field horsetail
Equisetum calderi B. Boivin
Medicinal Documentation
Infusion of leaves and stems given to horses with a hard cough Additional commentary: Horse medicine is prepared as an infusion of the stems and leaves that is poured down the horse’s throat when s/he has a hard cough.271 This other species of horsetail (Equisetum hyemale L. or Nestoe-hestoto tse) was also employed as a horse medicine.272
An infusion is given to strengthen the kidneys
An infusion used as a soothing diuretic
Was administered as a tea to assist in mending bones
The plant is now mixed with lard or oil and placed in the sun for several weeks to make a rub for arthritis
A tea is made and given to stop bowel hemorrhage
Ceremonial & Cultural Notes
Commentary: The name refers to the fact that one joint of the plant goes inside the next one. The Arapaho English term for the plant is “joint grass.”81
No use recorded in the source
Botanical Reference
Parts Documented: Not specified in the literature, leaves, plant, stems
Distribution: Moist to dry, wooded to open sites, often on disturbed ground; plains to alpine; Alaska to New Mexico