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| I've recently been researching the holistic side of things. I was wondering if anyone feeds herbs or all natural and if so what. I've been leaning towards turmeric, slippery elm, white willow bark, and chamomile flowers. |
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| I am a huge believer in herbs! I love using them for all my horses. I have a mares that used to crib, I started feeding her peppermint, lavender, marshmallow and aloe leaves. I haven't seen her crib in months :) I love the white willow bark and turmeric instead of Bute. Also, valerian root is a great way to ace a horse, it has mild sedation chemicals.The herbs work wonders and are usually so much cheaper than medications. Just be leery though if you are competing where they dug test your horse, as a lot of these herbs will cause a horse to test positive (such as racetrack). But they can help with so many different problems! |
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| So cool to hear positive feed back! I haven't tried anything yet just wanted to put some feelers out. I was looking into something for joints, digestion, and anxiety. |
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| What all do you gibe to your horses? |
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 It's not my fault I'm perfect
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | I feed Cur-Ost  |
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Location: North Dakota | I recently started silver lining herbs for my slightly heevie (sp?) gelding, after a week he's finally eating them. I would be interested in knowing a reputable place to know what to give and how much to give as we have a really nice health food store just a block from where I work. |
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Location: North Dakota | I feed Cur-OST as well. I was always unsure of herbs through out the years, whether they actually worked or not. Well I can now tell you the right blend of herbs does more than any medication or synthetically made supplements ever did for my horses. It is amazing what it can do! |
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| I got some info on how much to give from a holistic horse woman's website. She does a blog and videos. I'll try to find the link. |
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| I get all mine from bulkherbstore.com :) everything is organic, fresh, and is great quality! They give you good summaries on each herb and how to use them. |
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I just read the headlines
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| MidWest1452 - 2016-02-18 8:17 AM
I feed Cur-OST as well. I was always unsure of herbs through out the years, whether they actually worked or not. Well I can now tell you the right blend of herbs does more than any medication or synthetically made supplements ever did for my horses. It is amazing what it can do!
I had the same experience as Midwest did. I love Cur Ost. It has made a night to day difference in my horse. I like that I don't have to worry about how much of what to mix with what. Most of all I love that I got my horse back to his old self and we can enjoy each other again. |
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| I do! I feed turmeric, marshmallow root and spirulina for allergies. |
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Location: NE Texas | Cur-OST junkie here too. Will never be without them. |
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 Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I truly believe that Equine Natural Herbs Kidney Plus saved my mares life...here is out story so far:
http://forums.barrelhorseworld.com/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid...
I've also added Cur-ost to my horses routine though I've been warned about feeding two herb companies products and I appreciate the warning and the info. After speaking to CC's 2 vets and Dr. Schell with Nouvelle Cur-ost we all agreed that her ultrasounds on her kidney's and bladder will dictate the use of the kidney herbs. |
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I just read the headlines
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| run n rate - 2016-02-18 10:43 AM
I truly believe that Equine Natural Herbs Kidney Plus saved my mares life...here is out story so far:
http://forums.barrelhorseworld.com/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid...
I've also added Cur-ost to my horses routine though I've been warned about feeding two herb companies products and I appreciate the warning and the info. After speaking to CC's 2 vets and Dr. Schell with Nouvelle Cur-ost we all agreed that her ultrasounds on her kidney's and bladder will dictate the use of the kidney herbs.
I am so happy you and CC seem to be doing really well. I can hardly wait to see how she does this year. Still praying for her continued healing. I am always glad to read your updates. This has been a really good educational thread.  |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Thank you again for all you did for my girl too GLP. I've never had children but let me tell you, it has taken a "village" to help me thru some of CC's "adventures", LOL!!!
As far as the Cur-ost products go, I have all of mine on the Total Support. Had started the gelding and on the Green originally and CC on the Stomach one. They both were improving on those formulas but after talking to Dr. Schell some more at length about their history I switched to the Total Support. CC fractured her patella in 2011 and I had refrained from 2 day races with her since then since she can no longer have Bute or Previcoxx because of her kidneys. The gelding had come up on and off sore in the right front over the last year, he was on again sore at the time. We found that the gelding had an enormous abscess in the right front, got that taken care of though it had to be drilled out, dang near down to "bedrock", the hole in his sole was about as big around and deeper than a gallon size milk jug lid. Again switched them to the Total Support, CC ran sound and well at her first 2 day race in 4 years, ate at the trailer and drank water which is normally a problem with her. Tucker's sole filled in completely in about 10 weeks. I used the remaining Green and Stomach on my big mare that is a headshaker. Since starting her on those I no longer have to give her the RX meds for headshakers and to make my life easier switched her over to the Total support also. Money is tight but I will do my best to never be without this product for them. |
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Location: Northwest | LOVE Silver Lining Herbs |
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Location: **Cactus Country down in South Texas*** | Herbs & essential oils are awesome !!! |
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| I love SharpEdge Supplements!! they are all natural pre-mixed herbs.
http://sharpedgesupplements.ca
It's a Canadian based company so there is a bonus for you guys south of the border as well! it's almost 40% off with the exchange rate right now. |
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| LOVE SLH!!! That's all I feed!! |
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Location: **Cactus Country down in South Texas*** | Spring Time supplements are awesome |
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