The medicinal plants of Myanmar Author DeFilipps, Robert A. Deceased Author Krupnick, Gary A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1357-4826 Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC- 166, Washington, DC, 20013 - 7012, USA krupnick@si.edu text PhytoKeys 2018 2018-06-28 102 1 341 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380 1314-2003-102-1 AA226A35FFF8FFBC37621A40C2518C67 1306325 Equisetum ramosissimum subsp. debile (Roxb. ex Vaucher) Hauke (= Equisetum debile Roxb. ex Vaucher) Names. Myanmar : myet-sek . English : weak horsetail. Range. Europe from Loire, southern Bavaria and central Russia southwards, in isolated localities in Brittany (France), the Netherlands and northern Germany; Asia; Africa; and America. Use. Whole plant : Used to treat gonorrhea. Notes. In India the whole plant is used for gonorrhea and as an abortifacient ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991 ). In China the species is used internally to treat dysentery; also to improve eyesight ( Duke and Ayensu 1985 ). In Malaysia it is used for pain, especially arthritic pain; in Indonesia it is used externally to treat bruises, fractures, and arthritis; and in Korea, China, Taiwan, and Indo-China it is used internally to treat dysentery ( Perry 1980 ). Reported constituents of Equisetum include fatty oil, silicic acid, linoleic acid, equisetonine, equisetic acid, and equisetine ( Perry 1980 ). Reference. Nordal (1963) .