This detailed guide to medicinal herbs for horses shows how they can help in the treatment of a wide range of common ailments, written for the new generation of horse owners seeking a more natural approach to their horse's health. Providing an A-Z of common ailments and conditions, from allergies to wounds, as well as depicting how one can safely and effectively treat these ailments with herbal medicine. In doing so, it draws on the latest research in herbal medicine as well as traditional plant-based remedies; it is full of tried and tested advice. Throughout, the author underlines the importance of veterinary consultation, and explains how certain herbs can be used to complement and support conventional treatments.

Informational book on the use of whole foods, herbs, and alternative medicine in the horse

This informative and beautifully illustrated barn companion teaches you how to combine and use herbs most effectively for your horse’s benefit. Learn what herbs have been used traditionally for which ailments and how to make your own salves, tinctures, braces, and sprays. Praise for Equine Herbs & Healing: “Equine Herbs & Healing is a must-have resource.” – Equine Wellness Magazine “A great gift.” – Natural Horse Magazine Horses of the past were free to roam on large acreages and commonly sought out the wild herbs and other native medicinal plants they needed to stay properly conditioned. Modern horses rely on their human owners to supply the herbs they need to keep their bodies strong and healthy. The herbalists at Earth Lodge Herbals have brought together years of herbal experience to bring you this Earth Lodge Guide to Horse Wellness: Equine Herbs & Healing, giving you all the tools you need to maintain your horse the natural way.

This full-color reference offers practical, evidence-based guidance on using more than 120 medicinal plants, including how to formulate herbal remedies to treat common disease conditions. A body-systems based review explores herbal medicine in context, offering information on toxicology, drug interactions, quality control, and other key topics. More than 120 herbal monographs provide quick access to information on the historical use of the herb in humans and animals, supporting studies, and dosing information. Includes special dosing, pharmacokinetics, and regulatory considerations when using herbs for horses and farm animals. Expanded pharmacology and toxicology chapters provide thorough information on the chemical basis of herbal medicine. Explores the evolutionary relationship between plants and mammals, which is the basis for understanding the unique physiologic effects of herbs. Includes a body systems review of herbal remedies for common disease conditions in both large and small animals. Discusses special considerations for the scientific research of herbs, including complex and individualized interventions that may require special design and nontraditional outcome goals.

The main purpose of this book is to show how we can all learn to help and heal our horses. The aim is to bring healing back to where healing belongs with everybody . Understanding behaviour and communicationis important as they are expressions of energy and are crucial to learning to understand others. In this book, you will discover natural, gentle, and supportive therapies that work in harmony with the healing system to help restore and maintain health. Healing will occur when we work with, not against, the forces of nature that exist within the body. Animals are our teachers and very often they lead us to on a path of discovery that we would not have embarked on without them in our lives. This book will help our descendants and their horses towards a better understanding and a greater mutual respect between the species. Take responsibility for your horse's health and wellbeing. You will find that they not only feel and look better; they will achieve much more and avoid disease and ailments caused by lifestyle and bad diets. Give your horses the happy, healthy, and vibrant lives they deserve! Topics covered include: ?Herbs ?Essential Oils ?Essences ?Tissue Salts ?Materia Medica

Whether it's for perfectly healthy horses who simply need a new incentive in their daily training, or for sickly horses who suffer from a weak immune system and need a little help accordingly: Feeding horse treats represents an incredible opportunity to strengthen the bond between rider and horse. The trend of horse treats has been around for a few years, but only recently has it really become about making these treats yourself. In the spirit of this trend, new recipes continue to emerge from riders who have put a lot of time into rewarding their pets. The contents of the book are: - Introduction - Basics of horse nutrition - Horse treats: background information - Making treats yourself: the theory - Making treats yourself: the practice with many recipes - Conclusion In this book, some of the best recipes have been compiled, with a level of difficulty that not even children with their parents can go wrong with. In addition, each one of these recipes is modifiable, so the treats can always be adapted to a horse's condition. Some horses have to follow a strict diet, which is why sugar is out as a glue, other horses tolerate fruit quite poorly, and still others are allergic to some plants. Since each horse is different and the owner of the horse always knows best about the habits and problems, this recipe book also includes a theory section in which it is explained exactly how the horse's stomach actually works, which herbs are particularly helpful and which plants should rather be kept away from. With the knowledge in this book the first own recipes will soon develop.