In our increasingly stressful world more and more people are looking to natural herbal products to relieve stress and lead a healthy life. But only few realize that those same herbal products can also be used in animal care. In fact, there is a whole range of natural products that have antiseptic and antifungal properties to both humans and animals.
The medicinal use of herbs goes back thousands of years to ancient cultures such as the Sumerians, Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks and Romans. They discovered that aromatic substances in herbs and other plants could be used to treat and prevent disease, facilitate healing, and contribute to good health and a general sense of wellbeing. Ancient healers often found that sick animals would seek out certain herbs, as they instinctively knew their healing properties. All of this is being rediscovered today and a wide range of herbal products is being made available for personal as well as animal care.
There are, for example, herbal liquid soaps, herbal balms, and essentials oils that are perfectly suited for canine and equine care. Anyone working with dogs in search, security and other canine applications knows that...