The Healing Power Of Mistletoe For Horses

The Healing Power Of Mistletoe For Horses

Susan Allen
Susan Allen

 

This past December  I noticed some blogs on how Christmas traditions like Santa, no longer resonate with children and soon could become irrelevant. This brought to mind another custom I rarely spot anymore, mistletoe.. and that’s a shame, because researchers are discovering the  “kissing plant” contains  potent powers.  I’m Susan Allen stay tuned for Open Range. When I was in my teens and college years mistletoe was a favorite holiday tradition and while it’s popularity appears to be waning scientists have found the plant could cure an equine skin disease called sarcoids and also shrink cancerous tumors in humans. Sarcoids are a benign form of equine skin cancer believed to be caused by a virus infection. They range from minor lesions to massive wounds like the one our tie down roper friend continues to battle in his mare’s  mouth that effects her ability to eat.  The October Journal of Internal Veterinary Medicine reports that Swiss researchers found extract from mistletoe greatly reduces sarcoids in horses. The data is promising showing  a sixty- five percent improvement or cure on horses injected with mistletoe with the only noted side effect being mild swelling at the shot site. I always knew mistletoe was special! Could it be that prior to modern medicine the Kissing plant became a cherished part of Christmas decorating precisly  because of it's ability to heal loved ones, livestock and pets?
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