Turmeric has anyone tried it on their horse?

Finn said:
Hi,

Sorry to hijack the thread but is Tumeric good for horses with COPD? My mare sufferes with COPD and I have tried the usual suppliements for it but doesnt seem to make any difference.
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The fb group has a file on COPD and some anecdotal success and some detailed study facts and information (too much to copy to here). I really recommend you join the group and click on the 'files' tab and look at the topics available. I have copied 2 comments from the group below, blanking their names:-


xxxxxxx Yes, its anti inflammatory has improved my horses breathing no end!
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xxxxxxxx My horse has been on inhalers for years ,this year he hasn't had any and hasn't coughed ,he is eating hay instead of haylage.In years gone by he would have coughed like crazy with hay,I can only assume it's the Turmeric that's helped him
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YasandCrystal said:
The fb group has a file on COPD and some anecdotal success and some detailed study facts and information (too much to copy to here). I really recommend you join the group and click on the 'files' tab and look at the topics available. I have copied 2 comments from the group below, blanking their names:-


xxxxxxx Yes, its anti inflammatory has improved my horses breathing no end!
56 minutes ago · Like


xxxxxxxx My horse has been on inhalers for years ,this year he hasn't had any and hasn't coughed ,he is eating hay instead of haylage.In years gone by he would have coughed like crazy with hay,I can only assume it's the Turmeric that's helped him
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Oh wow! Thankyou so much for that info.

Sorry I'm being a pain and havent read all the replies but does anyone know the name of this group on FB to join and where would I get Tumeric from? Im assuming I dont just walk into the local supermarket and buy it off the shelf?
 
fb group is called Turmeric user group and you need to request to join. I buy 5kg turmeric from the Asian Cookshop online for £10.99 + postage. They also do coconut oil, I tend to use micronised linseed and you can buy a cheap pepper mill with peppercorns for 89p in ALdi.
 
YasandCrystal said:
fb group is called Turmeric user group and you need to request to join. I buy 5kg turmeric from the Asian Cookshop online for £10.99 + postage. They also do coconut oil, I tend to use micronised linseed and you can buy a cheap pepper mill with peppercorns for 89p in ALdi.
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Thankyou so much.

I have just requested to join the group

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Iv put my 23 cob on it he has major leg problem hes now jog trotting on roads. Hes always been a nanny horse now I need something to nanny him as become quite naughty and because hes old hes getting away with it for the moment.
 
I've decided to try my mare on it - a couple of questions. Is it ok to give it to a cushings horse that is already getting prascend and agnus cascus? Secondly, is the oil and black pepper essntial or can you just feed the turmeric powder mixed into a feed. I experimented this morning ad she happiliy ate a large teaspoon of turmeric mixed through a few soaked pony nuts
 
Thank you Megibo. I've managed to find an out-of-date tub of black peppercorns but no grinder! Might have to start my mare on Sunday now.
 
I am another member of the group on facebook. I started taking it just after xmas as the amount of pain relief I was taking was getting out of hand, I have arthritis in hip knee and ankle on one leg . Within a short space of time the swelling went down and I havent taken any drugs since. Somebody then posted about psoriasis, I then realised mine had gone !!. i keep telling everyone to just try it. I cant believe how much difference it makes. There is so much info on the user group it is worth reading for so many different problems. I but it at the wholesalers now as with 3 dogs and 5 horses on it we do get through some without me !!!! i add pepper and olive oil as they recommend
 
A bit of a setback with 'project turmeric' - she was happily eating the turmeric mixed with a handful of pony nuts. Today I introduced olive oil to the mix (still to get black pepper - I am trying one ingredient at a time as I know how fussy she can be). She thought I was trying to poison her with the olive oil and totally rejected the feed, despite being left in the box with nothing else to eat for an hour. She was furious and dug up her bed so I gave up and put her hay in.
Will it do her any good just to get the turmeric without the extras or is this a waste of time?

PS you are all invited to mine tonite for breadsticks dipped in extra virgin olive oil :)
 
LeneHorse said:
A bit of a setback with 'project turmeric' - she was happily eating the turmeric mixed with a handful of pony nuts. Today I introduced olive oil to the mix (still to get black pepper - I am trying one ingredient at a time as I know how fussy she can be). She thought I was trying to poison her with the olive oil and totally rejected the feed, despite being left in the box with nothing else to eat for an hour. She was furious and dug up her bed so I gave up and put her hay in.
Will it do her any good just to get the turmeric without the extras or is this a waste of time?

PS you are all invited to mine tonite for breadsticks dipped in extra virgin olive oil :)
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Give it with micronised linseed, most horses like it and it contains all the oil you need. :)
Also had trouble for the first few feeds, but horse is now licking the bowl clean, so dont give up!
 
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Yeah I'd give the linseed a try as it is not 'oily' in texture, if you don't want to buy a big bag of it then go to the cereal section in Aldi, they sell small bags of milled linseed for like 3 pounds.

I think I'm going to get some tablets, I am always so achey with some sort if ailment going on so it can't hurt, I also can't take most anti inflammatories as they give me terrible stomach pains. I shall report back with results!

I do have a wee welshie who is only 2, she has stiff hocks so it may be worth a try on her too, although not sure she needs to be any more whizzy ;-)
 
How is everyone getting on? I've decided to start my boy on it to see how it helps his arthritis and kissing spine. I might also try it on my dog too for his arthritis.
 
I have 3 horses my dogs and myself on it. So far I have seen improvement in my dogs and myself. One of the horses is on it as a preventative , one because age ( she is 24) and she coughs a bit and the third because she has Navicular, side bone and damage to the coffin joint.

I have seen improvement in the mare that coughs but not the others yet.
 
It is really worth joining the facebook group, there is so much info about dosage and tricks to get them eating it. Mine all love it and wolf it down thankfully. One of my dogs is on the same amount as one of the ponies so you do have to try adjusting quantities for releif from specific problems .
I have ended up losing weight aswell BONUS !!
 
Wish I'd known about this three years ago - might have still had my OH!! May have to take it myself (horse is only rising three and ails for nothing) - I, on the other hand...............!
 
I've put off starting it for another week, due to the fact that my normally sensible horse kept tanking off with me, which is not like her at all. Had I fed it to her I would have then sworn it was the effects of the turmeric. So it's on the backburner till next weekend!
 
I have just ordered some and I can't wait to start using it. I got olive oil and the pepper but no shops round here sell turmeric, so I had to order it online. I hope it works.
 
Mine is wolfing down the turmeric and black pepper mixed with a few soaked pony nuts. We had a setback when she refused to take the olive oil but i have now acquired some linseed (from Aldi as suggested) and this will be introduced tomorrow. Fingers crossed it is well received by fussy madam!
 
Bertie is currently on Equine America Cortaflex HA but I'm about to run out. Do you think I should keep him on it while introducing the turmeric?
 
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I started feeding my cob on it 2 weeks ago and my friend started her Friesian on it at the same time... Well what can I say, the results have been very good so far. Coblett & Friesian have both been on Glucosamine for 12 months, with a small improvement in their way of going.

I tried it on the recommendation of the chiropractor who came out to the horses 2 weeks ago, she was telling us about her 32 year old horse that the vet wrote off 6 years ago and told her to PTS. She did some research and tried her horse on Turmeric and has never looked back, he has gone from a PTS case to full time work 6 days a week.

Any way, we started the girls on the Turmeric 2 weeks ago and with in a few days noticed a difference, Friesian was much more forward going and rider having to work less to keep her going. Coblett started doing a lap of the school before settling to eat her breakfast (which she has outside in the school whilst I muck out)

Yesterday I let Coblett out into the school for her afternoon play and she was like a spring lamb, vertical wasn't the word ha ha she was diving about everywhere, rearing like I've never seen, bucking and generally having a ball, playing on her own :)

The swelling in her back feltocks has reduced more each day, still apparent but no where near as bad.

Its important that you feed the Turmeric with oil and pepper, it won't absorb into your horse without, so you would be wasting your time feeding it.

I started off with a teaspoon of turmeric, a glug of oil and 10 turns on the pepper mill (It has to be freshly ground pepper, not pre ground stuff) now she is on a tablespoon, 15 turns on the pepper mill and a good glug of oil.

I trotted coblett up for the chiropractor on Thursday when she came to do her 2nd treatment, 2 weeks ago I almost had to get a schooling whip to trot coblett up, on Thursday she trotted me up the yard :D
 
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