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Equisetum arvense or hyemale.
What timing, I took a couple of pics the other day, to post on here wether I had E arvense or E hymale growing in a couple of ponds I have. Then I find an email from TGN re live plants! I’m not familiar with either plant but I do see what I think is horsetail in wet landscaping situations. So I believe I have both growing…
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Water retention before period
Good old horsetail - equisetum. Not only good for teeth. Today I read a short article about equisetum helping against water retention before the period. It is recommended to take equisetum tea or Globuli (Equisetum D6, 5-5-5) some 5 to 7 days before the period starts. and to avoid coffee, black tea, products with white…
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Getting more horsetail from the Milky Oats Challenge?
Does anyone know how to get more of the ground horsetail that came with the milky oats challenge? The challenge helped me moderate my weight by eliminating cravings and gently, healthfully lowering my appetite. (I'm not badly overweight but could stand to lose a few since becoming menopausal. You know the story, ladies!) I…
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How are you growing your medicine cabinet this year?
It’s a good year for medicinals of all sorts on our little farm in Alabama. We have huge patches of elderberries and I started a tincture of the flowers last week, though I don’t really know what it is used for yet. I’m on the third leg of my wild lettuce tincture preparation (as recommended by our fearless leader, thanks…
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Growing Horsetail
After transplanting an evergreen from "Down Below" for Christmas, I noticed something that looks like horsetail growing in the soil. ("Down Below" is the wet space down the hill, between my daughters lawn and the river. I have noticed Horsetail, Equisetum hyemale, growing in that space earlier in the year.) Can I…
