Efficacy

Equisetum is mainly produced in Northeast China, North China, Inner Mongolia and the Yangtze River Basin provinces. Contains organically bound silicic acid, canine, dimethyl sulfone, thymine, ferulic acid, a small amount of caffeic acid, vanillin, and p-hydroxybenzaldehyde. The silicates and tannins contained in it have astringent effects and thus have anti-inflammatory and hemostatic effects on the contact parts.

1. Disperse wind and clear away heat

Equisetum has a sweet and bitter taste, is mild in nature, has a light and hollow body, and has the effect of dispersing wind evil and clearing away heat. For example, "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Equisetum has the same shape and properties as ephedra, so it can also induce sweating and relieve muscles, raise and dissipate fire and stagnate rheumatism." It can treat sore throat and carbuncle syndrome.

2. Cool blood and stop bleeding

Equisetum has a sweet, bitter taste and a neutral nature. Sweet can replenish and moisturize dryness, while bitter can relieve diarrhea and reduce fire. It enters the liver and gallbladder meridians and has the effect of cooling blood and stopping bleeding. For example, "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Equisetum stops bleeding." "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Equisetum can treat intestinal wind, stop dysentery, and women with constant menstrual fluid, redness and whiteness in the collapse, and bleeding hemorrhoids, all benefit from entering the blood. The function of the liver and gallbladder is that the liver stores blood."

3. Improve eyesight and remove nebula

"Materia Medica Qiuzhen": "The shape and quality are similar to ephedra, and the powder is also quite similar. However, this Qi is not pungent and hot, and enters the Gallbladder of Foot Shaoyang and the Liver of Foot Jueyin, which can disperse wind and heat in the blood of the second menstruation and make the blood flow to the eyes, so it is an important medicine for removing nebula tomorrow."