{"id":100580,"date":"2022-01-01T11:45:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T17:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/08b67ef4d4.nxcli.io\/?p=100580"},"modified":"2022-01-01T11:45:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T17:45:12","slug":"putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency","title":{"rendered":"Putting Weight on the Horse and Yin Deficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"

The underweight horse is a continual problem for many owners and more times than not, the approach taken does not prove beneficial.\u00a0 The horse continues to struggle with weight or even lose more weight.\u00a0 In some cases, other problems become an issue, such as anxiety, cribbing or other vices.\u00a0 What’s the solution?\u00a0 Are grains and high fat supplements the end-all-be-all for the underweight horse, or is there a better approach?<\/p>\n

If you are dealing with an underweight horse and struggling to put pounds on them, I ask you to look closer.\u00a0 Take a minute or three, take a deep breath, clear your mind and focus on them.\u00a0 Watch them, their habits and behaviors, and even look at their feces and concurrent medical problems.<\/p>\n

There are many causes of a horse being underweight, so it is important to rule a few things out.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Increased intestinal parasite load or burden<\/li>\n
  2. Oral dentition or teeth problems<\/li>\n
  3. Concurrent illness<\/li>\n
  4. Ongoing stress and increased metabolic demand<\/li>\n
  5. Obvious malnutrition<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Once these items are ruled out with the help of your veterinarian, many owners find themselves with a horse that still has a problem gaining weight.\u00a0 Let’s look closer.<\/p>\n

    The vast majority of underweight horses not impacted by a problem listed above, are usually a hotter breed, including the Thoroughbred, Arabian, and Appendix Quarter Horse.\u00a0 These breeds are generally leaner by nature, as this is their body type.\u00a0 The appendix cross will vary, dependent upon lineage.\u00a0 These leaner breeds are generally also a little higher strung than their draft horse, Paint, or Quarter Horse counterparts.\u00a0 This is just one difference between these breed types, but it is a huge difference.\u00a0 You do not want a Quarter Horse to look like a lean Thoroughbred, or vice-versa.\u00a0 This goes against their constitutional nature and it will create more problems than you desire.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Now, taking these leaner breeds into consideration, as mentioned, they are generally ‘hotter’ or more active than their heavier breed counterparts.\u00a0 This hotness is essentially their metabolic rate or metabolism, being tweaked higher than that of a Quarter Horse.\u00a0 This increased metabolic rate is like a ‘fire’ within them, increasing caloric demand, and burning through foods and moisture within their body.\u00a0 You, as the horse owner, try to increase food supply, but many times the choices are not correct and you can create more problems.\u00a0 Or in some, the choices are correct, but there are created problems that must be addressed as well, in order to obtain the results you desire.<\/p>\n

    Putting Weight on Horse; More than Groceries<\/span><\/h3>\n

    In the world of Traditional Chinese Medicine, there is a concept of Yin.\u00a0 Yin is an aspect of health and well-being, relating to a cooling and moisturizing property which is present not just in the body, but in nature, and in food.\u00a0 When you have weight loss in a horse, even with a concurrent stress or illness condition, you are contending with a Yin deficiency either primary or secondary.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Think of the underweight horse as being like dry skin.\u00a0 Their body is often drying out and with that, moisture is lost, as is body weight.\u00a0 Keep in mind that fat is considered a Yin substance, either in the body or in food, but it is not an ideal Yin substance. If you have a dried out and withering body, in order to replenish it or build it up, you need moisture, which is the Yin aspect. If you continue to deplete Yin from the body, you will make health and behavioral problems worse.<\/p>\n

    In many cases of these underweight leaner breeds, you will notice that behavioral problems escalate. They become harder to handle, more anxious, more cribbing, and even more stomach ulcer problems.\u00a0 These are all connected to this Yin aspect and are created out of a Yin deficiency state.\u00a0 Here again, think of that ‘fire’ in those horses.\u00a0 It is burning up the moisture, increasing metabolic rates and drying out their body.\u00a0 In response, many owners feed high amounts of grains, or pulp products, which are all simple carbohydrates.\u00a0 These increase energy and thus, increase that fire within the body of the horse.\u00a0 These simple carbohydrates are ‘heating’ by nature because of this effect upon the body.\u00a0 It is not hard to see then why many horse owners fail to gain ground or contend with ongoing medical issues and anxiety, such as cribbing and ulcers, with this approach. You are fueling the fire, literally.<\/p>\n

    In order to help that leaner horse with no major medical issues to gain weight, you require three things:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. High quality forage (protein >15%) with no grains<\/li>\n
    2. Controlled digestive fire or digestive capability<\/li>\n
    3. Yin tonics and foods<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      High Quality Forage and the Underweight Horse<\/span><\/h3>\n

      High quality forage goes without saying, when it comes to any horse with weight issues.\u00a0 This is a common cause of a horse being underweight, in fact.\u00a0 Many owners simply do not feed high quality forage, but instead utilize ‘grass’ hays which are very low in protein and nutritional value.\u00a0 In fact, many owners of metabolic horses make this mistake too and are told to steer clear of forages such as alfalfa.\u00a0 Big mistake!\u00a0 Most of these horses, metabolic ones included, are literally starving for nutrition and the lack of nutrition is fueling their conditions.<\/p>\n

      If you desire for your horse to gain weight, I highly recommend alfalfa or an alfalfa-mix forage, provided at 2% of bodyweight per day, if not higher.\u00a0 They will thank you more times than not, as long as other factors are controlled, such as lifestyle, grain feeding, and high usage of synthetic supplements.<\/p>\n

      Controlling Digestive Fire in the Underweight Horse<\/span><\/h3>\n

      In order to digest food and extract nutrients, the digestive tract requires some ‘heat’ and likes to be warm, like boiling a pot of water.\u00a0 Heat is required to ferment food in the horse’s digestive tract, as it is in ours.<\/p>\n

      Now, for many of these leaner horse that are underweight, their digestive fire is on ‘high’ and considered excessive.\u00a0 This high internal heat burns up calories, stirs up their emotions and contributes to stomach and hindgut ulcers.\u00a0 It also leads to very dry fecal balls.\u00a0 The normal fecal ball in the horse should be green in color, due to high chlorophyll levels in high-quality forage, and when squeezed with a gloved hand, water should drip out.\u00a0 In these hotter horses, the feces are often brown in color and crack open due to dryness, with no moisture upon squeezing.\u00a0 In fact, their feces often crumble when hitting the ground after defecation.<\/p>\n

      This is a result of a high internal digestive fire or heat, but is also a result of improper food choices.<\/p>\n

      When you feed grains, you are increasing that heat.\u00a0 When you feed high levels of synthetic supplements, like vitamins and minerals, or ration-balancers, you are also increasing that heat. Synthetics, in any supplement, are often heating in nature.\u00a0 Turn up that heat and you further dry out the body and contribute to more heat and more problems, including weight loss.<\/p>\n

      The high internal heat is often produced as a result of lifestyle, high stress, medications, or improper food choices.\u00a0 Yin foods and herbs are cooling in nature, quenching or controlling that heat.\u00a0 If you do not feed adequate Yin foods, which includes high-quality forage, then you are creating more heat, which then depletes the body further.<\/p>\n

      Bottom line?\u00a0 You have to control that high digestive fire or your efforts may go unrewarded.\u00a0 The main herbal formula that we use is Cur-OST EQ Stomach<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, which is a blend of marshmallow and aloe gel extract.\u00a0 Both of these herbs are cooling and moisturizing in their properties, but both also can dramatically impact the digestive microbiome and enhance the process of digestion.<\/p>\n

      Using ulcer medications over and over is not a solution.\u00a0 These medications do very little for the underlying process mentioned above and in fact, some are known to reduce absorption of various minerals, including magnesium.\u00a0 May want to rethink continual usage of these medications in your horse.<\/p>\n

      Now, with that being said, there is a converse side to this digestive fire and that is a deficiency state, rather than an excess one.\u00a0 This is common in the horse with high parasite loads or the horse that has an ongoing illness or has just lost all drive to live after prolonged starvation.\u00a0 When the digestive fire is in a state of deficiency, there is more coldness to the body.\u00a0 These horses often lack energy, have loose feces, low appetites, and often immune related problems.\u00a0 In TCM, this is referred to as a spleen-Qi deficiency state.<\/p>\n

      The reason I mention this is that in those horses, you have to be careful about feeding that high-quality forage or Yin foods or herbs.\u00a0 The reason being is that these foods, while needed and being vital, can be difficult to digest.\u00a0 Thus, they require a moderate to high digestive fire.\u00a0 In those deficient horses, I will often use a gut blend called SV EQ Gut Blend III<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, which targets and improves this digestive fire.\u00a0 Once this fire is stoked, you can then increase the quality of the forage and use the Yin foods or herbs.\u00a0 You wouldn’t want to use this supplement in a ‘firey’ Thoroughbred for obvious reasons.<\/p>\n

      The Underweight Horse and Yin Tonics or Foods<\/span><\/h3>\n

      Yin foods are those which help to add a cooling and moisturizing property back into the body, which equates potentially to increased weight gain.\u00a0 Yin foods and herbs are also innately high in nutritional value, including macro and micronutrients. Yin foods and herbs are also ‘grounding’ in effect.\u00a0 Many are root vegetables, and being from the earth, they ground the body and build mass.\u00a0 They often help to ‘ground’ excessive emotions, such as anxiety as well.\u00a0 As a note, some fats could be considered Yin foods, such as Flax Seed, but for completeness sake they are not sufficient due to overall lack in nutrition outside of fat molecules.<\/p>\n

      There are many Yin foods and herbs.\u00a0 These foods or herbs are often ‘root’ vegetables and contain high levels of complex carbohydrates, in comparison to grains being more simple in nature.\u00a0 These high levels of carbohydrates help to bind water and enhance other aspects of health.\u00a0 In fact, these carbohydrates often benefit the digestive microbiome, the immune response, and the process of inflammation.\u00a0 They also help to ‘cool’ the body down and reduce that fire aspect, which in turn helps to build up reserves and build body mass in the horse.<\/p>\n

      In truth, almost every horse could benefit from a Yin tonic to some degree.\u00a0 In Traditional Chinese Medicine, it is believed that the aging process itself, along with stress, depletes the body of Kidney-Yin, which then leads to high internal heat, body weight problems, and inflammatory changes.\u00a0 However, with that said, not every horse is ‘ready’ for the Yin tonics.<\/p>\n

      If I have the goal to supplement Yin in a horse, here is my list in order of preference:<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. SV EQ Kidney & Yin Blend<\/a><\/strong><\/span>– a blend of several Yin tonics<\/li>\n
      2. Mung Bean<\/span><\/a><\/strong> – a powdered and very palatable Yin tonic, very easy to digest and benefits digestion and high in nutritional value (dose = 2-4 tbsp once to twice daily)<\/li>\n
      3. Sweet Potato<\/a><\/strong><\/span> – very high in nutrition (dose = 1-2 tbsp once to twice daily)<\/li>\n
      4. Beet Root Powder<\/a><\/strong><\/span> – very high in nutrition and added health benefits (1-2 tbsp daily)<\/li>\n
      5. Flax Seed Powder<\/a><\/strong><\/span> – very high in beneficial fatty acids and calories (dose = 1\/2- 1 cup daily)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        You can try one or in other cases, use multiple.\u00a0 You just have to watch your dosing, due to the heaviness of the foods and herbs in the Yin tonic category.\u00a0 Monitor your horse’s feces for looseness or situations where there is excessive gas production.<\/p>\n

        A quick word on Flax Seed Powder.\u00a0 First, make sure you are using a high-quality product.\u00a0 Flax Seed is very prone to rancidity and thus, can create more inflammation in the body of your horse. Smell it and look at it.\u00a0 It should smell rather sweet and aromatic, having a high moisture content. Many products on the market are rancid and dried out.\u00a0 Second, watch the ‘fat’ supplements in those metabolic horses.\u00a0 They simply do not need them, in comparison to a true Yin tonic.<\/p>\n

        There are other Yin foods, such as Wild Yam and Rehmmania Root, however, if I choose to use them it is in a combination blend, as found in the SV EQ Kidney and Yin mentioned above.<\/p>\n

        Keep in mind the importance of that digestive fire.\u00a0 Feed Yin tonics and foods to a horse with a low digestive fire and you can quickly produce problems, not to mention gas and loose stools.<\/p>\n

         <\/p>\n

        Author:\u00a0 Tom Schell, D.V.M, CVCH, CHN<\/p>\n

         <\/p>\n

         <\/p>\n

         <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        The underweight horse is a continual problem for many owners and more times than not, the approach taken does not prove beneficial.\u00a0 The horse continues to struggle with weight or even lose more weight.\u00a0 In some cases, other problems become an issue, such as anxiety, cribbing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2524,"featured_media":100588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[366,208,5178,577,720,207,5725,5724,1124,5214],"class_list":["post-100580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-equine-articles","tag-digestion","tag-equine","tag-foods","tag-hay","tag-herbs","tag-horse","tag-skinny","tag-underweight","tag-weight-loss","tag-yin"],"yoast_head":"\nPutting Weight on the Horse and Yin Deficiency - Nouvelle Research Official Website<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An underweight horse equates to a Yin deficiency state and to correct it, you need Yin foods and herbs to rebuild their body.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Putting Weight on the Horse and Yin Deficiency - Nouvelle Research Official Website\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An underweight horse equates to a Yin deficiency state and to correct it, you need Yin foods and herbs to rebuild their body.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nouvelle Research Official Website\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CurOSTHuman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-01T17:45:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/North-Knobs-20120714-00074.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tom Schell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tom Schell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/index.php\\\/articles\\\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/index.php\\\/articles\\\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tom Schell\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb958db490a40f350106d49a72f87d41\"},\"headline\":\"Putting Weight on the Horse and Yin Deficiency\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-01T17:45:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/index.php\\\/articles\\\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency\"},\"wordCount\":2138,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/index.php\\\/articles\\\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/North-Knobs-20120714-00074.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"digestion\",\"equine\",\"foods\",\"hay\",\"herbs\",\"horse\",\"skinny\",\"underweight\",\"weight loss\",\"Yin\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Equine Articles\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/index.php\\\/articles\\\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/index.php\\\/articles\\\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/index.php\\\/articles\\\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency\",\"name\":\"Putting Weight on the Horse and Yin Deficiency - Nouvelle Research Official Website\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/index.php\\\/articles\\\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/index.php\\\/articles\\\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/North-Knobs-20120714-00074.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-01T17:45:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb958db490a40f350106d49a72f87d41\"},\"description\":\"An underweight horse equates to a Yin deficiency state and to correct it, you need Yin foods and herbs to rebuild their body.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/index.php\\\/articles\\\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/index.php\\\/articles\\\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/index.php\\\/articles\\\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/North-Knobs-20120714-00074.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/North-Knobs-20120714-00074.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":1200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/index.php\\\/articles\\\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Putting Weight on the Horse and Yin Deficiency\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Nouvelle Research Official Website\",\"description\":\"Nouvelle Research Products\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb958db490a40f350106d49a72f87d41\",\"name\":\"Tom Schell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d50de537903c9456d2dfee4c2f50d022c14281c21ab0efef409cd25bff6c932e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d50de537903c9456d2dfee4c2f50d022c14281c21ab0efef409cd25bff6c932e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d50de537903c9456d2dfee4c2f50d022c14281c21ab0efef409cd25bff6c932e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tom Schell\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nouvelleresearch.com\\\/index.php\\\/articles\\\/author\\\/tomschell\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Putting Weight on the Horse and Yin Deficiency - Nouvelle Research Official Website","description":"An underweight horse equates to a Yin deficiency state and to correct it, you need Yin foods and herbs to rebuild their body.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Putting Weight on the Horse and Yin Deficiency - Nouvelle Research Official Website","og_description":"An underweight horse equates to a Yin deficiency state and to correct it, you need Yin foods and herbs to rebuild their body.","og_url":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency","og_site_name":"Nouvelle Research Official Website","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CurOSTHuman\/","article_published_time":"2022-01-01T17:45:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/North-Knobs-20120714-00074.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tom Schell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tom Schell","Est. reading time":"10 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency"},"author":{"name":"Tom Schell","@id":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb958db490a40f350106d49a72f87d41"},"headline":"Putting Weight on the Horse and Yin Deficiency","datePublished":"2022-01-01T17:45:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency"},"wordCount":2138,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/North-Knobs-20120714-00074.jpg","keywords":["digestion","equine","foods","hay","herbs","horse","skinny","underweight","weight loss","Yin"],"articleSection":["Equine Articles"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency","url":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency","name":"Putting Weight on the Horse and Yin Deficiency - Nouvelle Research Official Website","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/North-Knobs-20120714-00074.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-01T17:45:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb958db490a40f350106d49a72f87d41"},"description":"An underweight horse equates to a Yin deficiency state and to correct it, you need Yin foods and herbs to rebuild their body.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/North-Knobs-20120714-00074.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/North-Knobs-20120714-00074.jpg","width":900,"height":1200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/100580-putting-weight-on-the-horse-yin-deficiency#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Putting Weight on the Horse and Yin Deficiency"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/","name":"Nouvelle Research Official Website","description":"Nouvelle Research Products","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb958db490a40f350106d49a72f87d41","name":"Tom Schell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d50de537903c9456d2dfee4c2f50d022c14281c21ab0efef409cd25bff6c932e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d50de537903c9456d2dfee4c2f50d022c14281c21ab0efef409cd25bff6c932e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d50de537903c9456d2dfee4c2f50d022c14281c21ab0efef409cd25bff6c932e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tom Schell"},"url":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/author\/tomschell"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2524"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100580"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100590,"href":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100580\/revisions\/100590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}