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Detoxify Your Horse? Absolutely!
Detoxification helps open positive energy flow and eliminates toxins that may lead to decreased immunity and eventual disease
by Shari Frederick
sensible detoxification program combats the effects of stress and environmental factors your horse is subjected to on a daily basis. Te goal is to rid accumulated toxins brought on by the stress of a variety of factors that influence overall health, including exercise, travel, injury, side effects from bute and other
drugs, exposure to chemical poisons and pollution (including wormers and vaccines) and seasonal changes.
Horses with healthy immune systems, no ill health, no exposure to new horses, ample clean water, and plenty of exercise with free grazing on a wide variety of unpolluted grasses are at minimal risk and may need detoxifying only after an illness or when signs of stress are chronic or lingering.
PRIMARY DETOX TARGETS
LIVER Your horse’s largest gland, the liver acts as the main filter of all things toxic. It directly aids digestion by producing bile, and helps break down worn out red blood cells.
Tune into Holistic Horse Radio
to hear “Detox and Supplement Your Horse Safely,” an interview with Dr. Gordon Chang, President, Omega Alpha Inc., a licensed pharmaceutical company
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Te ability of the liver to filter toxins may be compromised by: • a diet of processed grains and fats such as refined rancid oils • worm larvae overload • chemical poisons (fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides) • feed toxins (mold, fungus, preservatives, additives, coloring, flavors, etc.)
• drugs (steroids, antibiotics, vaccines, wormers) • spider bites • ingestion of toxic plants, including oak, purple foxglove, oleander, sagebrush, red maple, bracken fern, tall fescue, and buttercups
• pollution and environmental toxins (exhaust fumes, cleaning solvents, fly sprays)
Signs of possible liver damage include: • skin bumps • oozing (clear or yellow) bites • light yellow colored manure • tenderness at the liver acupuncture point (may show as a sore back)
• lack of ligament and tendon support • frequent tendon injuries
PHOTO ABOVE: Older horses have diminished filtration ability, a result of long- term cellular stress. Degeneration is magnified by poor circulation and lack of exercise, common among seniors. Our elder equines should be detoxed to reduce metabolic and cellular wastes that accumulate and solidify in and around joints, causing inflammation to cartilage, ligaments and surrounding soft tissues.
Holistic Horse™ • August/September 2010 • Vol.16, Issue 68
Karen Tappenden
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