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- Field horsetail - weed and medicinal plant. A personal description
- Field horsetail - a profile!
- One of the oldest land plants ever
- Optical appearance of the field horsetail
- Use of horsetail in natural medicine
- Tips
Field horsetail can be processed into healthy tea
Field horsetail - weed and medicinal plant. A personal description
Field horsetail is one of the oldest plants ever. In the garden, it is considered a weed because it can hardly fight. Due to its ingredients, horsetail enjoys great popularity in naturopathy, cosmetics and as an organic fertilizer and crop protection. A personal description.
Field horsetail - a profile!
One of the oldest land plants ever
Field horsetail stem from the horsetails that have existed in the world for some 400 million years. It is believed that the plant already existed on the primeval continent Gondwana.
Due to fossil finds, it is likely that the original species could reach up to 30 meters in height.
Optical appearance of the field horsetail
Externally, horsetail looks like a needle plant. The sprouts consist of tubular sections that appear to be nested one above the other.
Field horsetail develops like all ferns no flowers, but spore ears. They appear first from March to May and then retreat to the ground. Then the leaves of the field horsetail grow, which have a green color.
Field horsetail is not poisonous unlike the marsh horsetail (Equisetum palustre), which is a danger especially for grazing animals. You should only pick a horsetail in nature if you are completely sure. Unfortunately, the two species can only be distinguished by a few features.
Use of horsetail in natural medicine
Field horsetail can be used not only in the garden as a fertilizer or crop protection, also in natural medicine, the herb has its place. It contains, among other things:
The herb is dried or fresh among others recommended for inflammation, rheumatism, gout and arthritis.
Tips
The horsetail stem owes its name to the fact that it was used to polish and polish tin pewter. The silica crystals contained in the herb have a rough texture and also dissolve stubborn dirt residues.