The natural treatment for horses can be highly effective, easy to administer and economical to purchase. There are various natural treatments for horses, including Bowen therapy, shiatsu, herbs, homeopathy and many more.
The late George MacLeod, a British veterinarian turned veterinary homeopath, said that horses are easy to treat with homeopathy. My own feelings, after a few years of experience as a homeopath, is just that.
Homeopathy is a complete and natural form of health care. It works by stimulating the immune system to work better. It is also a very flexible and versatile form of health care, as you can do a lot of home prescribing once you learn a few basic skills. You can also consult with an experienced homeopath for these more difficult situations.
Homeopathy can be used to treat anything from a mild injury, to a serious, life-threatening one, from serious concussion to depression, from a mild and itchy insect bite to a dangerous and poisonous animal bite.
Very often the problems that cause disease in horses is:
- your choice of food for them
- their stressful living conditions (especially a lack of grazing)
- the lack of companion animals (horses are herd animals, something many people forget)
- the unsympathetic handling and training they are subjected to
- conventional veterinary treatment
However, even when all these aspects are corrected according to the horse’s natural inclinations, disease can still occur, although far less often, and far less seriously.
One of the many great things about homeopathy is that horses love it, when you get the right medicine. You need to do the board selection process, then, by presenting each bottle to the horse, they will fine tune the selection.
Most horses will tell you what they like or dislike, through body language. Once you grasp the fact that they know far better than you (or anyone else) what they need, you can use this ability to your great mutual advantage.
A horses back can create an enormous amount of pain or discomfort.
Horses are very obliging and forgiving animals. They will try their hardest to please us, even when they are in considerable pain.
There are many reasons why a horses back is their main cause of pain. The most obvious cause is that the saddle is a poor fit. But there are less obvious causes, too.
Many people start training young horses before their bones have properly set. The racing world is probably where most of this happens, and sadly many ex-racehorses don’t get to enjoy a long life because their skeletal system gives out.
The Spanish Riding School in Vienna, famous for their Lipizzaner stallions, don’t start any work on their young colts until they have reached five years of age. They consider their bones are not properly set before this age. These stallions are often still working in their 30’s.
There are some horse breeds who have a healthier bone structure than others. They are less likely to suffer with sore backs. The Irish bred horses are considered to be strong and hardy, probably because the soil and so grazing is so nutritious.
Horses who suffer from bad falls or injuries may never fully recover enough to take the weight of a rider for long periods.
You can easily tell if a horses back is sore by the way their back will shrink away from even a light touch.
Taking all these factors into consideration, there are still occasions when your horses back is sore for no apparent reason.
Treating horses with homeopathy is a highly rewarding experience. You can learn to use some of the common homeopathic medicines yourself. And you can use the services of a professional homeopath.
When learning to use the medicines yourself, you need to focus on the horses individual symptoms, rather than on the disease label.
The homeopathic medicine Nux vomica is a great medicine for tension in the back. If fact, the whole horse may be tense, with tense muscles causing many problems, from abdominal cramping to spasms.
The area of the back most affected is the lumbar region, but not exclusively.
Other symptoms which will indicate the use of this medicine include:
- a great sensitivity to external stimuli - noise, light, smells, sudden movements
- tend to be very cold, love the heat
- may suffer from allergies
- is impatient by nature
- easily offended
- can be irritable
Showing or performing these highly sensitive horses is the most likely cause that has lead to the tension, creating the problem
