Horse chestnut, or aesculus hippocastanum, is a tree native to the Balkan Peninsula. Extract from the horse chestnut seed is a popular dietary supplement commonly used to improve vein health and reduce inflammation. Historically, horse chestnut seed extract was used for joint pain, bladder and gastrointestinal problems, fever, and leg cramps. Horse chestnut contains significant amounts of a poison called esculin and can cause death if eaten raw material.

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What is horse chestnut extract good for?

1. Anti-inflammation, anti-bacteria, anti-cancer, ease pan, anti-arrhythmic, anti-histaminic, anti-cruor. Esculin is a glycoside composed of glucose and a hihydroxycoumarin compound.
2. Esculin is a product of a coumarin derivative extracted from the bark of flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus).
3. Esculin is used in the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals with vagotonic, capillary-strengthening, and antiphlogistic action
similar to that of Vitamin P.
4. Esculin is a fluorescent dye that can be extracted from the leaves and bark of the horse chestnut tree.
5. Improve skin vasculature and is effective in the management of cellulitis.