Indigestion in the Horse


Homeopathy Treatment for Indigestion in the Horse. Find the best homeopathic medicines to treat Indigestion in the Horse naturally. …


General [General]

Change of diet, cold, overloading the stomach, are amongst the causes that produce this disease; the symptoms are a staring coat, the skin sticking close to the ribs, sometimes loss of appetite, at other times the appetite is not affected.

REMEDIES: Antimonium crudum, Ipecacuanha, Nux vomica, Arsenicum, China, Silicea, and Sulphur.

Antimonium crudum [Ant-c]

Antimonium crudum, if there is total loss of appetite, rough staring coat, evacuations watery and stinking, craving for drink.

Dose. Six drops or ten globules night and morning.

Ipecacuanha [Ip]

Ipecacuanha, if there is aversion to food, or vomiting of food and mucus, stools green and foetid.

Dose. The same as of Antimonium crudum, or they may be given in alternation.

Nux vomica [Nux-v]

Nux vomica, is useful if it arises from cold in the spring of the year, and there is constipation, or the animal stands in a stupid drowsy state for hours together, without changing his position.

Dose. The same as prescribed for Antimonium crudum.

Arsenicum [Ars]

Arsenicum, if the derangement of the stomach is of long standing, the skin becomes hard in different places, with or without diarrhoea, but it is more particularly indicated when the stools are watery or bloody.

Dose. Six drops once or twice a day according to circumstances.

China [Chin]

China, if it is a young horse and has been overworked, especially if there is much debility and loss of appetite.

Dose. Four drops or six globules three times a day until better.

Silicea [Sil]

Silicea, if the animal sweats from the least exertion.

Dose. The same as directed for China.

Sulphur [Sulph]

Sulphur, may be given as an intercurrent remedy in any stage of the disease.

John Rush
John Rush, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, USA. The Handbook of Veterinary Homeopathy, by John Rush, was published in 1854. Originally published in London by Jarrold and Sons. "The Homeopathic Treatment of the Horse, the Ox, the Sheep, the Dog and the Swine."