{"title":"Country Park Herbs","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"country-park-slippery-elm-powder-1kg","title":"COUNTRY PARK SLIPPERY ELM POWDER 1KG","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: italic\"\u003eUlmus fulva\/rubra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003e] The finely powdered inner bark of the Red Elm tree, native to North America, has been used by indigenous people for many years and is now employed by both herbal and orthodox medicines. Slippery elm bark powder is pale pink-brown in colour and its distinctive mucilaginous (slimy and slippery) texture, when mixed with moisture, sees it applied to conditions where mucous membranes are irritated\/inflamed. This includes membranes of the respiratory and urinary systems as well as the entire gastro-intestinal tract, including the throat and oesophagus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eFor horses, slippery elm bark powder is most commonly used internally, to treat conditions such as scouring (diarrhoea) and gastric ulceration and as aftercare in some types of colic cases. It soothes and coats injured and inflamed tissues, helping them to heal and reducing the likelihood of scarring, as well as drawing out toxins and irritants. It can be added to a moist chaff\/grain feed or combined with plain yoghurt (with live cultures) and\/or honey, mashed banana or mashed pumpkin, and added to feed or syringed into the mouth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eExternally, the bark powder is used for poulticing wounds\/injuries. Depending on the situation, it can be used by itself or combined with other herbs, and when it is moistened its soft, sticky, malleable consistency is helpful for moulding and applying poultices in difficult to bandage areas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eSlippery elm bark powder is widely acknowledged as safe and effective and can be used on horses of all ages, from foals to the aged. Follow recommended dosage rates and do not administer it simultaneously with other medications as its mucilaginous texture can interfere with their absorption.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eACTIONS include: demulcent and emollient (soothing and protecting membranes\/surfaces), mildly astringent (having a binding or contracting effect on mucous membranes), nutritive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tullys Stockfeed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45245792977048,"sku":"","price":174.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0432\/1355\/3816\/files\/slipperyelm-400x400.jpg?v=1723864843"},{"product_id":"country-park-chastetree-berry-powder-1kg","title":"COUNTRY PARK CHASTETREE BERRY POWDER 1KG","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: italic\"\u003eitex agnes castus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eThis herb is primarily used to balance hormonal irregularities in mares, but can inhibit the sex hormones of stallions if their behaviour is thought dangerous or seen to be causing them a loss in condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eUseful on its own or in combination with herbs specific for hormonal balance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tullys Stockfeed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45245797138584,"sku":"","price":47.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0432\/1355\/3816\/files\/chastetreeberries-400x400.jpg?v=1726198840"},{"product_id":"country-park-devils-claw-powder-1kg","title":"COUNTRY PARK DEVILS CLAW POWDER 1KG","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: italic\"\u003eHarpagophytum procumbens]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003e A native of South and Eastern Africa. Used for its analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties, it is useful for treating pain in a range of joint and muscular problems. The bitter action of Devils Claw stimulates and tones the digestive system. As it is thought that most arthritic conditions are associated with poor digestion and absorption of food, Devils Claw has a stimulant effect on the stomach and gall bladder which contributes to its use as an anti-arthritic remedy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eWarning: Do not use in pregnant mares as it can stimulate the uterine muscle, and do not use on horses if there is suspicion of gut ulceration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tullys Stockfeed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45245797466264,"sku":"","price":72.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0432\/1355\/3816\/files\/devilsclaw-400x400.jpg?v=1728849458"},{"product_id":"country-park-white-willow-powder-1kg","title":"COUNTRY PARK WHITE WILLOW POWDER 1KG","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: italic\"\u003eSalix alba\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003e] Bitter, digestive herb, with the bark being the potent part. Famous for being the original source of salicylic acid (the precursor to aspirin), but unlike aspirin, it does not thin the blood. Used for thousands of years to relieve joint pain and to manage fevers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eAn excellent remedy for arthritic and rheumatic pain affecting joints such as hips and knees, and also the back. It relieves inflammation and swelling, improving mobility in aching, painful joints. Available in bark form or as a powder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tullys Stockfeed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45245799039128,"sku":"","price":56.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0432\/1355\/3816\/files\/white-willow-300x300-1.jpg?v=1730662791"},{"product_id":"country-park-st-marys-thistle-powder-1kg","title":"COUNTRY PARK ST MARY'S THISTLE POWDER 1KG","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: italic\"\u003eSilybum marianum\/Carduus marianus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003e] Also known as Milk Thistle, for its reputed ability to promote breast milk production, St. Mary’s Thistle (SMT) has been used in herbal medicine for a couple of thousand years. Substantial research has confirmed the traditional knowledge that SMT seeds have a remarkable protective and restorative effect on the liver – that amazingly complex organ whose metabolic processes largely bear the burden of the body’s detoxification work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eMuch of the therapeutic benefit of SMT seeds is attributed to a group of potent antioxidant bioflavonoids, known together as silymarin, which are able to guard and stabilise cell membranes, preventing the invasion of toxins, as well as enhance the regeneration of liver cells already damaged by detoxification processes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eSt. Mary’s Thistle can assist both the healthy or sick liver in its constant encounters with environmental toxins. It is particularly applicable for horses who have suffered liver damage from poisons, infections, high worm burdens, reactions to worming drugs, or ongoing\/excessive pharmaceutical drug use. SMT can be taken long term, and indeed needs be taken for a prolonged period (at least 4-12 weeks) to be of most benefit. For horses, St. Mary’s Thistle seeds can be fed whole or they can be ground up to aid in their digestion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eACTIONS include: liver tonic – protective and stimulant; cholagogue (promoting bile flow); increasing breast milk production; antidepressant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tullys Stockfeed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45284059283608,"sku":"","price":50.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0432\/1355\/3816\/files\/st_mary_thistle-400x400.jpg?v=1723864705"},{"product_id":"country-park-passion-flower-1kg","title":"COUNTRY PARK PASSION FLOWER 1KG","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: italic\"\u003e[Passiflora incarnata]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003e  This herb derives its name from its beautiful white \u0026amp; pink\/purple flowers which reminded Spanish explorers of The Passion of Christ. Used in native North and Central American herbal traditions, passionflower has sedative and tranquilising properties and is best known for its value in bringing (non-addictive) relief to disturbed sleep patterns and insomnia. Widely acknowledged as a good remedy for anxiety, tension and irritability, passionflower can be of benefit to horses who are generally nervous and apprehensive as well as those who are distressed and restless due to a current illness. In addition to its directly calming effects it also has analgesic (pain-relieving) and anti-spasmodic properties and can be useful, often in conjunction with other herbs, for the moody mare and the horse who has tight, sore muscles due to habitual tension.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eOne of passionflower’s phytochemicals – passicol – fights a number of bacteria, moulds and yeasts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eACTIONS include: sedative, analgesic, anti-spasmodic, peripheral vasodilator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eCAUTION: Avoid high doses during pregnancy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tullys Stockfeed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45284071276696,"sku":"","price":56.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0432\/1355\/3816\/files\/passion-fruit-400x400.jpg?v=1725927064"},{"product_id":"country-park-valerian-root-powder-1kg","title":"COUNTRY PARK VALERIAN ROOT POWDER 1KG","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: italic\"\u003eValeriana officinalis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003e] Valerian root has been used medicinally for at least 2,000 years. In medieval times it was used to treat a wide variety of conditions and earned itself the common name of “all-heal”. Whilst the pungent aroma of the root powder is unpleasant to many human noses, cats and rats are apparently quite enamoured of it and in one version of the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin he lured the rats to their deaths not only with the music he played but also by enticing them with valerian! Valerian was used in the first and second World Wars respectively – to prevent shell shock in troops and to reduce civilian stress during air raids.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eValerian is a herbal remedy which, due to it’s ability to relieve many stress-related symptoms, has become increasingly popular in recent times. Insomnia, nervous tension \u0026amp; anxiety, mood disturbances, pain, headache, asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, palpitations and even some cases of epilepsy have all been successfully treated with valerian. European research has verified valerian’s facility for encouraging restful sleep (both the ability to fall asleep as well as sleep quality) and lowering blood pressure. It helps to calm the excitable and over-active mind as well as relaxing muscle spasms. In addition to its proven ability to quiet the central nervous system, valerian is free of the common side effects of many pharmaceutical tranquilisers – impairment of mental function, dream disturbance and morning-after “hangover” experience. Valerian is non-addictive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eValerian root is one of the most widely used herbal nervines for calming horses. When correctly applied and dosed, it can relieve anxiety and excitability without reducing the horse’s mental faculties or their physical ability to perform. Indeed, some experiments have shown that valerian actually increases coordination and concentration abilities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eWhilst valerian should not be treated as a quick-fix, silver bullet for a horse’s nervous problems, it can be helpful for treating issues which have a stress-related origin. Some ailments which can respond to valerian (often in conjunction with other herbs) are ulcers, some colics, constipation, muscle spasms (both gut and skeletal), flatulence and bronchial conditions. It has also been used to treat rheumatism, and as part of herbal mixtures to treat tying up and stringhalt. It is reputed to discourage some intestinal parasites.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eACTIONS include: tranquilising, sedative, antispasmodic (muscle relaxant), hypotensive (reduces blood pressure), carminative (reducing stomach upset), anodyne (pain relieving), laxative.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003ePlease note:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0\"\u003e\n\t\t\u003cli style=\"text-align: left; margin: 0; list-style-type: disc; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003e\u003cspan style='color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal'\u003eValerian is considered a banned substance by most equestrian competition associations.\u003cbr\u003eDue to its strong aroma and the need to slowly build to a suitable individual dose for a particular horse, valerian should be introduced gradually to the horse’s feed. A qualified equine herbalist should be consulted regarding appropriate dosage.\u003cbr\u003eToo much valerian can have a laxative effect. Do not administer valerian to horses prone to loose manure without consulting a qualified equine herbalist.\u003cbr\u003eDo not administer valerian to pregnant mares or combine valerian with pharmaceutical tranquilisers without consulting both your vet and equine herbalist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\t\u003cp style=\"text-align: left; text-indent: 0; margin: 12pt 0\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tullys Stockfeed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45284259791000,"sku":"","price":69.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0432\/1355\/3816\/files\/valerian-root-400x400.jpg?v=1728514716"}],"url":"https:\/\/tullysstockfeed.com.au\/collections\/country-park-herbs.oembed","provider":"Tullys Stockfeed","version":"1.0","type":"link"}