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).