Horse chestnut Aescin.Horse Chestnut Extract.

Contents

• Botanical Basic Data of Horse chestnut.Aesculus hippocastanum.
• Narrative Hisdtory of Horse chestnut.Aesculuc,Aesculus hippocastanum.
• Description of Horse chestnut.Aesculus hippocastanum..
• Active constituents and mechanism of aescin from horsechestnut.
• Historical and Scientifical use of Horse chestnut.
• Indications,Combinations and Dosage of Horse chestnut.
• Safety and Toxicity Study.
• Research Update:Horse chestnut and aescin.

Narrative Hisdtory of Horse chestnut.Aesculuc,Aesculus hippocastanum.:

The Horse Chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum, which has also been known as Hippocastanum vulgare (Gaertn.), is an entirely different tree from the Sweet Chestnut, to which it is not even distantly related, and is of much more recent importation to English soil. It is a native of northern and central parts of Asia, from which it was introduced into England about the middle of the sixteenth century.

 Narrative Hisdtory of Horse chestnut(Aesculus,Aesculus hippocastanum):

 The name aesculus (from esca, food) was applied originally to a species of oak, which according to Pliny, was highly prized for its acorns, but how it came to be transferred to the Horse Chestnut is very uncertain; perhaps, as Loudon suggests, it was given ironically, because its nuts bear a great resemblance, externally, to those of the Sweet Chestnut, but are unfit for food. Hippocastanum (the specific name of the common sort) is a translation of the common name, which was given - Evelyn tells us - 'from its curing horses brokenwinded and other cattle of coughs.' Some writers think that the prefix 'horse' is a corruption of the Welsh gwres, meaning hot, fierce, or pungent, e.g. 'Horse-chestnut' = the bitter chestnut, in opposition to the mild, sweet one.
 

 The leaves are large and compound, in the form of a palm with the five or six leaflets spreading out like the fingers of a fat hand. The leaves fall in autumn to leave large horseshoe-shaped leaf scars.This is another origin of the word"horse chestnut from the human imagination erosed by sense."

 Origin of Horse chestnut(Aesculus,Aesculus hippocastanum):

 A native of the Balkan peninsula (Greece-Albania), it is now cultivated in many countries for shade and ornament. Other members of the family are native trees and shrubs of the north temperate zones and of South America.

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• 1.Horse chestnut Aescin.Horse Chestnut Extract.

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