{"id":20331,"date":"2020-07-19T10:04:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T15:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/be55915bbd.nxcli.net\/?p=20331"},"modified":"2024-06-09T06:49:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T11:49:02","slug":"hot-horse-proper-herbal-food-therapies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nouvelleresearch.com\/index.php\/articles\/20331-hot-horse-proper-herbal-food-therapies","title":{"rendered":"The Hot Horse; Proper Herbal and Food Therapies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Excess heat in the horse can be a major problem for many horse owners.\u00a0 In part one of this article<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, I discussed the concept of the ‘hot’ horse, which can present many different ways clinically from sore feet to attitude issues.\u00a0 While it is imperative to get your horse back into balance physically and reduce that internal heat accumulation, the solutions are not always as straight forward as you’d like them to be. Through looking at your horse in his or her entirety, the causes or contributors do become more evident and thus can guide you to choosing correct solutions.\u00a0 The solution is always there, but it can take time, patience and understanding to reach the goal of recovery for your horse.<\/p>\n

In the first part of this article<\/a><\/span> series I outlined the concept of ‘heat’ in the horse and clinical implications. Additionally, I discussed four major pathways in which this high internal heat can accumulate, and thus create problems in your horse.\u00a0 This concept of ‘heat’ in the horse is very important as it contributes to many health and lameness problems in the horse, especially during the hotter times of the year.\u00a0 If you have more problems with your horse during the late spring and summer, then high internal heat could be a major player and a better understanding could lead you to more complete solutions.<\/p>\n

Herbs and whole foods provide many opportunities to help rebalance your horse and improve their health with correct usage.\u00a0 Each herb and whole food has an inherent energy to them and even organ systems which they target and especially benefit.\u00a0 Herbs and whole foods generally have five energies to them including; cold, cool, neutral, warm, hot.\u00a0 An herb or food can be seen as clinically beneficial in research, regarding health, but in viewing the energy behind that food, it may not be applicable to every horse or person in usage.\u00a0 As an example, there are some warming or heating foods and herbs, such as ginger or other hot spices.\u00a0 These may be beneficial in a horse or person that is cold-natured, but would likely create harm in the horse or person that is running hot, agitated and has clinical gastric ulcers.<\/p>\n

Not every food or herb is applicable to every horse!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I will review some basic approaches in this article when managing the ‘hot’ horse, but for more details, application understanding, and clinical doses, I would encourage you to read the book, “Herbs and Whole Food; Repairing the Horse<\/strong><\/span>.<\/a><\/span>”\u00a0 Additionally, I do offer personalized consultations<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for the horse owner to aid in further understanding and creation of an approach for each patient.<\/p>\n

Let’s jump into it, taking each step in the horse one by one.<\/p>\n

The Hot Horse and Qi Stagnation<\/span><\/h3>\n

In the first article of this series, I discussed Qi stagnation which is essentially pent up or bound up energy in the horse’s body.\u00a0 Energy being energy, there is heat associated with it and when bound up or blocked, the heat can accumulate and overwhelm the horse’s overall balance.\u00a0 This pent up or blocked energy is often emotional based, as all emotions impact normal energy flow in the body.\u00a0 It can also be associated with an injury or other health problem, either directly or indirectly.\u00a0 It is not uncommon to have a horse with an injury develop emotional issues, which then further add to the stagnation or blockage in the body and heat production.<\/p>\n

Qi stagnation can be a primary issue in the horse, such as when only emotions are involved, or it can be secondary.\u00a0 In some cases, if you support or improve the primary problem, the Qi stagnation will resolve or improve on its own.\u00a0 An example of this would be a horse with a tendon injury and pain, resulting in secondary Qi stagnation due to emotions and discomfort.\u00a0 Resolve the tendon issue and the Qi stagnation will improve.<\/p>\n

Therapies for Qi stagnation in the horse include:<\/strong><\/p>\n