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Horse chestnut creams
can help reduce cellulite
Horse chestnut is valued in in herbal medicine for its ability to tone and strength veins and capillaries. Traditionally the horse chestnut leaf and bark are used to make a tea to treat hemorrhoids and strengthen varicose veins. Horse chestnut can be combined with other herbs to treat chronic coughs with congestion.
Look for creams containing horse chestnut as a defense against wrinkles.
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| Mild stomach upset may occur with the very first dose. It usually goes away and does not recur. It is recommended to be administered by a qualified practitioner. Not recommended while pregnant. This herb should be avoided by anyone with liver or kidney disease. |
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Preparation Methods :Traditionally the leaves and bark are used as a tea; also used to make tinctures, creams, and infusions. The whole nut is preferable when it is to be used for external applications. The most effective form of the herb is an extract of its active constituent, aescin.
 Remedies using : Horse Chestnut
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Horse Chestnut for :Vein Health, Fevers, rheumatism and neuralgia |
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The bark has tonic, narcotic and febrifuge properties and is used in intermittent fevers, given in an infusion of 1 OZ. to the pint, in tablespoonful doses, three or four times daily. As an external application to ulcers, this infusion has also been used with success.
The fruits have been employed in the treatment of rheumatism and neuralgia, and also in rectal complaints and for haemorrhoids. Maud Grieve, Modern Herbal Volume 2 (1931) |
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Horse chestnut bark for :Wrinkles and cellulite |
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Horse chestnut is mainly used to tone the walls of veins, ease nighttime leg cramps, and stabilize fragile capillaries damaged by blunt trauma. It contains aescin, which helps reduce cellulite. Aescin also "firms up" varicose veins (including hemorrhoids) by increasing the tone of the muscle layers underlying them. Varicose veins are a risk factor for blood clots, especially during surgery. Japanese scientists tested sixty-five plant extracts and found seven that showed sufficient antioxidant activity to have potential activity against wrinkles. They singled out horse chestnut as one of the best. Phyllis A. Balch, Prescription for Herbal Healing (2002) |
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- Flowers:Clusters of pink and white flowers
- Plant Class:Tree, height up to 80 ft
- Leaves: leaves in clusters of 5 to 7 leaflets
- Fruit: Spiny green fruit, contains up to 3 shiny brown seeds. The plant is called "horse" chestnut because its seeds are edible for horses, but not humans.
- Preferred Habitat:The tree is chiefly grown for ornamental purposes, in towns and private gardens and in parks, and along streets.
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- Distribution:Native to central Asia, naturalized in western Europe and the United States. The horse chestnut is not related to the edible chestnut, an entirely different plant.
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