List of herbs that should NEVER BE FED

to horses while pregnant

*Safe during last week of gestation only

Angelica

Lycii berries

Ashwagandha

Maidenhair fern

Barberry

Motherwort

Blessed thistle

Mugwort

Bloodroot This herb should NEVER be fed to horses at all. Bloodroot has a very low therapeutic index, meaning there is a very fine line between being medicinal and being poisonous. Very DANGEROUS

Osha root

Buchu

Parsley

Catnip

Pennyroyal

Chaste tree berries

Prickly ash bark

Coltsfoot

Queen of the meadows

Devil's claw

Red clover

Dong quai root

Rue

Elecampane root

Sage

False unicorn root

Sassafras root

Garlic

Shepherds purse

Ginger

Tansy

Goldenseal

Uva ursi

Horehound

Wormwood

Juniper berries

Yarrow

Licorice

*Black cohosh

Lobelia

*Blue cohosh