Horse Chestnut Extract. Update-2022

Abstract

Horse chestnut is known as a venotonizing agent of plant origin. The main active ingredient of chestnut common extract is aescin. It has anti-edema, anti-inflammatory and venotonizing properties. The aescin medicinal agent should be used for chronic vein disease, hemorrhoidal disease and post-traumatic edema. The pharmacological properties of chestnut horse extract allow the inclusion of medications based on it in the rehabilitation program of patients who have suffered a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

Keywords

• aescin
• ascin
• horse chestnut extract
• covid-19