Herbs for hormonal and digestive health
Herbs for hormonal discomfort in athletic
mares
Increased circulation with herbs
Herbal antioxidants
Herbal Programs for the Equine
Hormonal Health for Mares & Fillies
A
Suggested Management Program and the provision of traditional herbal formulas via a plant based
- herbal top dressing for the Support of Hormonal and Digestive Health.
Suggested Herbs:
Add
a pinch or two of the suggested herbs per feeding with a little honey water to
get them used to them if necessary, see our article, Introducing Your Horse To
Herbs. After a few days or one week, use the suggested full herbal dose
if your horse is accepting them in his feed. Many horses don’t like the herbs
at first, it is foreign to them, yet after a while, most will attack the feed
tub to get them. Patience is sometimes required at this time. Many of our
horses, after some time of using the herbs, now will eat a blend straight out
of our hands, garlic and others with no problem and no grain, just herbs!
Beauty and the Beast –
Herbs traditionally used for balancing and soothing hormonal discomfort, often
associated with athletic mares, or mares with difficult cycles and
sensitivities, also used traditionally to support the side effects of over
growth of hair, due to pituitary tumors or imbalances, can be used by both
males and females in the equine world.
Aloe Vera Juice – ½ cup two times daily for one
month, will soothe and relax digestion, detox mildly, encourage the healthy
growth of cells and relieve inflammation.
Tumeric –
Powerfully anti-oxidant, sugar and carb metabolizer, anti-inflammatory,
anti-arthritic, at one heaping Tablespoon per day is cost effective and can be
used long term, 6 days per week for life long benefits.
Garlic N’ Roses with Seaweed – increases
circulation to all areas of body, provides low levels of essential minerals and
plant nutrients, cardiovascular health, beautifies hair and coat, strengthens
hooves and immune system.
As
with all changes to your horse’s diet and conditions of health, consult your
Vet.
Suggested Environmental Changes:
Accessibility
to the earth’s natural elements is essential to the health of the reproductive
system, in mares, stallions and foals. Even an equine living in a barn or
stall, or paddock can still have more of a natural life by looking closely at
what is at hand to provide the most natural settings and environment. By
providing the most natural foods possible, chemical free, the least processed,
unpelleted, unrefined foods in the most whole state, an owner or trainer will
bring the horses in his care to the most potential both athletically and
mentally.
Add
to this stall horse toys, or essential oils for soothing, calming or other
conditions as needed.
Purchase
low to no pesticide hays, feed minimal grains, and add fresh herbs as well as,
veggies, flax meal, greens and other foods to the feed tub to provide the horse
with greater health and less stress.
High-carb
hays and grains, and processed foods, may cause sugar sensitivities and over
acid digestive conditions, resulting in colic type symptoms and cystic or
painful heat cycles.
As
darkness, and the stillness of the night and the moonlight and stars is
essential to the sexual, and regenerative state of mares, so must
sunshine be part of a healthy mares daily life. A high stress barn, with
music playing day and night, careless or mean care givers, and stressed out
humans, can and will affect the health of the horse. Consider all aspects of
the horse, as you seek to affirm health in her mental and physical state.
Horses
are creatures of nature. Although they are incredibly strong, the
reproductive and digestive health is some of the most vulnerable parts of this
beautiful mammal.
A Recent Testimonial
Dear Loryhl & Associates, 7/6/07
Just a note to let you know the new mare purchased with heavy discharge &
highly nervous with her estrus cycle is now much calmer and little discharge.
She seems to feel much better. When she had her 1st cycle right after I bought
her she was irritable, constantly hickering and running the fence. The running
the fence has quit – she goes there to visit two other mares but a much calmer
better feeling mare.
Thank you again for your help and products.
Dorothy Curtis
Stillwater, OK