The Practical Horse Herbal by "Victoria Ferguson"
The Practical Horse Herbal by Victoria Ferguson.
"This book is great value for money ,like no other ,anywhere !"
The Handbook for all Horse Owners.
This Fantastic book has so much valuable information & would be great assistance to both the novice or the experienced horse owner looking for another way for all aspects of caring for any sort of horse .This book is relevant for both competition & or leisure.It would also make a Great Gift for the Horse Enthusiast as well.
So if you are stuck for a Gift for Your Enthusiast...consider this Book !
A More Natural Way !
YOUR HANDY STABLE REFERENCE AND COMPLETE GUIDE TO HERBAL REMEDIES FOR HORSES
Over 200 pages of practical information with clear and concise instructions, including:
Contents of The Practical Horse Herbal Book:
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Horses - Natural herbalists
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The Holistic Horse
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Are You feeding Against Yourself ?
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The Magic Minerals & Vitamins
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Understanding Herbs For Horses
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First Aid Herbal & Practical
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Respiratory System
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The Bach Flower Essences
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Herbal Alternatives To Drugs
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Herbal Worming
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How To Prevent & Treat Common Problems
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No Foot - No Horse
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The Nervous horse
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The Digestive System
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The Musculo - Skeletal System
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Exterior Glow - Inner Health
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The Immune System & Viruses
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Blood , Circulation & Lymphatics
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The Respiratory System
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The Urinary System
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Hormones,Fertility & Genetics
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Naturals - Not Necessarily Good
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List Of Useful Herbs
Bibliography
Recommended Reading
Useful Contacts
Index
List Of Coloured Plates
ENTHUSIASTIC ACCLAIM...
Dr Ian Bidstrup M.V.Sc., Cert.Vet.Acu., Cert.Vet.Chiro
'This book provides reliable concise information on nutrition and basic herbal remedies for many of the routine problems that horse owners encounter. It is information they can depend on to enable them to help care for their horses themselves in many instances.'
Ania Wilstshire - horse owner and book buyer
'This is the best book on the market about horses and herbs.'
Gene Makim-Willings - equestrian journalist
'Horsewoman, herbalist, journalist - Victoria shares her knowledge in an easy to read way.'
Dr Joanne Watkins M.V.Sc., Affiliate Member of the American Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy
'Congratulations to Victoria in facilitating one of the first steps towards more holistic health care for horses.'
Alison Goward, Director, E.M.R.T. Pty. Ltd.
'Victoria Ferguson trained in herbal medicine with the eminent Australian herbalist and author, Dorothy Hall. She combines this knowledge with a lifetime of hands on horse experience. Performance and pleasure horses all over Australia benefit from her natural health programs. Our practitioners have found that by combining herbal treatments with Equine Muscle Release Therapy, the effects are synergistic and accelerate healing time. I thoroughly recommend Victoria's book as a handy reference guide.'
Kerri Cock, General Manager, Horse Deals
'Victoria Ferguson is a regular contributor to Horse Deals Magazine. Her articles on herbal medicine for horses have proved to be popular and informative in offering readers natural treatment for our much treasured equine companions.'
Sue Reed from Woori Yallock, Vic writes ...
'I would like to purchase your book The Practical Horse Herbal as a gift for my friend and strapper at last year's World Endurance Championships in France, where we, Australia, won the Team Gold. Could you please autograph and personalise the book for me? My girlfriend's name is Gillian. I know that Gill would treasure that greatly. Thank you so much.'
THE PRACTICAL HORSE HERBAL - A HANDBOOK FOR HORSE OWNERS ... AUTHOR'S COMMENTS ....
As the title explains, my book is designed to help horse owners in a practical and herbal way on a daily basis and to highlight areas where it is best to consult your vet and/or a qualified holistic practitioner who is experienced with horses, such as myself.
This Is Recommended Reading & Has Many Useful Contacts .
The book is beautifully illustrated. The cover features a striking colour pastel of "Gamekeeper" by renowned horse artist Pauline McCarthy, and 12 delicate watercolours of herbs by botanical artist, Beth Greedy. Pauline and Holley Ryan have contributed many other illustrations of horses and herbs.
INTERNATIONAL EDITION ...
The book was first published in Australia in December 2000, and an international edition has been published by Carlton Books in London in April 2002 for distribution in UK, USA, Canada and Europe.
An excerpt from the chapter "The Nervous Horse"
"Horses have been enveloped in human dreams, myths, ambitions and sentiment for so long that the story we have come to think of as theirs is often but a distorted reflection of our own desires and then not always our most noble desires."
No matter whether you ride horses just for the love of them or whether you are trying to win an Olympic Gold Medal, our horses are always to a certain extent a reflection of ourselves. With their highly developed flight instinct, they are particularly sensitive to their environment, including the human beings they come into contact with.
As riders and handlers of horses we influence their behaviour more than we realise. This is especially true in relation to their nervous system. The first thing we need to understand is that horses do not think, see, smell, hear or perceive things the way we do. To understand the genetic hardwired behaviour of horses, I highly recommend Stephen Budiansky's book The Nature of Horses. Once we have grasped the facts in relation to equine behaviour, especially their nervous reactions, we are well on the way to building a harmonious partnership with our horses. Horses, like people, will show nervous discontent in particular body areas. There are four main types - those who react in the gut, the skin, the heart and the lungs. They can also be more than one type.
In horses those who show nervous reactions in the gut do so typically by way of loose manure, an excessive number of droppings and sometimes excessive numbers of urinations. These horses can also internalise stress into the gut which ultimately manifests as gut ulceration and scouring. The skin reactors are prone to itchiness, scratching and skin problems. Horses who react in the heart usually adrenalise easily, often taking a long time for the elevated heart rate to return to normal. Those who react in the lungs tend to be horses who do not breathe deeply and regularly while being ridden. The heart and lung reactors in particular present training and fitness difficulties.
If a horse's nervous system is not balanced, this impairs performance in the sport horse and inhibits enjoyment of the pleasure horse. Obviously the causes of the imbalance need to be discovered and rectified as part of any treatment.
Causes of nervous system imbalances range from inherited behaviour to intolerance of feeds, training methods, riders, handlers, occupation, environment and imbalances in other body systems.
It is surprising how many owners will say "Oh her mother did that as well". I was treating a show hack recently who had a fixation with foals and small horses. She had no apparent hormonal problems and I told the owner I thought it would be pretty difficult turned out the combination of herbs and Bach flower essences I chose for her did work and quite quickly. It was only afterwards that the owner discovered and reported to me that the dam of this mare had been the same!
Differentiating soundness and behavioural problems is usually one of the first steps in deciding how to treat apparent nervousness. The main reason humans are able (or in some cases unable) to train horses is the phenomenal memory of the equine species. All the good horsemen know how to use this fact to their advantage. So depending upon each horse's individual degree of sensitivity (temperament), they are a product of what has happened to them in their handling (or mishandling) by man. So whilst actual pain in varying degrees is often the cause of behavioural problems, often it is only the memory of pain associated with bad handling and rough "training" that produces an ongoing nervousness. One stark example of bad handling is horses which have received a shock from a battery (usually to get them out of the barriers).
Treating the memory of pain is where the Bach flower essences in particularly often produce astoundingly good results. They are also used for symptomatic treatment in conjunction with nervine herbs which ameliorate symptoms and reat the underlying causes at the same time.'
The Practical Horse Herbal is Great Value at Only $37.00
