Rachael Maxwell - Animal Botanical

09/01/2025

🌿 Caring for Itchy Skin in Horses & Dogs: Natural Remedies 🐾✨

Itchy skin can cause discomfort and frustration for your dog, and it often links back to gut health, as the gut and skin are massively connected. Just think of the skin as a detox organ and the seat of immunity & you can see why. Supporting their skin naturally can provide relief while addressing underlying issues. Here are some herbal and natural remedies you can try to soothe and heal their skin.

🌱 Oat Wash

Oats are a gentle and effective way to soothe itchy skin. Simply grind oats into a fine powder, mix with warm water, and apply as a wash. This creates a calming barrier on the skin, reducing irritation and promoting healing. Best for wet and oozy skin conditions as they are excellent at drying and nourishing.

🌼 Chamomile and Yarrow Skin Coat

Chamomile and yarrow are anti-itch, soothing, and antimicrobial, making them perfect for skin that’s been wounded by rubbing or scratching.

Steep chamomile and yarrow in hot water to create an herbal infusion.

Let it cool, then gently massage it into your horses skin or use it as a rinse.
These herbs not only calm irritation but also support healing and protect against infection. Both are exceptionally helpful for healing the gut too.

💧 Essential Oil Spray

Add 2-3 drops of absolute essential oils of yarrow & chamomile to a cup of water. Pour the mixture into a spray bottle and mist lightly over affected areas. This is a quick and gentle way to provide relief while keeping the skin hydrated and soothed.

🐾 The Gut-Skin Connection

Remember, the health of your horses skin often reflects the health of their gut. Incorporating gut-restorative herbs into their diet can support both systems.

💚 These natural remedies not only provide relief but also align with your horses natural instincts and innate ability to heal.

🌿✨

09/01/2025

Just as a river flows, so does the blood within our animals bodies. Their blood carries the remnants of stress, inflammation, hormones, and all manner of toxins. Like the rivers over burdened with rubbish our animals blood requires cleaning and rejuvenation too.

In the context of animals, particularly horses, conditions like laminitis can be improved by enhancing blood oxygenation and promoting the structural health of the laminar.

The blood vessels need to remain strong to prevent bacterial invasion but they also need to remain healthy to maintain structural integrity.

By utilizing the blood cleansing herbs, we can aid in the elimination of oxidative stresses, allowing the horses hoof and laminar to function optimally. We reduce the incidences of lymph related problems like cellulitis and improve overall heath outcomes
Winter presents an opportune time to focus on blood health, as nature provides us with a variety of herbs at the right time of year that can help to internally renew, remove debris, tone and strengthen. 🌿❄️
The cold increases contraction and reduces inflammation too so its a win win for those delicate hooves.
The best of the blood and cardio herbs are found during winter and we show you not only which ones to use but also how to use them effectively.

09/01/2025

Even in winter’s chill, the hedgerows hold treasures like hawthorn berries and rosehips—ideal for supporting your animals' vitality during the colder months.

Full of antioxidants and brilliant support for the heart and cardiovascular system
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09/01/2025

Winters offerings

Even in winter’s chill, the hedgerows hold treasures like hawthorn berries and rosehips—ideal for supporting your animals' vitality during the colder months.

Full of antioxidants and brilliant support for the heart and cardiovascular system
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08/01/2025

🌿🐴 Discover the Power of Herbs for "Good Doer" Horses! 🌱🍃

Are you struggling to manage your horse's weight, even when they seem to gain weight just by looking at grass? 🌾🤔

Similar to the herbs indicated for blood sugar balancing (free to download on my website) 🌿🐎 these herbs are indicated for the good doer too. Helping to regulate metabolism, sugars and blood lips as well as helping to switch receptors and blood chemistry markers in favour of the above.

**Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum): Fenugreek is known for its ability to regulate blood sugar levels and support healthy weight management in horses. It contains bioactive compounds such as saponins, alkaloids, and flavonoids. These compounds contribute to its antidiabetic, hypolipidemic, and appetite suppressant actions.**

**Gymnema (Gymnema sylvestre): Gymnema helps reduce cravings for sugary grass and supports weight control in horses. Its bioactive compounds, including gymnemic acids, saponins, and flavonoids, all contribute to its antidiabetic, appetite suppressant, and anti-inflammatory actions.**

**Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale): Dandelion is beneficial for "good doer" horses as it supports liver health and aids in the digestion of carbohydrates, helping to prevent weight gain. It contains bioactive compounds such as taraxasterol, inulin, and flavonoids, which contribute to its hepatic, diuretic, and digestive stimulant actions.**

**Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum): Cinnamon is known for its ability to regulate insulin levels and support metabolic balance in horses. Its bioactive compounds, including cinnamaldehyde, cinnamic acid, and polyphenols, contribute to its antidiabetic, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory actions.**

These herbs are packed with bioactive compounds that offer various benefits for your "good doer" horse.

Take a step towards holistic horse care and explore the power of herbs. Your horse's will definitely benefit ! 🌱💚

08/01/2025

🌿🐴 Discover the Power of Herbs for "Good Doer" Horses! 🌱🍃

Are you struggling to manage your horse's weight, even when they seem to gain weight just by looking at grass? 🌾🤔

Similar to the herbs indicated for blood sugar balancing (free to download on our website) 🌿🐎 these herbs are indicated for the good doer too. Helping to regulate metabolism, sugars and blood lips as well as helping to switch receptors and blood chemistry markers in favour of the above.

Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum): Fenugreek is known for its ability to regulate blood sugar levels and support healthy weight management in horses. It contains bioactive compounds such as saponins, alkaloids, and flavonoids. These compounds contribute to its antidiabetic, hypolipidemic, and appetite suppressant actions.**

Gymnema (Gymnema sylvestre): Gymnema helps reduce cravings for sugary grass and supports weight control in horses. Its bioactive compounds, including gymnemic acids, saponins, and flavonoids, all contribute to its antidiabetic, appetite suppressant, and anti-inflammatory actions.**

**Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale): Dandelion is beneficial for "good doer" horses as it supports liver health and aids in the digestion of carbohydrates, helping to prevent weight gain. It contains bioactive compounds such as taraxasterol, inulin, and flavonoids, which contribute to its hepatic, diuretic, and digestive stimulant actions.**

**Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum): Cinnamon is known for its ability to regulate insulin levels and support metabolic balance in horses. Its bioactive compounds, including cinnamaldehyde, cinnamic acid, and polyphenols, contribute to its antidiabetic, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory actions.**

These herbs are packed with bioactive compounds that offer various benefits for your "good doer" horse.

Take a step towards holistic horse care and explore the power of herbs. Your horse's will definitely benefit ! 🌱💚

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01/01/2025

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🍃10 herbs to connect with and use for support and benefit.
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Plant tasting and energetic work is undertaken at participants own risk. Please note that you do not have to undertake tastings to participate. It is very acceptable and indeed indicated, to sit and connect with the herbs without tasting. 

31/12/2024

Happiest of new year wishes to you all.

To celebrate the coming year I’ve decided to offer you all a big 40% off our

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Happy new year all.

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15/10/2024

14/10/2024

i love this time in the season when everyone starts receiving their herbal boxes.

Herbs and powders relevant to the season. 🌿✅

Hydrosol for the season 🌿✅

Their awesome Alice in Wonderland Awards & Badges! 🌿✅

Their cheeky little blind tasting for week 10 🌿✅

Some cute as viola tricolour seeds for spring bounty 🌿✅

The most amazing community 🌿✅

Herbal health for animals brining them into alignment with the seasons 🌿✅

Empowerment 🌿✅

Choice 🌿✅

Training you how to use herbs for horses, dogs and we even have cats and small furries to 🌿✅

Week 5 of the autumn series! !

08/10/2024

This is one of my favourite autumn herbs and all parts can be foraged on by horses too. Here in central America you cant get the deep yellow cobs that we do in the UK. If you can find them they are mega expensive, usually imported and shrink wrapped. You can buy the pale white ones by the bucketful for pence though. Sweet they are not.

I recently found out that because of the differences in wet/dry season, here they try to push two crops a year from them. So they harvest early then attempt (and usually do) get a second crop.

Whereas in the UK we can only grow 1 crop a year and we push that crop right through until autumn.

This makes ours, like most other food crops in Europe today, sweeter.

Im still looking for some of the multi coloured varieties you can get in Mexico and south America... not found yet but maybe one day.

I recently shared some details on their medicinal uses in the group.

To find out more about this very cool herb you can join here

Herbs for horses & hounds: Training, courses & products for animal health.