Description
Field horsetail is a herbaceous perennial plant native in the plain area and up to the mountain area, in damp places, on the banks of waters, in meadows.
Considered a real “living fossil”, the plant dates back to the Devonian period. Field horsetail has been known and used from antiquity, in traditional medicine, as a source of salicylic acid (active substance contained in the modern aspirin).
Use
The sterile stems are used for medical purposes, under the form of powder, decoction, hydroalcoholic extract.
The active ingredients in the field horsetail have antimicrobial, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory action, they increase the resistance of connective tissue, they intensify local blood flow. The plant is indicated for internal use, under the form of tea with diuretic action, or topic use.
We use it for its astringent, antiseptic properties, the skin tightening and the tissue regeneration properties.