[Chad]

HORSETAIL.

Of that there are many kinds, but I shall not trouble you nor myself with any large description of them, which to do, were but, as the proverb is, To find a knot in a rush, all the kinds thereof being nothing else but knotted rushes, some with leaves, and some without. Take the description of the most eminent sort as follows.

Descript.] The great Horsetail at the first springing has heads somewhat like those of asparagus, and afterwards grow to be hard, rough, hollow stalks, jointed at sundry places up to the top, a foot high, so made as if the lower parts were put into the upper, where grow on each side a bush of small long rush-like hard leaves, each part resembling a horsetail, from whence it is so called. At the tops of the stalks come forth small catkins, like those of trees. The root creeps under ground, having joints at sundry places.

Place.] This (as most of the other sorts hereof) grows in wet grounds.

Time.] They spring up in April, and their blooming catkins in July, seeding for the most part in August, and then perish down to the ground, rising afresh in the Spring.

Government and virtues.] The herb belongs to Saturn, yet is very harmless, and excellently good for the things following: Horsetail, the smoother rather than the rough, and the leaves rather than the bare, is most physical. It is very powerful to staunch bleeding either inward or outward, the juice or the decoction thereof being drank, or the juice, decoction, or distilled water applied outwardly. It also stays all sorts of lasks and fluxes in man or woman, and bloody urine; and heals also not only the inward ulcers, and the excoriation of the entrails, bladder, &c. but all other sorts of foul, moist and running ulcers, and soon solders together the tops of green wounds. It cures all ruptures in children. The decoction thereof in wine being drank, provokes urine, and helps the stone and stranguary; and the distilled water thereof drank two or three times in a day, and a small quantity at a time, also eases the bowels, and is effectual against a cough that comes by distillations from the head. The juice or distilled water being warmed, and hot inflammations, pustules or red wheals, and other breakings-out in the skin, being bathed therewith, doth help them, and doth no less the swelling heat and inflammation of the lower parts in men and women. -Nicolas Culpeper.

I love horsetail and use it often. I just picked up a fresh 4oz bottle of spagyrics. I use it for 2 things, and it works wonders for myself. 1st is the astringent aspect of the kidneys to help remove stones. 2nd is the use for ulcers as the same energetics help to heal up wounds in the gut and at the colon. I am sure there may be other uses that I am not familiar with. How does anyone else use it?

[Chad]

Aloha Caryn, I take them straight in the mouth. Not under the tongue but on the tongue, so the body can adjust to the taste. The taste is what sends the message to the rest of the body to get ready to adjust the tissue state. No matter how bad it tastes I still go straight to the tongue. Medicine is not supposed to taste good in my opinion.

[Chad]

Aloha All, this is what I found in looking around. This is a chart with how much oxalates are in each food. This will be helpful to those looking to start a low oxalate diet. And they have some useful information on their website about sodium intake and calcium intake for those who have stone formation before. Oxalate Content of Foods.xls – Compatibility Mode

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[Chad]

Very nice! I see that Mathew wood also says stone here as well.

[Chad]

Horsetail promotes urination which is needed to pass the stone. And what demulcent are you using to dissolve said stone? I am curious to what your formula would be since you have so much knowledge about it.

[Chad]

Ben I am wondering if you have ever had a kidney stone.

[Chad]

Ben if astringents are not typically used then why does Sajah have Horse Chesnut in his kidney cleanse?

[Chad]

Oh Ben, you think a lot. Just above Nicolas Culpeper even says it is good for stones. You can relax a stone out or you can astringe it out. Out is out my friend. Just like a stone in a tube that won’t move needs to have some pressure/tension applied to get it to move. Just like when the digestive tract does both relaxes and tightens to move food through them. So, what are you thinking?

[Chad]

Aloha Caryn, I believe the taste is the most important aspect of taking medicine. The taste is what prepares the body for what is to come. For example, when I eat sushi, I eat a slice of lemon before eating to prepare the gut for raw fish. If the medicine taste to good, we as people of patterns will over consume something because we like the taste not so much what it does for us. Example is when people smoke too much weed because they like the high but do not realize they are drying out their constitution. Medicine should be taken for a period of time not all the time in my opinion.

[Chad]

Aloha Marilyn, yes indeed, home grown chocolate is way more intoxicating than you can imagine. Just making it from scratch I would get a different kind of euphoria from the theobromine. It tastes so much better when you make it yourself. I used super foods blend and different mushrooms in mine. I even made one with Red Macca for my wife. Cacao was one of the first plants that spoke to me. The leaves look like a pair of lungs hanging and the way it branches out looks like arteries. Which lead me to understand that it was helpful for the asthma and bronchial system. It stimulates the blood flow to the lungs. Great medicine in the right form. Moderation is key. I only eat it now in small doses after I moved off of the farm. After stopping drinking it in my coffee every morning my kidneys feel much better. I have incorporated stone breaker tincture into my routine and it has helped along with kava, lobelia, and California poppy. I cut back on my salt intake as well. I have been watching my oxalate intake as much as I know about. Still learning. Thank you for raising my awareness on this topic. So much gratitude for you sharing your knowledge and experience. Much love and appreciation to you.

[Chad]

Aloha Marilyn, I did check out her website that you posted. I don’t know what is old versus new because it is all new to me.

[Chad]

Ground Ivy (Glechoma Hederacea) Tincture, Dried Herb ALCOHOL-FREE Liquid Extract

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[Chad]

Aloha Marilyn, I have not yet. I have been busy with a new job, but after reading your posts I know that I need to. I had no idea about chocolate, and I felt like is was a big factor in my stone formation due to me drinking 4 cups worth every morning and my go to snack was chocolate. I have been growing it for a few years and loved it too much to put down but here lately I dropped it after seeing the residue it was leaving in my cup and thought man, I wonder how my kidneys look!

[Chad]

Thank you for sharing I just looked it up on my plant identifier and that’s what it shared. I am glad you are familiar with it, I just moved here, and I am still getting to know what is in my yard. Good to know.

[Chad]

Aloha Kevala, Hedera helix, the common ivy, European ivy, King’s Choice ivy, or just ivy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae

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