polyester
Active Member
Well being as I'm the AC that said this in the first place and after finding this thread on google whilst looking for something else I thought I'd put in my view!
Firstly as already stated peppermint oil MAY help with spasmodic or impacted colic as past cases have shown. It will not solve surgical colic. Only surgery will sort that and I have had to go down that route in the past with one of my own horses. The only reason her surgery was 14 hours late wasn't through me trying peppermint oil it was because of a bad vet who diagnosed that she had injured her back legs (she hadn't)
On St John's wort being toxic and causing photosensitivity. For those that have not research it properly, it is also an anti depressant and anti viral, one that cleared up a 6 year long dormant virus in one of my own horses. It is also USED for treating photosensitity and not then used in it's pure form but as a mascerated oil(the herb is soaked in the oil for 6 weeks then strained) this is what cleared up photosensitivity in one of my own horses. As for seaweed being high in iodine, yes of course it is. many grazing animals eat it because land is deficient but it is also an antiseptic and anti bacteria, which is why when my horse got a hoof infection he went through enough to make over horses seriously ill but in his case, when he ran out kept getting in front of me to stop me leaving the field as he knew he needed more. Within 3 hours he was no longer badly lame, the hoof heat was gone and he was cantering around his field with his friends. NO plants are safe and NO plants are toxic. As they are only safe and toxic IF NOT NEEDED. If you google ragwort medincical properties it will show you those. New forest mares were seen purposely seeking out ragwort not long after foaling. Yet later on no liver damage was found. This is why they have to choose for themselves. They have an apparatus in the brain which upon snifffing tells them it is medicine or not That is how they choose. If something is not in it's pure form (such as feeds or other types they can not recognise them and have the potential to make an animal ill. My own horses have been through serious amounts of these natural medicines I have NEVER seen any side affects and there is not a single reported UK case of a horse poisioning itself through this treatment.
So if in doubt about St John's wort do your research as it also sorted my horses photosensitivty that was causing mud fever on his white leg as well as my mares nose.
Also if you research just how animal communication works that will also explain why things like 'virus' come up as words. It's not rocket science all the info is out there you just have to do your research.
Also to add if the vet in question would like to discuss this with me I have no problem with it in fact I invite such conversation.
