FOR INTERNAL USE – For oral use only, by mouth
This clay is certified for consumption. It has a slightly higher particle size than clay for external use, in order to be a little less volatile and thus easier to add to feed, hay substrate (eco-hay or wet alfalfa cubes) or vitamins and minerals. I still strongly suggest adding a little water to mix everything.
Clay has the power to absorb toxins and bacteria. It helps prevent the absorption of mycotoxins and/or poisons in the intestine and also facilitates their excretion.
It regenerates vital organs and regulates pH, among other things. All domesticated horses generally have an overly acidic pH level. Internal clay regulates the digestive system. It is an excellent anti-diarrheal during changes of forage, turning out to grass, and the arrival of cold weather, among other things. It absorbs gas. It will therefore be a good ally for relieving a horse that tends to have gas colic.
It can be used as a preventative measure, therefore as a 3-week seasonal treatment in feed for herbivores, meat for carnivores, or mixed with grain for birds and poultry. It is often very popular in self-service for young farm mammals (calves, sheep, goats). You can also use it in very small quantities to purify and neutralize the odor and algae in the water (ponds, aquariums, etc.).
Internal Clay is therefore a good anti-poison, which certainly has its limits, which could be very practical if your animal has ingested something that makes it sick while waiting to see a professional in an emergency or as a last resort.
I have a little story to tell you about this: "A friend of my daughter contacted me because her young Australian Shepherd dog really wasn't feeling well. He wasn't eating or drinking anymore. She had already been to the vet who told her that there was nothing serious, just wait a few hours and follow up the next day. Following her call, I advised her to introduce him to a bowl of clay water, we had nothing to lose! Well: the dog drank the clay water even though he wasn't drinking the other water, his intestines emptied everything during the night. Happy Ending!
I'm not telling you this to convince you that internal clay will solve all your problems, of course! But there's no harm in trying. I love the quote from Ms. Jade Allègre, a doctor and naturopath who has dedicated her life to clay and its benefits worldwide: "The only flaw in clay is that it only has positive qualities." Despite the thousands of research studies done or underway, we still don't know everything about the powers of clay, both internally and externally.
INTERNAL CLAY helps resolve problems and discomfort throughout the digestive system – from beginning to end! (Heartburn, gastric reflux, ulcers, diarrhea, etc.)
It provides many minerals and trace elements that are absorbed in the intestine and passed into the blood.
Thanks to its power as a gastric bandage, it is excellent and now widely used to help heal gastric or duodenal ulcers. It seems that 80% of our horses tend to have ulcers of varying severity and due to different causes. Internal Clay or any product will heal ulcers. However, it is the cause that must be eliminated, otherwise they will reopen in the same place or elsewhere in the stomach.
In the case of ulcers, the clay intake period will generally be longer depending on the severity of the ulcers. After a maximum of 3 days, the symptoms will have already disappeared. The duration of 3 weeks is the period for a cure. Seasonal cure or cure after a major drug treatment or after taking dewormers, for example.
A scientific study on the effectiveness of clay was conducted by veterinarians in Europe, and I will be sure to share the results with you when the time comes. But our horses are already giving us a very positive response.
Some competitive riders will even give internal clay throughout the season to help their horse stay comfortable and pain-free during this period of stress and great effort. They will gradually stop at the end of the season. It's a 100% natural product, it's a "mountain layer." No mistakes are possible, no overdose is possible either, if you forget once it's not a big deal, it's fine.
METHODS OF USE
3-week seasonal treatment in feed, meat or grains
3-week treatment in feed, meat or grains after drug treatment
2 weeks after taking the dewormer, let the dewormer work and clean out the residue with a 3-week course in the feed, meat or grains.
During the summer (or dogs/cats indoors): self-service in the water – (Container to be adapted according to the number and size of animals) PLEASE NOTE a 2ND WATER CONTAINER NOT METAL. In the water THE ANIMAL MUST HAVE A CHOICE so as not to cause dehydration because it may not drink the clay water if it considers that it does not like the smell, the taste or that it does not need it.
If you have several animals, it will be interesting to observe which one will systematically drink it and not one or the other.
More details of the quantities are available to you directly in the bag of Internal Clay
The skin being the largest organ of elimination (emunctory), in very rare cases, during a treatment and if your horse is really poisoned, it is possible that it will have spots with a little pus coming out. Don't panic, it's its body cleaning itself. Observe for 2 to 3 days and it should pass.
Allergic to green clay? No known or recorded cases to date.
IMPORTANT: Ideally, allow 2 to 3 hours between taking medication and taking clay. Indeed, as clay cleans everything that is not natural, it could slightly minimize the effects of the medication but of course not completely eliminate it. Regarding the belief that clay prevents the assimilation of vitamins and minerals: no study has come to this conclusion and clay is also used as a clumping and binding agent in many feeds. But if you have doubts, you can either space them out as for the medication, or only give the clay once a day with a hay substrate and the vitamins and minerals with or without feed at the other meal.
Personally, I don't think that a 3-week seasonal cure will unbalance or create vitamin and mineral deficiencies because it also brings them, let's not forget.
Disclaimer: The information provided in this article is for educational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for veterinary advice or treatment.
There are no known dangers or contraindications to using green clay (pure and powdered) for both external and internal use. The only recommendation is to ideally leave a gap of 3 hours between taking medication and a dose of clay. But even then, there's no danger of disaster if this ever happens.
Sources: Readings from books and articles from: The Horse.com – Healing horses their way – Natural Horse Talk – Equus – A healthy horse the natural way – Equine Wellness – Cheval Magazine, Cheval Pratique, Cheval Santé Magazine. Numerous exchanges, training courses and 40 years of living together with horses
