Consuming horsetail plant is highly important for us
Posted on: 01/Mar/2019 10:35:40 AM
Present mostly in North America, horsetail plants are vascular plants that are related to the ferns. The horsetail plants are highly adaptable and could grow in full sunlight or in shade etc. Other names that are used for this plant are snake grass, puzzle grass, scouring rush etc. This horsetail plant belongs to ‘Equisetaceae’ family. For many decades this amazing plant has been used for healing many health issues in us. Depending on the geographical origin, extraction process, processing ways etc, the chemical composition of this plant could vary. Horsetail plant has got apigenin, luteolin, kaempferol, quercetin, tannins, plus others like silicon, silica, water soluble vitamins, chlorophyll, choline etc in them. There are important nutrients present in this amazing herb and these are folate, vitamin A, calcium, potassium, phosphorus etc. The amazing news is horsetail belongs to Palaeozoic era that lasted from 541 to 252 million years ago.
Healthy benefits of horsetail plant are
Immunity gets boosted:
The superb information is foreign pathogens etc could be eliminated and this is due to the antiseptic as well due to antibacterial properties of horsetail plant. Our immunity gets boosted well.
Cognitive abilities improved:
Cognitive ability of a person gets improved by the antioxidants present in this plant. By eliminating the free radicals present in us there would be improvement in the cognitive response. Issues such as dementia or Alzheimer’s diseases could be prevented in us.
Super for bones:
The presence of silicon in horsetail plant does tremendously in providing bone strength in us. Intake of this plant could improve our bone mineral density. Issues like osteoporosis could be prevented in us.
Kidney health is improved:
This is also one major health benefit we could get by consuming horsetail plant. It is said that intake of horsetail plant could increase the elimination of uric acid. There would not be any kidney stones as uric acid that is responsible for the kidney stone formation is eliminated. Finally the health of our kidney is superb.
Diabetes could be managed:
The important point is the insulin levels in our body get balanced by the intake of horsetail plant. The blood sugar levels get reduced.
