Guest guest Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Not real familiar here with horses but have a donkey which is close.. but not had an eye problem... here is some info I have on hand.. hope it helps. By using only safe, everyday, easy-to-recognize pasture herbsand until they've gained experience, for external applications only. Let's consider six of those plants right now: Burdock: Cocklebur, beggars buttons, sticktight, call it what you will, this huge, hardy, rhubarb-looking pest plant thrives in every corner of America except arrid deserts. And every place it grows, burdock's velcro-toothed, dried burrs get matted in horses' manes and tails. So what's good about burdock? A lot. Internally it's a peerless blood tonic. Externally, a poultice of burdock's crushed leaves eases joint aches, eye irritations, skin disorders, sprains, bruises, burns, wounds, and sores. Yarrow: Yarrow's Latin name is Achillea MillefoliumAchillea because the Greek hero-general AchiIles supposedly used it to heal his injured warriors' wounds. And it probably did. Scientists have identified over 100 active healing components in lowly yarrow. It's a medicine chest in just one plant! Salves or oils made of yarrow flowers and leaves mend slow-healing sores, wounds, and skin rashes. So will a yarrow poultice. In an emergency, dried or fresh yarrow leaves crammed into a wound quickly staunch bleeding. Dandelion: Though most of dandelion's many therapeutic uses are internal, beginners can coat a stubborn wart with its sticky sap several times a day; in a few weeks, voila, the wart is gone! Wild Red Raspberry: Revered throughout the ages and the world as a peerless uterine tonic for pregnant females, brewed into strong tea, then dabbed on sores, wounds, and skin irritations, wild red raspberry boasts external restorative powers as well. Yellow (Curly) Dock: Yellow dock oil or salve works wonders applied to itchy, weepy sores, and scabby eruptionsand dock species flourish the world around. Mullein: Most everyone recognizes mullein's fuzzy, donkey ear-shaped leaves and flower spike that shoots high as the sky. Crush or chew mullein's hairy leaves and dab the pulp on insect bites-even painful hornet stings-to quickly alleviate pain. Or coat warts with the same pulp to help them resolve themselves quicker. Soothe bruises, especially on sensitive body parts, with mullein flower oil. Or treat wounds and sores with mullein leaf poultices or with salves and oils made mullein leaves. And There Are More: Other horse herbs that flourish in Northwestern fence rows, meadows, and woodlots include nettles, red clover, comfrey, fireweed, hawthorn, mint, golden rod, silverweed, plantain, cinquefoil, milkweed, shepherd's purse, wild daisies, chickweed, evening primrose, white sage (and other artemisia species), mallow, cleavers, rose hips- the list goes on and on. Intrigued? To learn more, including how to dose your horse with herbs internally, investigate these resources: Recommended Reading A Modern Horse Herbal, Self … Herbs for Horses, … For the Good of the Horse, Wanless … Plants, Potions, and Oils for Horses, Dyer … The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable, tte de Bairacli The Holistic Horse ($18 year; back issues $5 each) 20 Prospect Avenue, Ardsley NY 10502 (914) 693-2553 www.hoIistichorse.com Research hotline e-mail: karen@... petacelleste <petacelleste@...> wrote: My horse has a swollen eye, that does not appear to be hurting him,nor appear to have any infection or foreign body on the outside (mightbe inside????). What does anyone suggest to use to reduce the swelling? Relax. virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 If it's not painful or injured, I wouldn't do anything to it. Swelling should go down on it's own. He probably got stung by a wasp or bit by a mosquito or something. I suppose he could have whacked it on something, but you'd probably be able to see a scrape and it would hurt to the touch. You could always give him some Bute, or the "la-natural" version of it, White Willow Bark (aka aspirin). Jennhttp://ucat.us http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Adopt a cat from UCAT rescue:http://ucat.us/adopt.html Adopt a FIV+ cat: http://ucat.us/AWrescue/FIV/ http://ucat.us/FIVadopt.html Adopt a FELV+ cat:http://ucat.us/FELVadopt.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The VT legislature has created a bill that bans ear cropping on dogs in our state, bill number S. 250, please support it!They are also considering a bill that will require a license for anyone selling animals in our state. License fees would cover a staff to do inspections for humane welfare of the animals being sold. Please support these bills by emailing Judiciary Committee Chairman Sears at rsears@... and the sponsor of this proposal, Senator Ann Cummings, at acummings@... and telling them you SUPPORT these proposed bills! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.3/254 - Release Date: 2/8/2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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