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Article: Horse chestnut.(Cosmeceutical Critique)(Clinical report)
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- Skin & Allergy News
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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There are 15 known species of horse chestnut, which is found as both a tree and a shrub in the temperate regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. Believed to have originated in northern Greece and the Balkan region, the European horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) is the species most often used in medical applications. It is not known whether other horse chestnut species have been thoroughly evaluated for their potential medicinal value. The European horse chestnut is not related to the more familiar sweet chestnut (Castanea vesta).
Most of the aerial sections of the European horse chestnut tree--including the seeds, leaves, and bark--have been ...