Non scientific name details for horsetail - Medicinal Plant Names Services

Non-scientific name:

horsetail

4 Accepted name(s) for "horsetail":

Accepted name
Equisetum hyemale L.
Equisetum arvense L.
Equisetum diffusum D.Don
Ephedra sinica Stapf

16 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Drug form:	Plant parts:
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Equisetum hyemale L.	Equisetum hyemale L.	Equisetum hyemale L.
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)	Equisetum hyemale L.	Equisetum hyemale L.	Equisetum hyemale L.
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)	Equisetum arvense	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.		herb, stem, cone
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)	Equisetum arvense	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.		above ground stem
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)	Equisetum arvense L	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)	Equisetum arvensis	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.		Stem, Herb, Cone
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.
British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.	whole or cut, dried aerial parts	aerial parts
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.
British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.		aerial parts
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.
British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.
Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)	Equisetum diffusum D. Don	Equisetum diffusum D.Don	Equisetum diffusum D.Don
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)	Ephedra sinica Stapf	Ephedra sinica Stapf	Ephedra sinica Stapf	dried stem	stem

171 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "horsetail":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
aankhle jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
aankhyailya	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
acherschachtelhalm	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
acker-schachtelhalm	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
ackerschachtelhalm	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ager-padderokke	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
akkerpaardestaart	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
amsania	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
at kuyrugi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
at quyroughi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
atkuyrugu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
baimbap	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bottle brush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bottlebrush	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
brusca	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
budshur	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
cauda de cavalo	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
chewa	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
chieh hsu ts'ao	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chieh hsu ts’ao	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
chinese ephedra	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
coada calului	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
coda cavallina	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
coda di cavallo	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
coda equine	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
cola de caballo	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
common horsetail	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
corn horsetail	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
cuò cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dhanab al khail	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
dhanab el khayl	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
dhanab et faras	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
dutch rush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dutch rushes	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
ephédra	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
equiseti herba	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
equiseto dei boschi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
equiseto dei campi	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
equiseto menor	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
equisette	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
equisetto	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
equisetum	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
equisetum arvense	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
equisetum hyemale	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
erva carnuda	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
false horse-tail	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
fi eld horsetail	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
field horsetail	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
foxtail	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
gni mran	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gongbangcho	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
harjor	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
heermoes	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
herba ephedrae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
herba equiseti	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
horse pipes	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
horse willow	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
horse-pipe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
horsetail grass	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
horsetail herb	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
horsetail rush	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hum	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
huma	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
hvoshtsh	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
ibang	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
jeinsol	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
jié gǔ cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
joint fir	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
jointed rush	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
jor ka tora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kannenkraut	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
kattestaart	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
khama	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
kilkah asb	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
klóelfting	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
koniogon	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
kosa tīruma	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
krypfräken	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
kurkure jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kurkure no	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kweet cheong	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
laharjoka	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
librus	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
ma hoàng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ma huang	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
macho	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
mao	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
mao-kon	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
maoh	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
maou	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
mare’s tail	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
meadow pine	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
miduchhi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mithu	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
moeraspaardestaart	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
mokjeok	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
mook chak	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
moonhyung	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
mu tsei	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
mu-tsei-ma-huang	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
máhuáng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
môc tac ma hoàng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
mù zéi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
paddockpipes	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
peltokorte	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
pen ts'ao	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pest’shi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
petite prêle	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
pewterwort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
phok	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
pildoochae	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
pildooyeup	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
pine grass	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
pinetop	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
po ku ts'ao	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
polevaja sosenka	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
prele	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
prêle de champs	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
prêle des champs	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
põldosi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
queue de cheval	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
queue de rat	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
queue de renard	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
rabo de cavalo	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
rasperella	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
rough horsetail	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rävrumpa	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
san-ma-huang	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
scouring horsetail	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scouring rush	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
scouringrush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scouringrush horsetail	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shave grass	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shavegrass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shavetail grass	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shrubby	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
shvita	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
simdhungri	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sime jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
snake grass	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
soettgi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
soksae	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
soma	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
song tuê ma hoàng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sugina	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
talche jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
talgoji	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tall scouring-rush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
thanab al khail	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
thongachhe	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
toadpipe	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
tolkatshnik	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
tomahwang	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
trung aa hoàng	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
tsao-ma-huang	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
tsukushi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
tutgantha	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
vara de oro	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
wen ching	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
western horsetail	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
western scouringrush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wú xīn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yophul	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
zinngras	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
zinnkraut	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
åkerfräken	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
åkersnelle	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
无心草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
木贼	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
节骨草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
锉草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)