Dandelion

HorseFlex Dandelion consists of 100% dried dandelions and is a feed for digestive and liver support. Moreover, it contributes to the elimination of waste products and has and blood-purifying effect.

Dandelion (also called Taraxacum officinale) is a well-known yellow flower that turns many a meadow yellow in spring and summer. Because of its rapid method of reproduction, dandelions are often seen as weeds, but nothing could be further from the truth. Indeed, dandelion is an herb with useful and healthy properties. Both the roots, stem, leaf and flower have medicinal properties. It is naturally rich in minerals such as iron, calcium, magnesium and sodium. Moreover, dandelions are packed with various vitamins.

Dandelion as a supplement for horses

Dandelion is an herb that supports and stimulates digestion and liver function. In doing so, dandelion is known for the herb’s blood-purifying properties and contributes to the elimination of waste products. Wastes are broken down by the horse’s body by the liver and disposed of by the kidneys, but wastes can also accumulate. The waste products, also known as free radicals, then remain in the body and can cause a variety of symptoms. It supports the natural removal of waste products, thus helping to cleanse the horse’s body.

Fresh or dried dandelion

Many horses like to take a bite of the fresh dandelions growing in the pasture themselves. Dandelions shoot up like mushrooms in the spring, and the flowers are very palatable to horses. Besides horses can eat the dandelions themselves fresh from the pasture in the spring, you can also give dandelion dried to your horse year-round. The same applies to other
herbs
, such as
cleavers
and
stinging nettle
. By alternating with different herbs, you provide a varied ration to your horse that supports overall health.