Guest guest Posted September 28, 2002 Report Share Posted September 28, 2002 Does anyone and especially the vets have thoughts on treating respiratory allergies in horses with herbs? We have a Welsh pony with small airways disease who has been improved but not well controlled by steroid inhalers. His symptoms are recent, no cough, quite alot of clear mucus, no infection, his wind can be good one day, rapid and laboured the next, tendancy to loose bowel, huge appetite. Rather than start more medication, like antihistamines, we have tried acupuncture with the vets' agreement and now herbs . The formula I have started is the core one I use in people for lung/ spleen vacuity asthma; Yu Ping Feng San plus di long, wu mei, chan tui. 100g/day equivalent in conc' powder form. He weighs 270kg Anything on this would be very welcome and if it is a good idea, should I increase the dose to equivalent to human range? Thanks Simon King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 2002 Report Share Posted September 28, 2002 At 8:47 PM +0000 9/28/02, Simon King wrote: >Does anyone and especially the vets have thoughts on treating >respiratory allergies in horses with herbs? -- Jake Fratkin has experience consulting vets treating horses, and has designed some formulae for them: Jpfratkin Rory -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2002 Report Share Posted October 7, 2002 I got this short response from an equine vet in Belgium, Emiel van den Bosch: >> I do not see a pattern of Spleen deficiency in this horse I have had good success treating allergies in horses on condition I could get the right patterns, Treating the allergy as a toxic fire will probably work in this pony. Dose wise I only give a tea spoon of extract granulae morning and evening. Emiel << From my side I can add that us vets have a lot of work to do clarifying the patterns we are seeing in animals. There is a large overlap with human patterns, but as we talk more we each other we realise perhaps more differences than we first thought. We don't have the benefit of clear pulse and tongue info. A yellow tongue coat in a dog for instance doesn't seem to exist. Panting probably mixes up the coats a bit. Dogs and cats don't sweat. Does Yin/yang and upper/lower still hold if you are on 4 paws? We cant feel radial pulses, we use femoral pulses, but most will not get much more info than very general pulse qualities from this. Some vets use surrogate pulse techniques. If you all don't mind animal questions every now and then I would very much appreciate all your input. The basic principles of pattern differentiation, treatment principles and even prescriptions at this stage will be the same for any species. As we get more experienced we will probably find dose differences and big differences in the pharmacodynamics or energetics of the different herbs in different species. As we are all new to this your experience will help us clarify patterns more quickly. For those interested we are starting a small study group on for Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (TCVM-list). However, with your permission, I will continue to post to this forum as we will all be beginners on the TCVM list and some have expressed an interest here. All the best Jimmy ps - apologies for the long digest post last time. .. ---------- ---- Jimmy Symmonds BSc BVSc MRCVS Holistic Animal Care Centre 125 Magdalen Road Oxford OX4 1RQ Tel: +44 (0) 1865 453570 Fax: +44 (0) 1865 423183 Mobile: 07884 438583 Email: jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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