Mullien tea

[Sandstone1]

Anyone used Mullien tea for cough in horses?

 

[rextherobber]

Never heard of it, but after reading about it, I'm going to give it a go on myself, it sounds good!

 

[TTK]

I have, I'm not sure if that it actually made any difference. More of a placebo for the owner

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

Mine is asthmatic, and yes I've used it. I used a dessertspoonful (or "handful" if you don't want to be scientific!) and made a tea with it. Steeped it overnight, and the next morning tipped the liquid (not the leaves) into a water-trug. We regularly do a "water buffet" for ours - and this was one trug which was available - we always ensure a trug of clean/fresh water is available for them. We've also used salty-water, as well as minty, turmeric, and cinnamon. We leave them to choose what they want/need.

My pony (profile pic) no;ticeably self-medicated with the mullein-tea trug, I caught her drinking at it quite often. Did it help her? Hard to say, but if she self-medicated I reckon she knew it was good for her.

This Spring/Summer I will be trying it again, deffo.

 

[little_critter]

My boy has a cough at the moment and Ive just ordered some.

 

[little_critter]

My boy has a cough at the moment and Ive just ordered some.

I need to get better at visualising quantities of dried herb!
I ordered 1kg, cos you know, horse size stuff.
Oh Jeez, if it works no-one will need cough syrup for a decade!

What’s quite sweet is I now make 3 cups of tea in the morning; one for me, one for OH and one for my horse.

 

[canteron]

Where do you buy it loose from?

I had it in Sri Lanka and rather liked it so having a cup of it with the horses sounds a good idea!

 

[Sanversera]

F

 

[little_critter]

I got mine here https://whitehorseremedies.co.uk/

 

[pistolpete]

Yep I used it when mine was coughing. Worked well.

 

[Sandstone1]

I might try it. Mine tends to cough in spring. He has been on haylage all winter but ran out and had to feed hay. He started coughing then.

 

[Red-1]

Didn't work for Rigs, what did work was an inhaler, prescribed by a vet.

 

[Sandstone1]

Didn't work for Rigs, what did work was an inhaler, prescribed by a vet.

Yes, I have a flexineb which works but I would like to try a more natural option if it works rather than putting steriods in to the mix if it can be avoided