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• Linseed and Linseed Mash for Horses: How to Properly Prepare This Traditional Home Remedy
  Forgotten remedies · 6 October 2026
  Linseed mash is a time-honored home remedy for digestion and skin health. Here, you'll find preparation instructions from the University of Zurich, the daily dosage for your horse, and important considerations.
• Equine Mites: A Look at Sulfur Powder, Washes, and Lime Sulfur
  Forgotten remedies · 4 October 2026
  Flowers of sulfur, daily washing, lime sulfur: Many stables still rely on old remedies for mites on horses' legs. Learn how these traditional methods are used and what modern veterinary medicine offers today.
• Flowers of sulfur for horses: the body's clean-up crew
  Forgotten remedies · 30 September 2026
  Part 1 of the “Forgotten remedies” series: what flowers of sulfur is, how it is used internally and externally, what amount has worked in my practice and which parts are scientifically proven.