kimky
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I have heard nettles is good for all sorts
like sweet itch. Any one else know what nettles do. Or any other herby recipies. much appriciated
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Nettles ...?
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Binkybex
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Nettles are great dried for laminitic ponies, they don't seem to have as much goodness in them as grass and hay. mine ended up liking them so much she would eat them when they were still stinging! In fact they saved her life when we got her she was on her last legs (at 4!) and lived to the grand old age of 16.
Tia
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Completely agree with Binkybex. Dried nettles are fantastic for laminitics! I used to pick them and dry them for my little girl when she was recovering. I believe they are anti-toxins so clean out the system. I don't remember exactly what properties they have but if you Google them I'm sure you'll come up with the same idea that I did, in that they are a wonderful complimentary feedstuff.
sleepingdragon10
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I give SWUO dried nettles and mint, she loves them
They contain decent amounts of protein, vitamins, and sulphur which is good for the feet, and the mint aids digestion(good this time of year when the grass has that new flush of goodness in it), plus it tastes nice..LOL
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zigzag
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Fresh young nettles boiled to make a tea are great when the horse is losing his winter coat, it really helps shift the coat plus the summer coat has lovely dapples on it
custard
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Nettles are great, full of good stuff but need to be wilted before they release all the nutrients. If you cut them and just leave them in the field horses will generally just scoff them up.
dozzie
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courtesy of www.nettles.org.uk
Treatments from nettles
As well as the nutritional value people have exploited the medicinal properties of the stinging nettle.
Culpeper recommended the use of nettles to ...consume the phlegmatic superfluities in the body of man, that the coldness and moisture of winter has left behind. He also prescribed the juice of the leaves as a treatment for gangrenes and scabies.
Native Americans used the fresh leaves to treat aches and pains. European herbalists used the leaves in a similar fashion to treat gout and arthritis.
Surprisingly, although the nettle sting is highly irritant, once dried to neutralise the acid the leaves are a natural anti-histamine and also have anti-asthmatic properties.
The dried powdered leaves can also be used to staunch the flow of blood from small cuts.
In recent times the nettle has also been found to be effective in the treatment of benign prostate hypertrophy.
Cant think admin will mind this link!
I had also heard that it contained antitoxins
Below Courtesy of www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/04/
Nettles' micronutrient profile blasts other greens out of the soil. They are high in calcium, iron, vitamins and "contain more chlorophyll than almost any other plant in existence," according to the editors of Organic Gardening and Farming in "Unusual Vegetables" (Rodale Press, 1978). No wonder Elliott recommends them to students and clients "if they're feeling anemic and tired. It's a very vitalizing type of herb," she says.
In herbal-speak, nettles are a "tonic" and a blood-builder. "It supports the overall body over a long time, and there are no adverse effects because it's a food," she says. Elliott especially encourages women, who tend to be deficient in calcium and iron, to use them.
And from www.botanical.com
It is the formic acid in the Nettle, with the phosphates and a trace of iron, which constitute it such a valuable food medicinally.
Preparations of the herb have astringent properties and act also as a stimulating tonic.
Nettles were much used as a substitute for fodder during the war, and instructions for their use were laid down by German military authorities. It was found that horses which had become thin and suffered from digestive troubles benefited from the use of Nettle leaves in their rations. When dried, the proportion of albuminoid matter in Nettles is as high as in linseed cake and the fat content is also considerable.
In Holland, and also in Egypt, it is said that horse-dealers mix the seeds of Nettles with oats or other food, in order to give the animals a sleek coat.
If planted in the neighbourhood of beehives, it is said the Nettle will drive away frogs.
Loved this one!!!
Amazing!!! Believe what you will its on the net so must be true!!!
Treatments from nettles
As well as the nutritional value people have exploited the medicinal properties of the stinging nettle.
Culpeper recommended the use of nettles to ...consume the phlegmatic superfluities in the body of man, that the coldness and moisture of winter has left behind. He also prescribed the juice of the leaves as a treatment for gangrenes and scabies.
Native Americans used the fresh leaves to treat aches and pains. European herbalists used the leaves in a similar fashion to treat gout and arthritis.
Surprisingly, although the nettle sting is highly irritant, once dried to neutralise the acid the leaves are a natural anti-histamine and also have anti-asthmatic properties.
The dried powdered leaves can also be used to staunch the flow of blood from small cuts.
In recent times the nettle has also been found to be effective in the treatment of benign prostate hypertrophy.
Cant think admin will mind this link!
I had also heard that it contained antitoxins
Below Courtesy of www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/04/
Nettles' micronutrient profile blasts other greens out of the soil. They are high in calcium, iron, vitamins and "contain more chlorophyll than almost any other plant in existence," according to the editors of Organic Gardening and Farming in "Unusual Vegetables" (Rodale Press, 1978). No wonder Elliott recommends them to students and clients "if they're feeling anemic and tired. It's a very vitalizing type of herb," she says.
In herbal-speak, nettles are a "tonic" and a blood-builder. "It supports the overall body over a long time, and there are no adverse effects because it's a food," she says. Elliott especially encourages women, who tend to be deficient in calcium and iron, to use them.
And from www.botanical.com
It is the formic acid in the Nettle, with the phosphates and a trace of iron, which constitute it such a valuable food medicinally.
Preparations of the herb have astringent properties and act also as a stimulating tonic.
Nettles were much used as a substitute for fodder during the war, and instructions for their use were laid down by German military authorities. It was found that horses which had become thin and suffered from digestive troubles benefited from the use of Nettle leaves in their rations. When dried, the proportion of albuminoid matter in Nettles is as high as in linseed cake and the fat content is also considerable.
In Holland, and also in Egypt, it is said that horse-dealers mix the seeds of Nettles with oats or other food, in order to give the animals a sleek coat.
If planted in the neighbourhood of beehives, it is said the Nettle will drive away frogs.
Amazing!!! Believe what you will its on the net so must be true!!!
izzyxxx
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I give SWUO dried nettles and mint,
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does the mint have to be dried as well? might give it a go
I give SWUO dried nettles and mint,
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does the mint have to be dried as well? might give it a go
sleepingdragon10
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I give SWUO dried nettles and mint,
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does the mint have to be dried as well? might give it a go
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Mint is pretty cheap in it's dried form, and readily available hence why I feed it like that
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I give SWUO dried nettles and mint,
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does the mint have to be dried as well? might give it a go
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Mint is pretty cheap in it's dried form, and readily available hence why I feed it like that
izzyxxx
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just wondering cause we have it growing in the garden i will go and pick some to let it dry out i think that should work?
sleepingdragon10
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just wondering cause we have it growing in the garden i will go and pick some to let it dry out i think that should work?
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I would imagine that that would be fine
We have a HUGE patch of nettles in the ponies' fields and I'm going to go cut a bunch and let it wilt before feeding it to them
just wondering cause we have it growing in the garden i will go and pick some to let it dry out i think that should work?
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I would imagine that that would be fine
vicijp
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My ponies get a fresh patch of nettles strimmed for them now and then. They love them - I dont think they wait for them to dry! Does it make any difference?
TGM
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I feed nettles too - some like them more than others. My greedy mare will eat them straight off the plant once they get to the woody stage, but the other two will only eat them when they are totally wilted.
sleepingdragon10
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My ponies get a fresh patch of nettles strimmed for them now and then. They love them - I dont think they wait for them to dry! Does it make any difference?
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LMAO! They mustn't be bothered by the sting then? Have seen the yearling with his head buried in the patch in their field so I assume that he's helping himself....
My ponies get a fresh patch of nettles strimmed for them now and then. They love them - I dont think they wait for them to dry! Does it make any difference?
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LMAO! They mustn't be bothered by the sting then? Have seen the yearling with his head buried in the patch in their field so I assume that he's helping himself....
custard
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They need to be wilted to release the good stuff they contain but I think the horses know better than we do as to when they are 'ready'!