【馬尾草】世界上最古老的植物之一
【幸福藥草】馬尾草 Equisetum Arvense（Horsetail）
馬尾草是一種古老的蕨類植物（木賊屬），自古希臘醫學和古羅馬時代開始，人類就使用它做為止血、潰瘍、生髮、皮膚再生、牛皮癬、凍瘡、水腫、創傷、燒傷、泌尿道（利尿劑）、骨質疏鬆、結核病和腎臟疾病等治療藥草，後來研究發展可做為腫瘤以及癌症治療。
馬尾草生長在溫暖、熱帶氣候，堅韌、源源不絕的生命力讓它從四億年前史前時代生存至今，被人們稱為『活化石』。
馬尾草是一種天然的蕨類植物，蘊含豐富的礦物質，讓它身分非凡，這些礦物質包含：硒、鉀、錳、鋁、生物鹼類、苦藥類、皂甙類、黃酮類、烏頭酸和二氧化矽（形成膠原蛋白）、矽酸等。
馬尾草和異常落髮
擁有最高濃度的二氧化矽天然植物，二氧化矽形成膠原蛋白，可以有助於結合蛋白質分子，加強脆弱髮絲修護，使頭髮富有活力與光澤。
為什麼馬尾草被認為可以治療落髮？幫助生髮？
豐富的礦物質不僅是為髮絲修護帶來活力與光澤，它含有抗氧、抗炎抗菌、皮膚再生、促進血液循環、刺激毛髮生長，防止自由基破壞細胞。
資料參考：馬里蘭大學醫學中心. MedlinePlus.VeriMed. Jawairia Zafar. ProgressiveHealth. Herbwisdom. Healthline
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