Essences for Animals
Essences for Animals
There are a lot of essences produced around the world.
The most commonly known essences are made from flowers. Newer ranges make essences from gems, environmental features and many other things now.
They are different from herbs and herbal tinctures in that there is none of the original substance in the essence, which makes them comparatively safe to experiment with. There is some alcohol in them often as a preservative so adding a drop to a bowl of water would dilute that massively if it is of concern to you.
They can be applied to the coat or the animal can self-select it and ingest it in water or neat.
Bach Flower Essences
There are 38 remedies in the Bach remedy system. All of them were discovered in the 1920s and 1930s by Dr Edward Bach, a well-known bacteriologist, physician, and pathologist.
Each remedy is associated with a basic human emotion. Mimulus, for example, is for when we are anxious or afraid about something specific. Taking the remedy helps us overcome our fear and face it with courage.
The remedies are in liquid form so that you can mix together the remedies you need to to help balance your current emotional situation. Like Dr. Bach, we believe that healing on an emotional level has knock-on effects on other levels. A healthy emotional life and a balanced personality will allow your body to find its own natural state of health.
Rescue remedy is a combination remedy that is well worth having in your first aid kit to administer at times of extreme anxiety or shock.
Alaskan Essences
This is a big range of essences made from flowers, gems and the environment.
They produce a special combination essence for animals in rescue centres called ‘Animal Care’
Lotus Holistic Essences
Have combination essences (Helping Hands, Five Flower and Animal Support) that are all useful essences to hold in your emergency kit. These can be put into an animal’s food, stroked through their fur, put into their water or sprayed on bedding.
Holistic Health Modalities
Body Work Therapies
Body Work - General- for Animals
Bowen Technique/Therapy for Animals
Chiropractic - McTimony - for Animals
Craniosacral Therapy for Animals
Therapeutic Equipment
Read our CAM4animals blogs about Essences
The healing power of flower essences
Julie's own combination essences (Helping Hands, Five Flower and Animal Support) are all useful essences to hold in your emergency kit. These can be put into an animal’s food, stroked through their fur, put into their water or sprayed on bedding.
Rose Power
Roses can help heal in many ways. As well as culinary uses, there are numerous applications for medical, emotional and behavioural problems for you and your animals. Here we look at flower and other essences, herbal medicine, aromatherapy and homeopathy.
The Role of Retired Ewes
Retired ewes are naturally full of experience. Along with expert access to treatments such as herbs and homeopathy, they are proving worth their weight in gold in promoting the well-being of the whole flock at Broadstone Rare Breeds Farm.