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Health Care: Liniments and Sweats
Long hard day on the trails?  Treat your horse to some healing liniments to relax the aches away!
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Witch Hazel Liniment

Ingredients:
Alcohol (wintergreen is best)
Witch Hazel
Listerine
Aloe Juice (optional)

Instructions:
Mix in equal parts and apply with spray bottle.
Cayenne Liniment

Ingredients:
1 ouce Goldenseal Powder
1 ouce Myrrh Powder
1 ouce Echinacea
1/4 ouce Cayenne Powder
1 pint Rubbing Alcohol

Instructions:
Place herbs in a bottle and add rudding alcohol.  Shake daily for 3-10 days. Strain and store in bottle.
Alcohol Liniment

Ingredients:
20% Isopropyl Alcohol
1% Phenol
1% Menthol

Instructions:
Mix together.  If mixture is too strong dilute with water.
Sweat

White Vinegar
Leg Sweat
You can use a sweat instead of a poultice to help reduce lower leg swelling, like stocking up or when a vet directs you to 'sweat' an injury.

Ingredients:
Furacin Liquid or Ointment
Medical-grade DMSO

Instructions:
Mix equal parts.  Apply to leg.  Cover area loosely with plastic kitchen wrap, conforming the plastic to the leg.  Apply a standard bandage over the site.  As a rule of thumb leave the sweat on for 12 hours.  Then unwrap, rinse and allow to 'rest' for 12 hours, then re-apply a sweat for another 12 hours.  Repeat as needed or directed.
NOTE - Whne DMSO is mixed with water or applid to west skin it undergoes a chemical reaction and releases a lot of heat.  This could irritate a horse's skin.  Also wear gloves when using DMSO.  Whatever you mid with DMSO is absorbed through the skin so be careful when using it.  Research DMSO before you use this recipe.
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