cup of boiling water for 45 minutes, in covered container. Cool, take a
mouthful four times a day.
EXTERNALLY: As a compress or sponge bath for old injuries, putrid wounds, gangrenous ulcers, or
external bleeding. Simmer covered for ½ hour, cool, and administer; make fresh daily.
HOMEOPATHIC CLINICAL: Tincture of fresh plant chopped and pounded to a pulp for cystitis, dropsy,
enuresis, general paralysis, gleet, gonorrhea, gravel, hematuria, urine (retention of).
RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE: Hvosh pokvoy (horsetail) is given medical recognition; many others are similar
but not valued as the same. Folk medicine: Use horsetail as a tea, nastoika (with vodka), and as a
powder, in many cases. Known as a diuretic in heart conditions due to dropsy (excess of water) and
deficiency of blood circulation. Is of use in kidney stones, but should not be used when the kidneys are
inflamed. When bleeding from the stomach or intestinal tract, horsetail is effective; also useful in
excessive female bleeding. Folk medicine has also found the properties valuable for blood purifying and
liver conditions. Experimentally, an important agent to cleanse the system of lead poisoning and as a
diuretic (Medical Literature, Moscow, 1962). Clinically: In use as an extract, tincture, tablets, and
powder. Externally: A powder for bleeding wounds and ulcers; also for veterinary use of the same
conditions.