The medicinal plants of Myanmar
DeFilipps, Robert A.
Krupnick, Gary A.
PhytoKeys
2018
2018-06-28
102
1
341
11222CF4-E936-5BEA-A203-DC92B8BF5B10
(Roxb. ex Vaucher) Hauke (= Equisetum debile Roxb. ex Vaucher)
Roxb. ex Vaucher) Hauke (= Equisetum debile Roxb. ex Vaucher
Polypodiopsida
Equisetaceae
Equisetum
CoL
Plantae
Equisetum ramosissimum subsp. debile
Equisetales
1
2
Tracheophyta
subSpecies
ramosissimum
debile
Names. Myanmar: myet-sek. English: weak horsetail.
Range. Europe from Loire, southern Bavaria and central Russia southwards, in isolated localities in Brittany (France), the Netherlands and northern Germany; Asia; Africa; and America.
Use. Whole plant: Used to treat gonorrhea.
Notes. In India the whole plant is used for gonorrhea and as an abortifacient ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991). In China the species is used internally to treat dysentery; also to improve eyesight ( Duke and Ayensu 1985). In Malaysia it is used for pain, especially arthritic pain; in Indonesia it is used externally to treat bruises, fractures, and arthritis; and in Korea, China, Taiwan, and Indo-China it is used internally to treat dysentery ( Perry 1980). Reported constituents of Equisetuminclude fatty oil, silicic acid, linoleic acid, equisetonine, equisetic acid, and equisetine ( Perry 1980).
Reference. Nordal (1963).