Here is a great article about evidenced based Chinese herbal therapies. http://ivcjournal.com/chinese-herbal-therapy-for-equines/
Chinese Herbs (and Western herbs) as medicine goes back thousands of years. There are many studies that show how effective this modality is for treating many different problems horses can have.
In our practice, we only use herbs that are medical grade. The preparations are formulated to address the constitutional condition that is creating the disease in the horse.
Our favorite therapies have successfully treated many different conditions:
- Equine Recurrent Uveitis (moon blindness)
- Heaves (COPD) and other respiratory diseases.
- Lameness
- Body pain