Bach Flower Remedies With Horses

Humans and animals alike, including horses, can take Bach flower remedies. These remedies treat emotional states, such as fear, stress, worry, apprehension and sadness. Because emotional states can be an underlying cause for physical troubles, such as digestive problems, many people combine flower remedies with other traditional or alternative remedies.

  1. Treating with Flower Remedies

    • Flower remedies can be made of a single flower essence or can be a mixture of up to five essences. The dosage for flower remedies is small, just four drops, regardless of whether you are giving it to a kitten or a horse. Simply drip the drops onto your horse's tongue. In most situations, dosing once a day is sufficient. However, in cases of extreme stress, you can give the remedy more frequently, up to every five minutes if necessary. Use your judgment.

    Rescue Remedy

    • One of the more popular mixes is called Rescue Remedy. This Bach flower essence combines cherry plum with clematis, rock rose, impatiens and star of Bethlehem essences. It's an all purpose remedy for combating stress, anxiety and anguish. It can help calm an animal in times it might be experiencing stress, such as when visiting the veterinarian or when being introduced to another animal.

    Some Bach Flower Essences

    • There are 38 Bach flower essences. Remedies are made from agrimony, aspen, beech, centaury, cerato, cherry plum, chestnut bud, chicory, clematis, crab apple, elm, gentian, gorse, heather, holly, honeysuckle, hornbeam, impatiens, larch, mimulus, mustard, oak, olive, pine, red chestnut, rock rose, rock water, scleranthus, star of Bethlehem, sweet chestnut, vervain, vine, walnut, water violet, white chestnut, wild oat, wild rose and willow.

      Each of the essences helps with varying emotional states. For instance, aspen is good for apprehension of an unknown cause. Beech is good for an animal with an arrogant temperament. Cherry plum is for bursts of temper. For horses in corrals that are pushed around by other horses, try centaury. Chestnut bud is good for the horse that has a hard time learning or doesn't want to leave the corral. For the horse that lacks pride, try crab apple. Clematis helps with faintness and for the horse whose mind is "floating." Honeysuckle can help with homesickness and is good for horses that are taken away on trips. Impatiens is for the irritable horse while rock rose is good for helping with feelings of terror. If your horse shies easily, star of Bethlehem is recommended. Wild oat is good for the horse that tends to balk at things and won't commit.