SLC S22 Week 2 - Hebrs for Pets by @rossnenye

Hello everyone, good afternoon to you all and welcome to this week's SLC.

Prepare pet safe treatment for the stomach using herbs. Share the recipe and how it can benefit your pet.

For stomach upset, I used the following herbs.

• Ginger 10 grams
• Tumeric 10 grams

Preparation

• Add 500ml of water to the pot.

• Peel, wash and blend the Ginger and Tumeric with the aid of a manual blender.
  
  

• Add them to the pot.

• Boil for about 10 minutes and when the color changes.
  

• Turn off the heat and allow it to cool.
  

Quantity

• Small pet give 1/4teaspoon of this herbs

• Medium pet, give 1 teaspoon of this herb.

• Huge pet give 2 teaspoons

How it helps to ease stomach discomfort

• Anti inflammatory features

Ginger in this herb contains Gingerol and Tumeric contains Curcumin which eases stomach discomfort.

• Digestive enzymes

This herbs stimulates digestive enzymes which helps in the digestion in pets body.

• Antioxidants features

This herbs also has antibacterial and antifungal features which helps to calm down stomach discomfort.

• Gut health

This herbs contains prebiotic features which is ideal for the gut bacteria in Pet's body.

Flea Spray Creation : Make a natural flea spray. Write the preparation steps and application. Also mention the benefits of the remedy how it helps for the fleas.

To prepare this Flea Spray, I used the following

Ingredients

• Garlic 20grams
• Curry 20grams
• Clove 10grams

Procedure for making it

• Add 500ml of water to the pot.
  

• Pluck and wash the curry leaf.
  

• Wash the curry leaf with salt and water.
  

• Peel the back of the Garlic, crush and add it to the Water.

• Wash and add the Clove to the water.

• Boil the whole mixture for 7 to 10 minutes.

• Allow it to cool, then add it to a spray bottle and spray around the pets living area.
  

How it helps to prevent Fleas

• Garlic contains sulfur compounds, clove contains Eugenol oil, curry has antibacterial and antifungal features and this combination helps to repel and kill fleas from pet.

• These herbs also contains anti-inflammatory features which helps to prevent itching in pet.

• It's anti-inflammatory features also brings calm effect on pets body, thereby soothing redness and irritation caused by fleas.

• The strong aroma of these herbs drives Fleas away.

• The sulphur Compound contained in this mixture destroys the egg of flea thereby preventing it from maturing into adult flea

Herbal Skin Remedy : Create a soothing remedy for pets for skin irritations. Write the preparation steps and application. Also mention the benefits of the remedy how it helps for the skin irritation.

• For this herb, I used 10grams of Negro pepper.
  

Preparation

• Add 500ms of water into the pot, wash and add about 5 of Negro pepper to the pot.
  

• Allow it to boil for about 10 minutes.

• Allow it to cool.

• Then add it to a spray bottle and spray on the pets furs after shower to stop reaction.
  

How it helps to stop irritation in pets

• It contains Compounds that soothes pests skin and eases itches and scratching.

• It also helps to reduce stress and pain on pets.

Pet Care Chart : Design a chart listing common pet ailments and corresponding herbal remedy

So I will be using the table below to show the Chart listing Common pet ailments and Corresponding Herbal remedies.

Pet ailments	Herbs	Usage
Fleas	Neem, this is a powerful insect repellent known for its relieving, antibacterial and antifungal features.	Add Neem to warm water and allow it to cool. Add to a Spray bottle and apply it on the Pet's fur after bath.
Fleas	Garlic	grind a few cloves of it and absorb it into water and make a pet repellent splash. Spray it around pet living area to drive away Fleas
Fleas	Lemon citrus aroma chases away flea	Slice it and add to a warm water, allow it to cool and then apply to the pet Furs after shower.
Stomach upset	Ginger helps to ease movement affliction, heartburn and uneasiness in pet	Blend few quantity of it, add to a hot water, allow it to cool and offer the pet few teaspoons to ease stomach upset.
Stomach upset	Fennel helps to reduce swelling in pets	Add the seed to a hot water, and make a tea, allow it to cool and offer the pet few teaspoons to ease stomach upset.
Stomach upset	Mint gives a calming effect to pets stomach.	Pluck out a few couple of mint leaves and blend it finely and put it in the Pet's food
Nervousness in pet	Basil helps in reducing pressure and nervousness in pet	Add a little quantity of fresh or dry Basil to Pet's food
Terrible breathing	Mint also helps in reducing terrible breathing in pets	Add it to pet food or use it to make a tea
Tension and Stress	Lavender helps to reduce tension and stress in pet	Add little quantity of Lavender blossoms to pets sheet material

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