Horse chestnuts are also known as conkers in England.

Horse chestnut is a well known astringent, and thus is used a lot for varicose veins. It is one of the key ingredients in my varicose vein cream.

This plant also helps with:

• rectal complaints
• hemorrhoids (a form of varicose veins)
• rheumatism
• bloating
• fevers
• stops bleeding

NOTE: Unprocessed, raw, horse chestnuts are poisonous for humans.

The horse chestnuts for this tincture were harvested in upstate New York.

I use the folk method for making all my tinctures, which uses no measurements except sizing things up with your eyes. So I put the plant material in a jar and then fill with alcohol.

Dosages -

Dosages for children are not provided in most herbals. To determine the correct dose you need to consider the size of the child, the ailment, the power of the herb you intend to use, and the adult dosage.

Young's Rule for determining dosage uses the child's age divided by twelve plus the age. The dosage for a 4 year old: 4/12+4 = 4/16 = 1/4 of the adult dose.