Horse Chestnut

Last Updated: October 13, 2024

Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) is a plant extract with a group of molecules known as aescins, which are beneficial to circulatory health. Supplementation of horse chestnut appears to be beneficial for varicose veins and veinous insufficiency.

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What are other names for Horse Chestnut?
Note that Horse Chestnut is also known as:
  • Aesculus hippocastanum
  • Conker tree
  • Rosskastanie
  • venostasin
Dosage information

Horse chestnut tends to be taken in the 400-600mg range, although it seems that the overall dose is less important than the standardization for aescin which should ultimately reach 100-150mg daily.

Supplementation tends to be divided into two daily doses divided by 12 hours (so, a morning and evening dose at 8am and 8pm as an example), which is due to the active components (aescins) requiring about 12 hours to reach baseline concentrations.

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