Zanab al-khail - “horsetail”, horsetail

Essence.
It is a plant that grows in holes and ditches; its stems are hollow, reddish, woody, hard, covered with nodes that fit into one another; on these nodes there are leaves similar to the leaves of the aromatic rush, thin, dense, clinging to the trees closest to them. Numerous ends hang from it, like the tail of a horse, and its root is hard.

Nature.
Cold in the first degree, dry in the second.

Actions and properties.
This plant, and especially the juice squeezed from it, binds and dries strongly without burning. It is good for bleeding.

Wounds and ulcers.
This plant heals ulcers and wounds surprisingly well. If there are nerves running through the wounds, it still heals them.

Tools with joints.
It is useful if lubricated with it or applied as a medicinal bandage to muscles torn in the middle. It is used to make a medicinal bandage for hernia.

Nutritional organs.
Horsetail helps against liver and stomach tumors and dropsy.

Eruption organs.
It is given to drink in wine, and it helps with stomach upset and bloody diarrhea; If a stomach patient has a fever, he is given this medicine with water.