Horsetail Is Excellent For Strenghtening Bone And Teeth Health!

Horsetail, also known as shave-grass, is a wonderful medicinal herb that grows wild throughout much of the world. Horsetail is packed with vitamins C and B-complex (the happy-feeling vitamin) as well as minerals such as silica, calcium, magnesium, iron, and manganese.

Horsetail contains powerful antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and astringent properties that are a great benefit to multiple health concerns. Horsetail is excellent for strengthening brittle bones, teeth, hair, and nails, and it can improve bone density, enhance bone flexibility, and help heal fractured bones, pulled hamstrings, and dislocated joints. Horsetail contains natural diuretic properties that can reduce edema, bloat, swelling, water retention, and kidney stones.

Horsetail is a great source of silica, which has been shown to strengthen the connective tissues of the brain, nerve cells, and spinal cord, improving memory and helping to prevent memory loss.

Horsetail has also been shown to be effective against incontinence, bladder weakness, and urinary tract infections. It is also well known for its anti-aging and anti-wrinkle properties due to its ability to help form collagen and repair damaged skin, producing a more youthful glow.

Horsetail is commonly used as a mouthwash as a natural remedy for tonsillitis, gingivitis, canker sores, and bleeding gums. It also works incredibly well in helping heal foot infections such as athlete’s foot and to help treat frostbite, boils, carbuncles, and cracked and blistered feet.

Horsetail tea is a delicious medicinal tea. You can add about 6 grams of horsetail powder to freshly boiled water, let steep for 10-15 minutes, and drink daily as you journal the effect or until desired result is achieved. This tea can also be cooled and then applied to the skin for a gentle and effective compress, or used as a hair rinse, mouthwash, or foot bath. Foot bath?!