Allergies
April 24th 2012 07:39
Hopefully your horse is not allergic to other valued pets (thanks to the Country Park client for this pic)
With the seasons not following their usual trend, the incidents of allergies seems to be rising on both sides of the equator.
Identify and Eliminate
If the trigger is environmental it may be hard to eliminate. If your horse is sensitive to one of the components in the feed – eliminate those which could be the trigger. It will vary with each horse and sometimes going down to a basic diet and then rebuilding one part at a time can help too.
Reactions to your emotions
Some of your horse's reactions can be to the emotions you are generating around you What I often find is allergy reactions in a horse may be because the owner is easily affected or irritated by others. It is worth looking at your own life and see what is affecting your emotional health if herbs don't help your horse.
Herbs to help
If it is some kind of inflammatory response – try calendula or eyebright.
Puffiness or the lymphatic system needing a gentle flush – clivers.
Rosehips are a good tonic to boost defence against most allergic responses.
Help your horse's liver along with herbs like st marys thistle or burdock depending on how the allergy manifests.
Last but not least - Keep at it - allergies can be multi layered and it may take time to work through each layer of the issues.
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