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In cosmetics, horsetail herb is used as an epithelial regenerator due to the presence of saponins and flavonoids in its composition. These components act to cicatrize and epithelizing the skin, and silica has also been attributed with a stabilizing action on the conjunctive tissue, working through epithelial regeneration to strengthen this tissue.
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This herb has been used therapeutically since ancient Roman and Greek times and the Greek physician Claudius Galenus first recorded its use, while the seventeenth century English herbalist, Nicholas Culpepper used it to treat ulcers, wounds, ruptures and inflammations in the skin.
The German Commission E, as well as the British Herbal Compendium REF 29 approved the herb for external use for supportive therapy to poorly healing wounds.
Indian Ayurvedic medicine, nineteenth century American Eclectic physicians, North American aborigine, as well as Asian herbal practitioners have made use of it.
It is high in vegetal silica and has diuretic, astringent and wound healing properties REF 45 and is useful for improving circulation, as well as boosting and rejuvenating the connective tissue - the foundation of your skin and regenerating skin cells.
The high silica content also has a softening and smoothing effect on the skin.
The bio-minerals (manganese, magnesium, iron and copper) contained are necessary for collagen and elastin biosynthesis, while the organic silicon will link the produced collagen fibers and so help the rebuilding of connective tissue.
The constituents include flavonoids (quercetin, luteolin and protogenkwanin glucosides, kaempferol, apigenin) phenolic acids, silicic acid, minerals, saponins (equisetonin), palustrine alkaloid and equistetolic acid.
The plant's therapeutic actions in healing bones as well as strengthening connective tissue are attributed to the silicic acid contained in the plant. REF 17
The plant is the sole surviving descendant of the giant fern plants that covered the earth some 200 million years ago and has the strange and unique capability of absorbing gold when gold is dissolved in water.
The parts of the plant that are used are the sterile stems, harvested in summer when dry. The stems contain abundant mineral materials (15-18%), including 60-80% silicon and the remaining portion largely potassium.
Equisetum arvense extract is an extract of the whole herb of Equisetum arvense. It is classified as a biological product and is used as a miscellaneous skin-conditioning agent. It is also known as horsetail extract as well as mare's tail and shave grass.
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