Horsetail (Equisetum arvense) Reviews

I have been taking Horsetail for 29 years.  I originally started taking it to stop cramps in my legs when I was pregnant.  I noticed my nails got really hard and my hair grew more quickly so I kept taking it.  When I turned 40 I went for a bone density test.  Out of a 100, I was 132, the 2nd highest they have ever seen.  
Everyone I have recommended it to has noticed the same thing.  I use the Silica from Flora. A extra benefit is that i have no wrinkles on my face.  It is great for the skin as well.

More a question hoping someone can answer and help me. I was told to try horsetail as a remedy for recent issue with my hair. I have 3 balding spots (very upsetting for a young woman). The lady I spoke with had a heavy Russian accent so I couldn't understand in what form of horsetail would I use. The question is how would I apply horsetail to my situation. I was under the impression it was topical. Thank you!

I tried it. Somehow I found one tablet better than the two recommended per day. I didn t notice much more urinating than normal. I still had slightly bad joints after jogging. Perhaps my hair felt smoother but no visible improvement of skin. I am nearly 50 years old.

some years ago i became quite poorly which pretty much left me in a bit of a long term pickle . the stress caused my lovely long hair to fall out . horsetail has done wonders for me . i am poorly but when i did start taking horstail ,i noticed easing of some symptoms to a tolarant level and my hair started growing for the first time in few years since it fell out . i did stop for a while and symptoms got worse again and my hair started thinning . i started taking it again and have done now for about 2 years. maybe just me but it definatly helped me (along side prescription drugs , but horsetail took away some suffering)

i just bought some horsetail grass..how to prepare it and eat it?
is it 1 glass mix with 4 glass of hot water?

Hey: I teaspoon or 1 Tbag in 6oz. of boiled water. Let it step for 3-5 min. You may sweeten with honey, and not sugar.

B well.
Namdi2

Don't use honey to sweeten hot drinks, even if it's a common thing. Honey should never be heated or cooked, and should never be combined with very heating or hot herbs or spices (like red pepper). Honey is a healthy thing, but it has been known in old medicine for as long as historians can guess that honey -- when heated or added to body-heating herbs -- has very few beneficial effects and some toxic ones. Heated honey, or honey used with heating herbs, causes the immune system to respond dramatically against it and the pathogens that will feed on it, thus reducing its medicinal effects hugely. Ayurveda, one of the oldest medicine practices, tells us that we should use whole cane sugar evaporated solids (not crystalized juice, but "sucanat") or dark brown sugar in hot beverages and baked items, or palm, date, or bamboo sugars, or maple syrup, fruit juices, beet sugar, etc. But not honey. Honey should be eaten raw only, and better if fresh. (I have experience with this myself, and I only feel good eating honey when it's a small amount, before or between meals, and raw. Never right after waking up, though, and never when dehydrated.)

hope this helps

I have been taking horsetail for about 4 months. I had abdominal pain and thought I had pancreatitis, I had a gastroscopy yesterday and it turns out I had a stomach ulcer and he said that it was healed. I met with the doctor 2 weeks prior to the test and he prescribed Pantoprezole which is an antacid. Not sure which medication healed up the ulcer but am quite happy to think the Horsetail grass had something top do with it.

I have been suffering with constant urine infections for years a friend of the family recomended horsetail and I am so happy to say it cured it right away meds were taking too long to do the job, 3 glasses of horsetail tea was all I needed "I strongly recomend to anyone who suffers from urine infections ;)

yo llevo mucho tiempo con un dolor en la cadera tengo osteoporosis hace 4dias que empese a tomar 800mg de cola de caballo y el dolor ya no es tan fuerte y camino menos coja pues ese dolor me hace cojiar lo unico que estoy haciendo diferente es tomando la cola de caballo y como dice que repara el tejido pues esta ayudando

I've got a garden full of this (unwelcome) stuff. Anybody out there know how to make it into a beneficial form?

yes, air dry the stuff cutt in small one inch pieces and drink it as tea, very helpful for lots of ailments, prostate cancer, kidney stones, it dissolves them much easier for passing and cures bladder infections, overall miracle worker!!!

I've been searching for the stuff for ages! Can I get some off you pls?

Hi,
I also have an abundance of horsetail, did anyone reply to Hunthilary regarding making this into tea or some other useful medicine/ointment etc?

I find that Silica is a miracle.  I have lost a bulging belly that was deemed hereditary by me because of it's presence in all of my siblings.  My lower back pain disappeared within the first few hours of trying it.  I am a healer and have recommended it to most of my clients.  I have to go back to working a fulltime job because they don't call me with their complaints anymore.  Even people who merely tried a little are seeing amazing results.

does any one know how horsetail can be used to protect potatoes from blight?

hi guys, anyone living in london or sussex area got some fresh horsetail to sell, or know where i can find them in the wild?