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Non-scientific name:

scouring rush

3 Accepted name(s) for "scouring rush":

Accepted name
Equisetum ramosissimum Desf.
Equisetum hyemale L.
Equisetum arvense L.

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

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)	Equisetum ramosissimum	Equisetum ramosissimum Desf. MPNS Best Guess	Equisetum ramosissimum Desf.		Branch
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)	Equisetum hyemale L.	Equisetum hyemale L.	Equisetum hyemale L.	dried aerial part	aerial part
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)	Equisetum hyemale L.	Equisetum hyemale L.	Equisetum hyemale L.
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Equisetum hyemale L.	Equisetum hyemale L.	Equisetum hyemale L.
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Equisetum hyemale L.	Equisetum hyemale L.	Equisetum hyemale L.
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.	Equisetum arvense L.

17 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "scouring rush":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
bottlebrush	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dutch rush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
equiseti hyemalis herba	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
equisetum hyemale	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
field horsetail	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
horsetail	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
horsetail*	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
jor ka tora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mu zei	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
pewterwort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rough horsetail	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scouring horsetail	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scouringrush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scouringrush horsetail	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tall scouring-rush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
western scouringrush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
木賊	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)