This tincture of Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) nut is made with dried nuts.

SUGGESTED USE:
30 drops, 2-3 times per day in juice or water.

OTHER INGREDIENTS:

Certified Organic Gluten Free cane alcohol, USP pharmaceutical grade glycerin, ultrafiltered water.

CONCENTRATION:
1:5, 50% Alcohol

CONTRAINDICATIONS:
The nuts (seeds), as well as the leaves, flowers, and bark, are somewhat toxic unless processed; do not use raw or untreated nuts. The green shell of the nuts can cause digestive distress, drowsiness, and skin flushing and should be peeled off. Use horse chestnut only in small amounts, generally one-fourth that of other herbs. Nausea and gastrointestinal upset are possible side effects; the plant can also thin the blood. Avoid during pregnancy and while nursing.

HOW TO MEASURE OUR TINCTURES: 

Suggested doses are given in drops. However, for easy dosing, you may want to use the guidelines below:

Droppers: If a dropper were immersed in a tincture bottle and the bulb squeezed twice, the number of drops in the pipette for most given tinctures will be approximately 30 drops.

Note: These are only averages. More viscous (thicker) tinctures will produce fewer, and bigger, drops.

Teaspoons: There are approximately 120 drops in 1 teaspoon (approximately 4 droppersful).

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Our products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Aesculus hippocastanum

Family

Hippocastanaceae (Horse Chestnut Family)

Etymology

The genus name Aesculus is Latin for "acorn." The species name hippocastanum blends the Greek hippos, "horse," and kastanea, "chestnut," in reference perhaps to the use of the plant to treat respiratory problems in horses and cattle or perhaps to the horseshoelike markings on the tree's branches.  

Range of Appearance

Horse chestnut is a deciduous tree native to Eurasia that can grow 50 to 80 feet tall. It prefers well drained, moist soil in full sun to partial shade. Its leaves are large, rough, serrated, palmate, and compound. The flowers are hermaphroditic. The nuts are enclosed in prickly green husks.

Parts Used

Seed

Physiological Effects

Anti-inflammatory, astringent, circulatory tonic, expectorant, febrifuge, narcotic, nutritive

Culinary Uses

Horse chestnuts are not considered edible unless they have been soaked or boiled in multiple changes of water to leach out the toxins. Some Native Americans prepared a porridge from the nuts using this processing.

Other Uses

Saponins in the seeds can be used to make soap. The wood, though weak, has a nice grain and is used to make household items.

Constituents

Saponins (aescin), glycosides (aesculin, fraxin), hydroquinine, tannins, flavones

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