Horse chestnut is a tree that produces spiny-shelled fruits containing seeds, known as conkers. These may have some health benefits, for instance in treating varicose veins and hemorrhoids. However, ...

An herb with the unlikely name of horse chestnut may prove to hold some of the keys to managing chronic venous insufficiency (CVI). Approximately 10%-15% of men and 20%-25% of women are afflicted by ...

Horse chestnut trees are native to the mountains of the Middle East and Balkans but are now grown worldwide. Some horse chestnut supplements are made from the tree’s dried leaves and nut oil, but if ...

MR. F. B. HUTCHINSON of 36, St. Aubyns, Hove, Sussex, writes that early in September in Luxemburg, he noticed that two horse-chestnut trees (sculus Hippocastanum) in the Place Guillaume were in full ...

DR. JULIAN HUXLEY'S letter 1 describing the late flowering of horse-chestnut in Paris this autumn brought back to me a vivid memory of autumn 1912. I turned up my youthful diary and found this entry: ...