What Are the Benefits and Precautions of Joint Grass?

Equisetum Hyemale has diuretic, heat-clearing, expectorant, cough-suppressing, eyesight-improving, and cataract-resolving effects. It is very helpful for the treatment of cough, hepatitis, urinary system infections, bronchitis, etc. However, some contraindications should be noted when using it. This medicine should not be taken for a long time, otherwise it will cause certain damage to the liver and also affect the coagulation function.

1. Equisetum Hyemale can have a diuretic effect, mainly because its components such as potassium chloride have a diuretic effect. Therefore, it is clinically used to treat problems such as difficult urination and short urine.

2. Equisetum Hyemale also has an anti-inflammatory effect because some of its components have the effect of inhibiting pathogenic microorganisms. It can be clinically used to prevent and treat symptoms such as infection and inflammation caused by pathogenic bacteria.

3. Equisetum Hyemale also has a certain hemostatic effect, so it can be clinically used to treat symptoms such as epistaxis, hemoptysis, intestinal bleeding, and excessive menstrual bleeding in women.

4. Long-term use of Equisetum Hyemale can be toxic and damage the liver. It is also not suitable to take it for a long time. Long-term use can produce toxicity and endanger health, and may also cause coagulation dysfunction. There should be a certain amount of Equisetum Hyemale taken. Patients with symptoms of cold constitution, cold hands and feet, weak qi and blood, as well as women with dysmenorrhea and uterine cold, are advised not to take it, as it may aggravate the coldness in the uterus.