Names
Shoshone: goo·kee·toy·p
English: Scouring Rush
Scientific: Equisetum hyemale
Zone
Upper Foothills
Harvest Time
- Not Specified
- In both Upper Foothills and Montane
Primary Uses
- Kidney and Bladder Infection and Join Pain
Secondary Uses
- Polishing and Scrubbing especially fine sanding of wood, metal items
Cautions
- Too much tea can damage intestinal lining
Active Principle(s)
- Silicon Dioxide for scrubbing aids in calcium recycling
- Calcium
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Notes
Medicinal Uses
- Antibacterial: Topical wash or tea for kidney or UTI
- Anxiety: Tea can reduce anxiety in some people with low blood calcium
- Arthritis: Tea as a calcium supplement
- Congestion: Tea
- Cough: Tea
- Healing: General antimicrobial
- Immune: Tea aids in immune response
- Infection: General antimicrobial
- Kidney Nephritis: General aid in kidney function
- Old People’s Medicine: Aids in calcium recycling
- Osteoporosis: Source of dietary calcium. Aids in calcium recycling
- Stomach: Tea
- Throat: Tea
- Urinary tract infection: Tea
- Yeast Infection: Good for urinary tract health
Process Prep
- Young shoots cooked as food
- Older stems used for medicinal tea