| In our increasingly stressful world more and more | | | | products can keep horses healthy and comfortable, all |
| people are looking to natural herbal products to relieve | | | | at costs far lower than traditional veterinary care. |
| stress and lead a healthy life. But only few realize that | | | | Another use of herbal products for dog and horse |
| those same herbal products can also be used in animal | | | | owners is in natural sanitizers. Stables, kennels, pens |
| care. In fact, there is a whole range of natural products | | | | and vehicles used by animals can easily be disinfected |
| that have antiseptic and antifungal properties to both | | | | with low pressure sanitizing systems, keeping your |
| humans and animals. | | | | equine and canine companions safe from potentially |
| The medicinal use of herbs goes back thousands of | | | | harmful bacteria and fungi. And herbal sanitizing does |
| years to ancient cultures such as the Sumerians, | | | | not require a quarantine period; the treated areas can |
| Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks and Romans. They | | | | be used immediately. |
| discovered that aromatic substances in herbs and | | | | The wonderful thing is that herbal personal care |
| other plants could be used to treat and prevent | | | | products not only represent a natural alternative to |
| disease, facilitate healing, and contribute to good health | | | | chemicals and harmful substances, but they fit into |
| and a general sense of wellbeing. Ancient healers | | | | animal owners' overall lifestyles. The stress reducing, |
| often found that sick animals would seek out certain | | | | antiseptic and antifungal properties of herbal products |
| herbs, as they instinctively knew their healing properties. | | | | make for a safer, healthier and more pleasant living |
| All of this is being rediscovered today and a wide | | | | and working environment with our animals. Conditions |
| range of herbal products is being made available for | | | | like Eczema, sunburn, psoriases, dandruff, athlete's foot, |
| personal as well as animal care. | | | | and yeast infections can all be treated with herbal |
| There are, for example, herbal liquid soaps, herbal | | | | products, balms and ointments. |
| balms, and essentials oils that are perfectly suited for | | | | Essential oils such as tea tree, lavender, peppermint, |
| canine and equine care. Anyone working with dogs in | | | | eucalyptus, lemon, lime, citronella and others have |
| search, security and other canine applications knows | | | | many healing and care properties. Fragrance oils, often |
| that cleanliness is essential to the health and | | | | used in glass and resin burners, create a soothing, |
| performance of the dog. High performance liquid herbal | | | | pleasant living environment and also make wonderful |
| soap not only cleans, but also helps heal nicks and cuts | | | | gifts. And don't forget massage oils that usually include |
| and repels insects. Dog owners also report a lack of | | | | a variety of soothing and relaxing oils that can ease |
| that typical "wet dog" smell between washes-certainly | | | | away tension and cleanse and rejuvenate the skin. |
| an appreciated additional benefit. | | | | These can be used in a traditional massage setting or |
| These powerful antiseptic and antifungal soaps are | | | | in baths, and they work like magic. |
| equally well suited for horses. In conjunction with equine | | | | Be it animal care or personal care, do yourself a favor |
| balms for white line disease, sweet itch from midge | | | | and discover the wonderful world and secrets of |
| bites, mud fever and general wound care, herbal | | | | herbal products. |