Field horsetail by Jean_C

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Mar 26, 2017

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Field horsetail/Prêle des champs (Equisetum arvense). No original idea for the tittle... The plant contains several substances which can be used medicinally. It is rich in the minerals silicon (10%), potassium, and calcium. The buds are eaten as a vegetable in Japan and Korea in spring time. (wikipedia) De par sa richesse en éléments minéraux surtout en silice, mais aussi en potassium, et en calcium, elle a un effet reminéralisant et diurétique. Le manuel d'herboristerie, étudié pour l'examen national jusqu'en 1942 la prescrivait pour ses minéraux afin de soigner la peau, les tissus conjonctifs en cas de fragilité des cartilages, des tendons et des os et dans l'acné. La consommation de silice sous forme végétale est importante pour l'organisme humain car c'est un facteur limitant la perte de densité osseuse (wikipedia) Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200

Comments (41)

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bugsnouveau

7:09AM | Mon, 27 March 2017

Neat capture

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mazal50

11:15AM | Mon, 27 March 2017

Wonderful, never seen it !!!

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UteBigSmile

1:34PM | Mon, 27 March 2017

It's a very nice looking capture, I really like it!

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Navi

4:39PM | Mon, 27 March 2017

Très jolie capture, Jean-Claude, ça doit pas pousser partout ce genre de plante, belle trouvaille ;)

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jeroni

5:42PM | Mon, 27 March 2017

Beautiful composition. excellent work

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matstan2610

2:38AM | Tue, 28 March 2017

Fantastic photo.

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sossy

3:28AM | Tue, 28 March 2017

alien corn would be ok lol fantastic capture of a plant I dont know ind the info is interesting 😃

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nickcarter

8:31AM | Tue, 28 March 2017

Beautiful photo of a very important plant used in Herbalism for its medicinal qualities, much appreciated by those who want to delay skin aging, its use outside, in fact, has properties: toning, firming, healing and protective .