This ancient plant is a family by itself (Equisetaceae). A diuretic (1), astringent and remineralizer, Cola de Caballo is used to tone the urinary tract and prostate gland, helps dissolve kidney stones and heal internal and external wounds, including any passive bleeding. Cola de Caballo also helps strengthen connective tissue and is used to treat osteoporosis. Ethnobotanical: A flowerless, bushy ground cover distinguished by branched, jointed, hollow and striated stems with scale-like leaves. Contains high amounts of silicon in a bioavailable form (3).
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Suggested Use: Liquids: use 15-20 drops mixed with water 2-3 times daily as recommended by a practitioner.
Tea: 1 tsp loose leaf per 16 oz of boiling water.
Cautions: Use under care/advice of a medical practitioner. Not for prolonged use nor for use by children due to high inorganic silica content.
Contraindications: Not for use by persons with heart or kidney disorders.
Ingredients: Extracted in distilled water and 40% organic grain alcohol. Full spectrum powders are in vegi-caps.
More About Cola de Caballo:
1. Diuretic activity of Mexican equisetum.
Perez Gutierrez RM, Laguna GY, Walkowski A.
J Ethnopharmacol. 1985 Nov-Dec;14(2-3):269-72.
PMID: 4094471 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
2. Enhancement of the nerve growth factor-mediated neurite outgrowth from PC12D cells by Chinese and Paraguayan medicinal plants.
Li P, Matsunaga K, Ohizumi Y.
Department of Pharmaceutical Molecular Biology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Biol Pharm Bull. 1999 Jul;22(7):752-5
PMID: 10443479 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
3. Nutritional Herbology
Mark Pedersen
Pedersen Publishing, 1988
1. Diuretic activity of Mexican equisetum.
Perez Gutierrez RM, Laguna GY, Walkowski A.
J Ethnopharmacol. 1985 Nov-Dec;14(2-3):269-72.
Chloroform extracts of Equisetum fluviatile, E. hiemale var. affine, E. giganteum and E. myriochaetum were studied to determine diuretic activity in CD1 strain mice using hydrochlorothiazide, spironolactone and furosemide as standard drugs for comparison. It was found that the most active plant was E. hiemale var. affine, followed by E. fluviatile, E. giganteum and E. myriochaetum, producing an effect similar to that of hydrochlorothiazide in relation to the excretion of sodium, potassium and chloride.
PMID: 4094471 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
2. Enhancement of the nerve growth factor-mediated neurite outgrowth from PC12D cells by Chinese and Paraguayan medicinal plants.
Li P, Matsunaga K, Ohizumi Y.
Department of Pharmaceutical Molecular Biology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Biol Pharm Bull. 1999 Jul;22(7):752-5
It is very important to search for natural compounds possessing nerve growth factor (NGF)-potentiating activity. Extracts of 7 Chinese and 10 Paraguayan medicinal plants were examined for their effects on the NGF-mediated neurite outgrowth from PC12D cells to evaluate their NGF-potentiating activities. In the methanol extracts, Gymmopteris rufa (LINN.) BERNH, Ruta graveolens LINN. and Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora PENNELL markedly increased the proportion of neurite-bearing cells. In the case of ethyl acetate fractions, Equisetum giganteum LINN. produced the most powerful enhancement of the proportion of the neurite-bearing cells, and the activities were in the following decreasing order: Equisetum giganteum LINN., Gymmopteris rufa (LINN.) BERNH, Ruta graveolens LINN., and Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora PENNELL. In the water fractions, Imperata cylindrica, Ginseng Radix, Gymmopteris rufa (LINN.) BERNH, Gochnatia polymorpha (LESS) CAB and Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora PENNELL caused a weak enhancement of the proportion of PC12D cells with neurites. Of all the extracts and fractions, the methanol extract of Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora PENNELL induced the longest neurites in PC12D cells. In the ethyl acetate and water fractions of Nardostachys chinensis, long neurites were observed although only a small proportion of PC12D cells had neurites. On the other hand, in the ethyl acetate fraction of Equisetum gigantheum LINN., while the length of the neurites was short, the proportion of neurite-bearing cells was largest among all the extracts and fractions.
PMID: 10443479 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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