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Chinese Theory:
Movement of blood and Qi should be smooth and even throughout the body to maintain health. A stagnation or uneven movement causes disease and with it accompanies pain. Wherever the stagnation is there will be pain. Also when stagnation of any body substance occurs there tends to develop heat, similarly to the grinding of a wheel and the friction and heat that would be generated. The valuable herbs of this blend are designed to move blood and Qi in the lower extremities. By moving the blood the heat, inflammation and pain will diminish within the heels of the hoof.
Suggested Use (for the 1000 lb Horse):
Two tablespoons twice a day for the first twenty days then administer two tablespoons once a day until pain to the hooves has resolved. By the time heel pain is identified the problem is usually long standing therefore treatment with herbs may be longstanding or repeated.
Precautions:
Not to be used in pregnant mares.
Note: Navicular syndrome or heel pain to the hoof is a serious problem and best treated in a multifaceted approach possibly including therapeutic shoeing, and other pharmaceuticals.
Ingredients:
Radix Rehmanniae Glutinosae - Sheng Di Huang – Raw Rehmannia Root
Actions: Clears heat and cools blood. Nourishes yin and generates fluids cooling upward blazing of heart fire.
Semen Persica – Tao Ren – Persica
Actions: Persica is an important herb used to breakup blood stasis as in navicular syndrome and laminitis. It has a minor effect of moistening intestines and unblocking bowels. From a western viewpoint this herb has an anticoagulant effect. Do not use this herb during pregnancy.
Radix Angelicae Sinensis- Dang Gui – Chinese Angelica Root
Actions: Angelicae is used to tonify and invigorate the blood and is said to nourish the yang or moving quality of the blood. It also regulates the relationship between the kidneys and the liver. This herb has a contractile effect on the muscles of the uterus and should not be used in a pregnant mare.
Radix Paeoniae Lactiflorae – Chao Bai Shao- Peony
Actions: This herb nourishes the blood, calms and curbs the liver yang, alleviates pain, and preserves the yin (fluids of the blood). Peony preserves the yin therefore preventing the aromatic nature of ligusticum and angelica of injuring the yin.
Flos Carthami Tinctorii – Hong Hua – Carthamus
Actions: Carthamus invigorates the blood, dispels blood stasis and alleviates pain. This herb can cause vasoconstriction of peripheral blood vessels. Do not use this herb during pregnancy.
Radix Ligustici Chuanxiong – Chuan Xiong – Ligusticum
Actions: A profound mover of blood particularly at the very ends of the limbs i.e. the hooves. This herb also promotes the movement of Qi in the extremities. The movement of blood and Qi resolves pain in the hooves.
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. |
