Echinacea 200g

This pack is ideal for using with a water buffet, or as a smaller taster sample pack.

Water buffets are becoming more common as a creative way to encourage horses to drink more, and offer additional paddock enrichment, particularly for horses on track systems. Alongside their normal source of water, a selection of flavoured waters offer variety, interest and behavioural and well-being benefits.

Echinacea has been used by Native Americans for thousands of years in herbal remedies and remains one of the most widely utilised plants in modern herbal practices.

Echinacea Purpurea Herb is incredibly versatile and can be used in various ways. It’s a fantastic tonic believed to support weak or brittle hooves. It’s widely used as a pre-winter immune booster or to aid recovery after illness, and is believed to provide support against infections from abscesses, wounds, or respiratory issues

One 900g pack will last 45 days for a pony or 30 days for a horse.

Feeding guidelines: 20-30g daily


Feeding as an Infusion

Many herbs, including echinacea, can be fed in their dried form, but this may mean that it sometimes takes a while for the full effects to be seen.

There is a way to speed up the effect! By simply making an infusion with the herb, the active constituents are made more readily available and are more easily absorbed by the horse.

Ideally, add a ½ litre/pint of boiling water to the herbs to be given that day. When cooled, the whole infusion (including the herbs) can be used to dampen down the horses feed. If access to a kettle is not practical, soaking overnight in cold water will also help to release the active constituents.