Is feeding lavender good for horses?

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My little cob is partial to a mouthful of lavender when we pass the bush by the farmers house on the yard? Will it harm her? Or is or good and something she needs so should be feeding?
 
Lavender is antiseptic and calming, soothing, relaxing. She could be eating it for a reason. i use lavender oil as a calming oil for inhalation. It is the one oil you can apply to a burn due to it's healing properties. Horses if allowed to hedgerow forage will find what they need - willow, clevers and hawthorn tips for detoxing, also dandelion. Wilted nettles have the same effect. Rosehips are vitamin rich.
 
She's a fairly chilled out little bean, I feed rosehips that I pick and dry for them and also veg oil, now considering picking lavender and feeding it too
 
I'm just sitting reading this with a lavender tea. I too am partial to a lavender biscuit! This has got me thinking I wonder if there have been any studies into possible benefits of feeding lavender to horses. Playing devils advocate but you would think that we would be able to buy lavender supplements by now if it was really horse friendly and had any proven benefits? Or maybe there's a gap in the market...
 
YasandCrystal said:
Lavender is antiseptic and calming, soothing, relaxing. She could be eating it for a reason. i use lavender oil as a calming oil for inhalation. It is the one oil you can apply to a burn due to it's healing properties. Horses if allowed to hedgerow forage will find what they need - willow, clevers and hawthorn tips for detoxing, also dandelion. Wilted nettles have the same effect. Rosehips are vitamin rich.
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Willows are also a painkiller, nettles detox, gorse is an antidepressant...
 
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