Horsetail Medicine
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2024
- Dr. Mindy Curry shows you how to select, collect, and process horsetails for multiple medicinal purposes.
Includes making horsetail infused honey, horsetail tea, and horsetail tincture.
For more information or to contact Dr. Curry please visit her website at www.passionforhealingnaturopat.... - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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Japanese cabinet makers use dried horsetail to polish wood. I have been using it for improving osteoblast osteoclast activity. Most people don't understand how important Silica is for multiple body systems.
Great work DR Curry! Great work!! Ive learned traditional medicine and plants! Its great to see a Doctor follow the path of natural healing! Ill look up your web page
Great video & easy to follow demonstration! Dr. Curry is very knowledgeable and has helped me with my medical conditions! I recommend her highly, if you are in the Portland OR area!
Q
Thank you so much Mindy for your generous & insightful sharing - bright blessings
A very informative video Dr Mindy
I'm a little bit out of your area... Yorkshire England
Still Thank you for sharing
Thank you this was so helpful, you have answered a lot of my questions. I tried horsetails earlier this spring and right away felt hydrated through my whole body. It sounds crazy but now whenever I go past them in the woods my mouths starts salivating so thought i'd try to find a way to use them at this stage in Spring when they are not edible.
Happy to help. Please let me know any other herbs you have questions on and I will try to make a video on those.
@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 can one use branched horsetail for eye?
Thank you for your informative videos! Could I make a massage oil infusion with horsetail? Would it be effective in healing muscles?
Very informative and helpful video. Thanks for making it.
hello thank you for showing the video I love it also have a question where does horsetail grow where can I harvest
@@victoriadiaz8614 near lakes or watery places
Great content thanks!🦋🐳💎
As an herbalist I greatly appreciate the natural things in life. Thank you Mindy❤️👍✌️😎
Keep using those plants! Thanks!
Awesome video! Thank you!!
I am concerned with harveting them too early, lest they haven't developed their full power and nutritional value. I learnt that about carrots, not to harvest them beforeripe (as with all fruit as well), but don't know whether it goes for Equisetum . Horsetail -too.I picked some only today on Midsummer Day, 2 days after Soltice, which marks the border for harvesting them. in order to avoidthem hilding on to their Silica.I am so grateful for this wondefful helping plant. - Thank you.
@@Medietos my understanding is that when they get older, the silica is bigger and can be potentially irritating to the kidneys. The younger horsetails are also more tender.
Excellent Excellent Excellent
Super information thank you mam
Welcome 😊
Excellent video when I come to Portland I want to see you :-)
I would be happy to see you when you come to Portland. Please call me at 503-995-8674 to schedule
Great video, I started using horsetail nearly 20 years ago for my hair, but not for internal use. I am currently trying to teach my young client about gathering wild medicals, so this is great info. I just have to say, I LOVE you hair! (lol even if this video is from a few years ago)
Thanks a lot!
How do you use for hair? Interested
You know where I can buy some horsetail to grow myself? See some on Amazon but eerie for organic
Is there other way than apple cider vinegar
@@loveisaliveamen7066 collect it in the woods or roadside, bring to a boil, simmer for about 10 mins and cool. Use as a hair rinse.
Using the sharp part of the knife like that may add some plastic to whatever you are cutting, I use the back of the knife when I use a plastic board
Thank you so much for your precious time teaching us.
I got a question please, do I need to wash the horsetail before chop tem up and do I need to shake the tincture daily please?
Thank you. Hugs from uk x
Miriã
Hi Miria,
It’s probably best to wash the horsetails before chopping…especially if you have dogs in your yard, wink.
Ideally you should shake your tincture daily. To be honest, I often miss that step, and my tinctures seem fine, but I also don’t drain them after a couple months either. I leave the leaves in until ready to use, then drain then. Habits of convenience really, but really make sure the alcohol level is above the herbs if you’re going to do it the lazy way, or the top will discolor.
Hello Dr. Mindy been watching you now a couple months. Lol you remind me of me. I love horsetail. Ty for teaching I also grew up in our family generation to generation in everything we made and grew ourselves. Still do that's how I also raised my kids we are never sick. I wish I could meet you someday I'm in NY.i wish you were here I do no naturopathic doctor here I have to be my own doctor. I do have a question what is best for tingling in the fingers constantly?
Thanks so much! It’s always lovely to meet self sufficient people! There can be a variety of causes for tingling fingers. You should have a professional figure out your diagnosis, then determine what’s best for your specific needs.
@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 yes but no thank you professionals almost killed me with their disgusting medicines I trusted them once and never again. I turned to what I grew up with the medicines of God
Am I correct in assuming that these items are just jarred and not "canned" (boiled)? Outstanding information by the way!!!
Yes. Vinegar, honey, alcohol are all traditional preservatives.
Dr Mindy I have a severe stomach ulcer. Can it make it worse?
We always called those snake grass .they always grew in the swamp
We have a huge field growing behind our land. The locals say that it is "mare's tail" which I believe to be different from the "horse tail" that you are speaking of. Am I correct on that one??
I don’t think I have met mare’s tail yet. It’s definitely different.
I found this website about the difference:
www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-horsetail-and-marestail/
medicinal herbs, plants, tinctures, etc. are all new to me and I am learning. When your tincture, ACV vinegar and honey are at the finished stage, do you strain them before using them? Sorry if that is a silly question...thanks!
Short of Vintage Oldstead
Yes, strain them after a few weeks or at least before using. Squeeze them out in a cheesecloth or with a fruit press to get the most. Have fun making your own medicine!
What are your thoughts on drying it and making it into a powder? Could I do this? And say add it to a smoothie?
Sure could. Grind it fine, because it’s rather gritty. And don’t take it daily for long periods as it can cause a vitamin deficiency. Short term use (couple weeks) is probably pretty harmless.
Does every type of horsetail contain silica and can as well be used for medical purposes?
Not all horsetails are good for medicine. Also stay away from horsetails harvested in polluted areas as they will pull the toxins out of the soil into themselves.
Silica is the new asbestos.
@@Zerpentsa6598 what do you mean the new asbestos?
My daughter was recently diagnosed with MS was wondering if I made a tincture for her or a tea if it would help her ?
It’s not one that stands out for me, but I see online that several others include it in their MS herbal blends. Horsetail can certainly be nourishing and anti- inflammatory. Here’s a lovely article describing several helpful MS herbs: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9688751/
do big horsetail taste different or are no good where i live there about 1.5meters tall
Large horsetails have larger silica crystals which some herbalists say can irritate some people’s kidneys. Smaller spring horsetails are preferred.
can you only use the vinegar and horsetail for hair or what would be the best way to include it in food?
Raelyn Asher sure, salad dressing or a spoonful before meals.
Where can u get the plant from ? I live in New Orleans
Crystal Baker I'm coming home this weekend (Nola) I was just thinking with all the water were surrounded by I'm willing to bet it's growing wild somewhere. Like Joe Brown park or the lakefront fo show Mishoud!
I live in New Orleans too. Small world.
how about taking it in powder form, is a 1tsp. ok to take everyday for maintenance
That form is fine, but please see a Naturopathic Doctor or herbalist before deciding to take any herb long term.
They look totally different then in the Netherlands.
I got a wheelbarrow full of horsetail after I cut the grass in the ditch, with a sickle, I left it on the ground and it was almost completely dry the next day. By the time I got it separated from the grass it was dry .
It dries so quickly! Not a very moist plant.
Can you use this as a tea if you take lisinopril and adder all?
Moderate medication reactions have been reported to possibly occur with horsetail if taken with anti-diabetes drugs, lithium and diuretics (water pills). Lisinopril is an ACE inhibitor, it is not a diuretic, and does not have diuretic effects so that shouldn’t be a problem. I don’t see any reported adverse interactions with adderall. Do not take horsetail long term as it can cause problems with thiamine deficiency. Take it for a limited period and you’ll probably get benefits.
The horse tail in my yard doesn't have the fringey parts sticking out. Is that a different variety?
Yes. Try to identify the species. It may be useful.
I think it might be rough horsetail. I have an app and that's what it told me it was!
I was wondering if it would be safe to harvest horsetail that is growing around a drainage ditch from a manure/compost pile on an organic dairy farm?
I guess you’d need to decide how potentially contaminated it is from the manure. Animal feces can harbor some nasty bacteria and more. Since it’s organic, there shouldn’t be much chemical or heavy metal contamination at least. I’d say avoid the horsetails that actually touch the manure water, harvest up the bank at least.
@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 good idea. It is just a drainage ditch for water runoff from dry matter from the barn and bunker silos. Most of the runoff comes from the fermenting grass in the bunkers. It sends this rich fertilizer back to the fields.
Bro if no bad smell over there I'd say you can try
Some one said it was used to clog blood for cuts. I take blood thinners for my heart, it doesn't sound good for me (I have kidney stones too) ?
While horsetails have been traditionally used externally to stop bleeding, other scientific evidence suggests that it actually inhibits platelet aggregation. Plants are tricky like that.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378874104002661
Horsetail promotes kidney health. The kidneys work hard to eliminate toxins and regulate urine; horsetail can help by eliminating uric acid, which can cause kidney stones, especially in men who don’t drink enough water or have a diet high in animal protein. There is a high correlation between taking horsetail and lower levels of uric acid.
So wether it would be good for you may depend upon your type of kidney stones.
As for coagulation, many herbs can influence your coagulation. When you decide to use any herb regularly, you should consider getting your coagulation time tested beforehand, then again after using it for a while.
You really shouldn’t take horsetails in large amounts long term, due to potential vitamin deficiency.
To determine wether horsetails are right for you, go see a Naturopathic Doctor, or at least a trained herbalist!
What about drinking horsetail tea is that a good way .
Sure. It makes a somewhat bitter sweet grass-like tea. Add your favorite tea for flavor!
Is Apple cider bad for bones in the long run use?
usa gal No. The digestive system changes it as needed, and it tends to stimulate digestive secretions that are important for properly absorbing minerals in food. It’s often recommended to take a spoon of vinegar before meals for this benefit.
How much active ephedra is in the green horsetail?
I don’t think there’s any ephedra in horsetail.
I think you may be confusing this with similar looking Mormon tea (Ephedra family).
It is not clear how you prepare the conservation. Until you cut and put to the jar was very clear but after I could not understand nothing. In the end I saw that you have the medicine.
eljon kaja are you referring to the honey? Strain it while warm, into a jar. The honey should
preserve the extracted horsetails until use.
Can you dry them and put them in oil and then use the oil?
Sure. I’d want them finely chopped to get the most extraction. A mini crock pot on low or warm would speed up extraction, but don’t let it boil for long. Just a long warm/hot soak, like a little hot tub for horsetails.
what sort of trees or bushes in the background?
Horsetails and grass.
Thank you so much Dr.Mindy Curry. I get hair lost, I want my hair grow back, so best way to use with honey or vinegar or acohol and how much I need to use for a day?
Smile Q it’s not going to magically make hair grow, but will support healthy hair and skin. Please see an herbalist or naturopath to determine what dose is right for you.
Once you strain out the horsetail, can it be used again?
You could. Expect to get a weaker product with each subsequent extraction though.
@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 Thank you. That's what I was thinking. :-).
thank you for this video. Is there a species of horsetail that we should not use? And how can we discriminate?
Horsetail remedies prepared from Equisetum arvense are generally considered safe when used properly. Another species of horsetail, however, called Equisetum palustre is poisonous to horses. To be safe, never take that form of horsetail. Be sure to buy products made by an established company with a good reputation. Don’t use high doses of even medicinal horsetails long-term, as this can potentially lead to a Vit B1 deficiency. These can be used safely short term or periodically.
@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 Could I make an infused oil for my scalp with horsetail and would long term use of topical application cause this deficiency as well?
@@Kaileynorriscreates that seems worth a try. Topical use shouldn’t cause the same long term problems.
Wow... those are weeds most people fear!
Don’t fear the horsetails! As kids we played with these “puzzle plants” taking them apart and re-assembling them.
In middle east where it is found any idea
Look near water: around the edges of lakes, rivers, streams and ponds. It likes moist soils.
Can we grow them?
Carin Baker probably, if you’re in a moist area. They’re invasive and difficult to get rid of here.
Dig out the roots.
Can this herb be juiced in a juicer?
Gerald Collins not really. Very dry.
Does heating kill the helpful bacteria in the honey ?
Yes, it will if it’s high enough.
Yes, many bacteria are killed by heat, more so the longer and hotter something is heated.
In which country it is found
Horsetails are found throughout temperate and arctic areas of the northern hemisphere, growing typically in moist soils. It grows commonly in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
My sister thinks your beautiful. She’s practicing herbalism. She’s pretty good also. Come to Canada 🇨🇦💗 she would love that haha
Missy M thank you! I would love to see what grows up North...
Dr. Mindy A. Curry, ND Passion For Healing Naturopathic maybe once the pandemic is over. :)
It's actually equisetum telmateia
That could be. I don’t think I measured mine. A quick search shows both are common in this area. The main difference appears to be size. The pics on local botanical sites look pretty identical otherwise. Mine grow up to around a couple feet tall. In the shaded creek they stretch maybe a bit more. How did you determine these to be E. telmateia (Northern Giant Horsetail) instead?
could horsetail medicine be prepared using real maple syrup?
GOOD IDEA
I don't see why not
SuperSafetychick sure!
Hey lovely lady. Please clear up this mystery. Stage 5 renal disease. Can you take horsetail 1 pill everyday. One site said that and milk thistle. Another site say stay clear.
I would stay clear of using horsetails with advanced kidney disease.
I QUESS AND LEARN FROM STUFF I LEARN ON THE INTERNET BECAUSE THE DOCTORS I GET DO NOTHING BUT GIVE ME MEDICINE WITH SIDE EFFECTS THAT CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS
The internet is a garbage pile of mixed information. Some is real, much is just nonsense. Make sure you are sourcing from persons educated in natural medicine, not just from folks spreading second hand internet silliness.
They are thugs with pads they do that because they get paid each prescription they give out and make a customer out of you no doctor knows herbals unless they take courses the system doesn't want people knowing these things how would they make their riches
I got rid off my neck whiplash, that wasn't cureble several " specialist doctors ". You must get used to live with it, and even had to use a neck brace, to lower the horrible pain!!!
Since I use Horsetail together with Sjamana (extracted from dead sea, and Himalaya salt) I got rid of the neck whiplash, but also osteoporosis and arthritis!!!
That’s amazing! What a great testimonial.
Ive been told this plant can reduce heavy metals in the body. Can anyone comment to this claim??
Horsetail has been studied for it’s effects as a heavy metal chelation herb. It is known to pull heavy metals (and other toxins) from contaminated earth and remineralize the soil, and it works much the same way in our bodies. It’s a great source of bioavailable silica and helps our body get rid of aluminum and other heavy metals. Make sure you are gathering your horsetails from a clean location, or you could actually be getting the heavy metals this plant has just removed from the filthy dirt.
@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 💓💓💓Thank you!!!
I thought horsetail was beneficial for the kidneys 🤔 how can it be irritable or problematic for the kidneys?
It can be both depending on what is wrong with your kidneys. It’s helpful for kidney stones and for soothing inflammation and healing from infection, but for frank kidney failure it may increase problems, Due to it’s diuretic effects, it’s not good for renal diseases requiring fluid restriction. The way it was explained to me by an herbalist was that the tiny silica crystal “gravel” can give a nice scrubbing cleansing action to a relatively healthy kidney, but that silica crystal “gravel” can be too sharp and overwhelming to a frankly broken kidney. There don’t appear to be many reports of frank harm, and has pretty great safety in short term use, but this contraindication is present throughout the literature.
I wouldn’t eat anything that’s bad for my kidneys lol
“Horsetail has a long and documented history of use as a diuretic (a substance that increases the amount of urine produced by the body). In a recent study comparing Horsetail to its pharmaceutical counterpart, it was found that the herb was as effective as the drug, but without causing excessive electrolyte loss - a common problem with pharmaceutical diuretics. The natural diuretic action of Horsetail helps the kidneys to cleanse the blood by triggering the need for water in the body and regulating urinary output. Additionally, the German Commission E has approved Horsetail as a diuretic for the treatment of swelling and fluid retention.
A study by the University of Maryland Medical Centre showed that the diuretic activity of Horsetail may also be beneficial to patients with kidney stones, particularly the uric acid stones that are usually associated with gout.
The cleansing, diuretic action of Horsetail tea can be useful in combating bladder and urinary problems. By boosting the flow of urine, it helps to flush out harmful bacteria and toxins whilst soothing the constant urge to urinate by toning the urinary system. The high silica content of Horsetail is also thought to be responsible for its astringent, healing action upon the urinary tract.”
www.indigo-herbs.co.uk/natural-health-guide/benefits/horsetail
@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 I have interstitial cystitis that is in the last stages with open sores inside my bladder. I refused pain medication and have found horsetail to be a true help.
Don't worry according to homeopathics you can dilute down to one atom for it to work.
@@carolinemullan2781 Have you tried DMSO?
@@jewels4028 no.... I will look that up... Never heard of it.. Good?
horsetail -- beautiful baby? Then I hate this beautiful baby. I hate horsetails
We have a love/hate relationship. Love to make medicine with them, hate when they take over our garden. haha 🤣
Hate when people say "THESE ONES"....After the second time OMG!!! SORRY, have to go.
JuceeLucee I thought the same thing!
"This is something up with which I shall not put." - Winston Churchill
Pretty common use around here. Evidently there’s a pretty strong case for its use, even if some think it ain’t ok:
www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2014/08/these-ones.html
@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 Yes, I'm British and we say that here. Thanks for the useful video :)
Seriously? Fairly certain the point of this video was to help people heal their bodies. Not intended to be a lesson in grammar and syntax. Our Irish British Scottish German ancestors who immigrated to the Midwest, East Coast and Southern states all have their colloquialisms and dialects. Would you avoid a Scotch Irish medicine woman in the Great Plains or Smoky Mtns. if she could help heal your medical maladies (after years of suffering when Western medicine cannot diagnose or treat) due to her native tongue? Chinese speaking herbalists? South American Amazonian medicine? If so..I highly suggest you also avoid vacationing in Hawaii where the natives are known to speak Pidgin. I cannot believe you took the time to comment about such nonsense in this day and age. The need to insult a kind woman with a snarky comment who is just offering her FREE advice on medicinal plants, in some attempt to let us all know how brilliantly you have mastered the English language behind a screen name like JuceeLucee is hilarious. When you seek to "out" and undermine one woman's attempt to help benefit the greater good, with put-downs, you undermine everyone's willingness to publicaly promote health and wellness.
Nice views of horsetail, which has amazing qualities indeed. But I doubt most of us need to know the condition of your teeth and minute details of your facial pores. Please, that 100x selfie must reduce the number of views by a bunch.
WTH is WRONG with YOU ?
Jealous or what ?
Your attitude is freakishly UGLY
A bit of a natural toad are ye?
tie ur hair back my husband kept telling me
I don know y but I can't find it.. doc trr
Please stop saying "these ones". It's not proper grammar and it drives those of us who know nuts!! I am glad to see there is a use for these "weeds"
Laurel Glasgow
Pretty common use around here. Evidently there’s a pretty strong case for its use, even if some think it ain’t ok:
www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2014/08/these-ones.html
Get a life. Wow is that all you got is criticism of grammar? You're pathetic.