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Herba Equiseti
Definition
Herba Equiseti consists of the whole or cut, dried sterile aerial parts of
Equisetum arvense L. (Equisetaceae) (1, 2). The same parts collected during
the summer are described in the USSR pharmacopoeia as Herba Equiseti
arvensis (2).
Synonyms
E. calderi Boivin (3).
Selected vernacular names
Acker-schachtelhalm, acherschachtelhalm, ager-padderokke, åkersnelle,
åkerfräken, akkerpaardestaart, at kuyrugi, baimbap, at quyroughi, bottlebrush,
brusca, cauda de cavalo, chieh hsu ts’ao, coada calului, coda cavallina,
coda equine, cola de caballo, common horsetail, corn horsetail,
dhanab al khail, dhanab el khayl, dhanab et faras, dutch rushes, equiseto
menor, equiseto dei boschi, equiseto dei campi, equisette, equisetto, erva
carnuda, false horse-tail, field horsetail, foxtail, gongbangcho, heermoes,
horse-pipe, horse pipes, horsetail, horsetail grass, horsetail rush, horse
willow, hvoshtsh, jeinsol, jointed rush, kannenkraut, kattestaart, kilkah
asb, klóelfting, koniogon, kosa tīruma, krypfräken, librus, macho, mare’s
tail, meadow pine, moeraspaardestaart, mokjeok, moonhyung, paddockpipes,
peltokorte, pest’shi, petite prêle, pewterwort, pildoochae, pildooyeup,
pine grass, pinetop, polevaja sosenka, prele, prêle des champs, põldosi,
queue de cheval, queue de rat, queue de renard, rabo de cavalo,
rasperella, rävrumpa, scouring rush, shvita, snake grass, soettgi, soksae,
sugina, toadpipe, tolkatshnik, tomahwang, tsukushi, vara de oro, wen ching,
western horsetail, zinngras, zinnkraut (3–16).
Geographical distribution
Distributed throughout the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere.
Indigenous to all of America, Europe and North Africa, as well as parts of
Asia. Found widely throughout the Newly Independent States region,
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