Dodson & Horrell Hedgerow Herbs for a Horses Everyday Health, 5 kg, Clear

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Senior or dentally challenged horses can still get plenty of fibre by feeding the soaked hay replacer, this tops up hydration levels too. It also provides some variation to any horse’s diet if they are confined to the stable for most of the day.

Passion Flower's chief asset is that it assists in the breaking of nervous system habit patterns as opposed to normalizing a particular nervous system type. It is almost always used in conjunction with the dominant nervine. Recently, there has been a suggestion that it can produce liver damage if large quantities are fed over long periods. The most utilized herbicide in agriculture is glyphosate. It disrupts beneficial bacteria in the gut, but does not affect pathogenic bacteria such as Clostridium and Salmonella strains. This imbalance of beneficial bacteria and pathogenic bacteria can cause dysbiosis in the gut. 6

What plants are safe for horses that I can use in my Hedgerow Haynet?

Peppermint leaf: known in India as pudina, this herb can help clear stagnation in the stomach, liver, blood, and lungs. A good winter-warming remedy, garlic can be fed as a pure herb or in powder, oil, granulated or shredded form. As a general additive, two cloves of garlic can be put in your horse’s feed daily. For those suffering from a viral infection, feed four cloves per day.

When provided with these highly bioavailable curcumin metabolites, the GI tract is supported against acid reflux, provides gastroprotection of the mucosal barrier, and can increase cell proliferation in the gastric mucosa. B. subtilis has been reported to display antimicrobial, anti-oxidative, and immune-modulation activity in the host. 10 Stress, as we know, plays a huge role in upsetting the balance of the GI tract and corresponding body systems. Cordyceps sinensis provides important stress support, is effective at balancing the immune system, supports oxygen utilization, and supports the liver and kidneys. Hedgerow’s Reed-sedge peat and tight junction supportSome of the beta-test horses with long-standing issues like fecal water syndrome took more time on Hedgerow GI to see results; it was several weeks until improvements were seen. Several high-performance horses who were ulcer sensitive showed improvements in performance and attitude within a few days. Treating the Chamomile nervous system type horse with this herb Chamomile not only re-balances the nervous system, but also helps to maintain the health of the horse's digestive system. Marshmallow leaf: used in traditional Chinese medicine for soothing irritation in the mucous membranes of the GI tract, mouth, throat, and nose. Horses who can benefit from Hedgerow GI Fermented foods already have important health benefits including GI tract support, inflammation regulation, better nutrient availability, and potential improvements to mood and behavior.

Horses do suffer from depression and boredom if they can’t carry out some of their normal behaviour. This can be more so in the winter months as their routine changes. Food additives, specifically polysorbate 80, carboxymethylcellulose, sodium benzoate, sodium nitrate, and potassium sorbate have been shown to negatively affect the gut microbiome by creating an imbalance in the beneficial and pathogenic bacterial colonies. 2 Here at EquiNatural we now have many vets, equine practitioners, training establishments and charities worldwide using our services for horses across all disciplines. With us, you can also be assured that stringent organic practices ensure the highest quality, contaminant-free, nutritionally-regenerative products, to harness the optimum health benefits for your horse.The root is used in herbal preparations as a sedative to relieve nervous tension – such as when a horse arrives at a new yard – or to calm over-excitable horses, without affecting performance.

Lower diversity is associated with inflammation, irritable bowel syndrome, obesity, and neurobehavioral issues. Not every plant, shrub or weed in the UK is safe for your horse or pony to eat ,so it is very important to identify the correct hedgerow plants for horses and know that you are feeding your horse safely. The British Horse Society and the RSPCA have some useful pictorial guides to common poisonous plants. What plants are safe for horses that I can use in my Hedgerow Haynet? Your 'herbal mix' for growing (either in hedgerows or your herb garden) could include, but not be limited to, the following herbs: The VERVAIN horse's anxiety is processed through the skin. He is very sensitive and twitchy on the skin and is generally very nervous and jumpy, without necessarily being afraid, upset or angry. This is the horse that is constantly agitated and highly reactive, always moving and fidgeting. Sometimes it seems it is almost impossible to make this horse stand still, and he is the equine equivalent of a person who constantly taps a foot or chews on their fingernails.With so many hedgerow items on offer and with none of them traditionally being used as part of the horse’s normal forage ration, we wanted to explore their nutritional value. Selecting just some of the items that our own horses find tasty we sent them for analysis. This had to be done using traditional wet chemistry techniques as equipment such as NIR, which relies on a bank of information from previous analyses, clearly wasn’t an option! It is important to highlight that these results are from just one sample of each plant and so should be considered indicative of what our horses were munching at that snapshot in time at the end of May. Much, much more analysis needs to be done to draw any firm conclusions about the nutritional value of these materials but it is really interesting to start exploring these materials. Nutrient*/Hedgerow Item Sometimes, after a year or so following a treatment course, a horse may revert to old behavior patterns as a result of his nervous system becoming unbalanced. Perhaps due to stress resulting from a change in his physical environment (a new owner/home), strenuous performance demands, an accident, surgery, or feeding/medication with chemicals - and almost always a month or so follow-up with his particular 'mix' will correct the problem. The very best way to use herbs for health and well-being, as we've seen, is for your horse to self-medicate as its instincts dictate. Most of us donít have access to huge tracts of untouched land for our horses to roam, so hedgerows are the next best thing...