Shop for Horse Supplements

When horses are pushed in an active show schedule, fatigue tends to develop, often manifesting as a generalized weakness, especially of the lower back and the limbs. Support the athletic nature of your horse with Herbsmith Athlete, an elegant combination of herbs that prevents fatigue in the equine athlete, aids in preventing the fatigue of an active show schedule, and promotes optimal show performance and health. Features: · Treats and prevents fatigue in equine athletes · Excellent for show horses · No negative side effects Additional Information Chinese Theory: Yang is generally described as outward, aggressive, active and essentially athletic in nature. Yin is described as inward, passive, fluids and essentially time-at-the-barn-relaxing in nature. This is a perfect blend for tonifying kidney and liver yin. When kidney yin is depleted due to stress, a general weakness of the skeletal system develops, especially in the lower back and legs. When liver yin is depleted the blood is affected and heat tends to be generated. Long-term yang to yin imbalance causes fatigue and increased susceptibility to other diseases and dysfunctions. In the athletic horse where yang is the primary nature, supporting the yin can provide the balance for optimal show performance and for general good health. Suggested Use: Two (2) tablespoons twice daily for twenty days. Then, administer two (2) tablespoons once daily thereafter. Precautions: Can be used for long-term. Ingredients: Radix Rehmanniae Glutinosae Conquitae – shu di huang – Cooked Rehmannia root Action: Strongly enriches kidney yin and essence. Fructus Corni Officinalis – shan zhu yu – Cornus fruit Actions: Nourishes the liver and restrains the leakage of essence. Radix Dioscoreae Oppositae – shan yao – Chinese yam Actions: Stabilizes the essence by tonifying the spleen. The spleen is the source of postnatal Qi and is necessary to maintain essence. Sclerotium Poriae Cocos – fu ling – Poria Actions: Leaches out dampness from the spleen, strengthens the transporting functions of the spleen and prevents stagnation of fluids. Cortex Moutan Radicis – mu dan pi – Moutan bark Actions: Clears and drains liver fire. Rhizoma Alismatis Orientalis - ze xie – Alisma tuber Actions: Clears and drains the overabundance of kidney fire and prevents the stagnation of fluids in the body.

Revive your horse’s vitality and excitement about life with Herbsmith Energy, an herbal blend used to combat exhaustion and increase energy. Whether your horse is in heavy training, trailered around the state or country, showing or racing, or has been heavily stressed by a long-term injury or illness, this blend naturally increases energy by maximal utilization of each of the horse’s meals, gradually restoring energy and maintaining health. Herbsmith Energy can also be used to prevent exhaustion or excessive fatigue prior to trying situations. Features: · Naturally increases energy · Maintains health · Combats and prevents exhaustion · Herbal; contains no unnatural stimulants · No negative side effects Additional Information Chinese Theory: From a Chinese perspective, Qi is the vital energy, or flame, of life. Fatigue results from the depletion of Qi. The herbs in this blend are used to support a normal level of Qi. The spleen is considered to produce Qi from the food the horse eats. When overworked, poorly fed or heavily stressed, Spleen Qi becomes deficient. Herbs in this blend maintain Spleen Qi and all the spleen functions to, in turn, support the overall level of Qi in the entire body. Suggested Use: Administer two (2) tablespoons twice daily for 20 days then two (2) tablespoons daily thereafter. After use of Herbsmith Energy you may want to start Herbsmith Athlete to prevent fatigue and prolong the energy. Precautions: This is a warming and tonifying blend. Don’t use in easily excitable or irritable horses, or horses with fever of any origin. Not to be used for long term (i.e., not for longer than six months) and not a substitute for appropriate rest. If the horse becomes irritable following use please discontinue administration. Ingredients: Radix Codonopsis Pilosulae – dang shen – Codonopsis root Actions: Spleen qi tonic, tonifies the middle burner, strengthens the qi, and nourishes the fluids. Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae – bai zhu – Atractylodes rhizome Actions: Strengthen spleen, dries dampness, and augments the qi. Sclerotium Poriae Cocos – fu ling - Poria Actions: Strengthens spleen, leaches out dampness, and calms the mind and spirit. Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis – gan cao – Licorice root Actions: Warms and regulates the middle burner, moderates spasms, alleviates pain, and moderates and harmonizes the characteristics of the other herbs in the blend.

Treat painful joints and limbs (particularly the joints of the leg) which get worse with cold weather with Herbsmith Impulsion. Designed to offer joint support specifically for the horse with an even temperament, this combination of herbs does not increase energy to whole body or calm the spirit. This blend is for the balanced horse that suffers from joints that gets worse in the winter months. Features: · Treats painful joints and limbs · Offers joint support · Designed for horses with an even temperament Additional Information Chinese Theory: Herbsmith Impulsion is a modification of an ancient herbal blend to support joint health. These herbs address joint discomfort that often increases with cold weather and subsequently diminishes with warmth. This discomfort may also be accompanied by a sensation of heaviness and numbness in the limbs. This joint discomfort is due to a local obstruction of Qi from the effects of wind, cold and dampness. The painful obstruction is called “bi”. The presence of wind is manifested in the change of positions either within the joint or between multiple joints. This bi also becomes more prevalent in cold weather. The numbness results from a combination of wind and dampness. Suggested Use: Administer two (2) tablespoons twice daily for the initial twenty days or when cold weather is present, then, two (2) tablespoons daily thereafter. Note: In the event the horse refuses to eat herbs, start with small amounts in the grain until the horse is acquainted with the taste. Almost all horses will eat the herbs in their grain. Precautions: Not to be used in pregnant mares. Ingredients: Ramulus Mori Albae – sang zhi – Mulberry twig Actions: Expel wind dampness, unblocks the channels, and benefits the joints. Caulis Piperis Futokadsurae – hai feng teng – Kadsura stem Actions: Expel wind dampness, unblocks the channels, and alleviates pain. Radix Angelicae Sinensis – dang gui – Chinese Angelica Root Actions: Invigorates, tonifies, and harmonizes the blood and disperses cold in chronic wind-damp painful obstructions. Note: Causes uterine contractions and therefore should not to be administered to pregnant mares. Radix et Rhizoma Notopterygii – qiang huo – Notopterygium root Actions: Releases to the exterior and disperses cold, unblocks painful obstructions and alleviates pain. Radix Angelicae Pubescentis – du huo – Pubescent Angelica root Actions: Dispels wind and dampness in wind, cold and damp painful obstructions especially of the legs and lower back and alleviates pain. Radix Gentianae Qinjiao – qin jiao –Gentiana macrophylla root Actions: Expel wind dampness. Gummi Olibanum – ru xiang – Frankincense Actions: Breaks up blood stasis and helps treat localized pain. Radix aucklandiae lappae – mu xiang – Aucklandia Actions: Supports the spleen which improves water balance and resolves dampness. Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae – niu xi – Achyranthes root Actions: Invigorates the blood and expels blood stasis, strengthens the sinews

Herbsmith Impulsion with Composure offers joint support and calming for the vulnerable, excitable horse. This blend is for joint pain, radiating pain to the limbs, numbness in the lower legs, and muscle aches and pain in the trunk and legs. Used to treat limb pain in excitable and easily overstimulated horses, Impulsion with Composure resolves pain while contributing to a calmer and more easily handled temperament. Features: · Offers joint support in excitable horses · Resolves pain · Calming effect Additional Information Chinese Theory: Herbsmith Impulsion with Composure unblocks and relaxes the channels, or meridians, and invigorates the blood. In Chinese medicine, it is used to treat blood stasis, wind and dampness in the channels and collaterals characterized by joint, limb, and trunk discomfort, muscle aches, and numbness in the lower extremities. This blend is indicated for conditions that are primarily excessive. Suggested Use: Two tablespoons two times per day for 20 days then two tablespoons one time per day in grain. Note: In the event of refusal to eat herbs start with small amounts of herbs in grain until the horse is acquainted with the taste. Almost all horses will eat the herbs in their grain. Precautions: Not to be used in pregnant mares some herbs in the blend could cause uterine contractions. Not to be used in a horse with diarrhea. Ingredients: Radix Paeoniae Lactiflorae – bai shao – White Peony root Actions: Calms, curbs, softens and comforts liver yang and alleviates pain in the feet and legs from constrained liver yang, nourishes the blood, and preserves the yin. Radix Angelicae Sinensis - dang gui – Chinese Angelica Root Actions: Invigorates, tonifies, and harmonizes the blood and disperses cold in chronic wind-damp painful obstructions. Note causes uterine contractions and therefore should not to be administered to pregnant mares. Radix Rehmanniae Glutinosae – sheng di huang – Fresh Rehmannia root Actions: Clears heat, cools blood, nourishes yin, generates fluids, and cools upward blazing of heart fire. Semen Persicae – tao ren – Persica, Peach kernel Actions: Breaks up blood stasis moistens intestines. Rhizoma Atractylodes – cang zhu – Atractylodes rhizome Actions: Dries dampness in swollen sore joints in which damp heat is pouring downward of leg Qi and expels wind dampness. Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae – niu xi – Achyranthes root Actions: Invigorates the blood and expels blood stasis, strengthens the sinews and bones and benefits the joints by nourishing the liver and kidney which resolves pain and soreness of the lower back and legs, and clears damp heat manifest as painful obstruction of the lower back and legs. Radix Clematidis – wei ling xian – Chinese Clematis root Actions: Promotes the movement of Qi to unblock channels (meridians) and alleviates pain, dispels wind-dampness, and in mice raised the pain threshold. Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae – chen pi – Aged Tangerine peel Actions: Promotes movement of Qi especia

This blend addresses painful joints and limbs, which often get worse with cold weather. In contrast to Herbsmith Impulsion with Vitality and Herbsmith Impulsion with Composure, this combination of herbs does not affect the whole body by increasing vitality or calming the spirit. This blend is for the balanced horse that is affected by joint discomfort associated with training and daily activity and with the colder winter months. Chinese Theory: Herbsmith Impulsion is a modification of an ancient herbal blend to support joint health. These herbs address joint discomfort that often increases with cold weather and subsequently diminishes with warmth. This discomfort may also be accompanied by a sensation of heaviness and numbness in the limbs. This joint discomfort is due to a local obstruction of Qi from the effects of wind, cold and dampness. The painful obstruction is called “bi”. The presence of wind is manifested in the change of positions either within the joint or between multiple joints. This bi also becomes more prevalent in cold weather. The numbness results from a combination of wind and dampness. Suggested Use: Administer two (2) tablespoons twice daily for the initial twenty days or when cold weather is present, then, two (2) tablespoons daily thereafter. Note: In the event the horse refuses to eat herbs, start with small amounts in the grain until the horse is acquainted with the taste. Almost all horses will eat the herbs in their grain. Precautions: Not to be used in pregnant mares. Ingredients: Ramulus Mori Albae – sang zhi – Mulberry twig Actions: Expel wind dampness, unblocks the channels, and benefits the joints. Caulis Piperis Futokadsurae – hai feng teng – Kadsura stem Actions: Expel wind dampness, unblocks the channels, and alleviates pain. Radix Angelicae Sinensis – dang gui – Chinese Angelica Root Actions: Invigorates, tonifies, and harmonizes the blood and disperses cold in chronic wind-damp painful obstructions. Note: Causes uterine contractions and therefore should not to be administered to pregnant mares. Radix et Rhizoma Notopterygii – qiang huo – Notopterygium root Actions: Releases to the exterior and disperses cold, unblocks painful obstructions and alleviates pain. Radix Angelicae Pubescentis – du huo – Pubescent Angelica root Actions: Dispels wind and dampness in wind, cold and damp painful obstructions especially of the legs and lower back and alleviates pain. Radix Gentianae Qinjiao – qin jiao –Gentiana macrophylla root Actions: Expel wind dampness. Gummi Olibanum – ru xiang – Frankincense Actions: Breaks up blood stasis and helps treat localized pain. Radix aucklandiae lappae – mu xiang – Aucklandia Actions: Supports the spleen which improves water balance and resolves dampness. Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae – niu xi – Achyranthes root Actions: Invigorates the blood and expels blood stasis, strengthens the sinews and bones and benefits the joints by nourishing the liver and kidney which resolves pain and soreness

Salt for horses

100% Natural salt block.

100% Natural Himalayan Rock Salt block for your horse

Vitamins and Minerals for Horses - Natural Salt And Minerals.

Himalayan Salt Block and Holder