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Garlic for repelling insects

Cynthia Lang
 

Thanks, Lorna and Patti. I’ll check it out. Allegro is so skin sensitive. I have tried many of the natural fly sprays. The essential oils seem to cause welting and burning of his skin when he is in summer coat. Do you spray this on the horse like a regular fly spray?

Cynthia Lang & Allegro
North Central Texas


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Cynthia Lang
Lorna Cane
 

Here it is. I had copied it to myself.

"I live in Connecticut.  We have issues with flies, horse flies, no-see-um (gnats) mosquitos ticks.  
This is the best combo that I have made that works very well.  There is nothing that works 100% unless you keep your horse in a locked climate controlled room!
I use as a base, (you can use water) make chamomile tea add this-instructions on the label  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007T159ZE/ref=psdc_3737951_t2_B011UVKH0A
then add an ounce of neem oil.   You must shake the bottle as you spray.
The need really repels, adding the essential oils is added repellant, the chamomile tea, helps the sprayed mixture still to the hair shafts.all of the above ingredients are non toxic-I use organic neem
You can also use the above mixture to spray surrounding plants, it will kill ticks and be non toxic.  I spray about once a month the perimeter of their paddocks.  (use water not tea)
Again it really helps, not 100% all the ingredients you can purchase at the beginning of the season and should last most of the year depending on how many horses you use it on."
 
Patti Crowther 
 

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Lorna  in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
ECIR Moderator
2002
https://ecir.gro
ups.io/g/main/files/PPID%20and%20IR%20Success%20Stories/Success%20Story%20%233%20-%20Lorna%20and%20Ollies%20Story.pdf

 
Lorna Cane
 

Patti Crowther had a great suggestion a bit ago.
Amazon.com sells it, but not .ca unfortunately .
I just can not find her message right now.

Patti ?

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Lorna  in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
ECIR Moderator
2002
https://ecir.gro
ups.io/g/main/files/PPID%20and%20IR%20Success%20Stories/Success%20Story%20%233%20-%20Lorna%20and%20Ollies%20Story.pdf

 
Eleanor Kellon, VMD
 

The USP has cleared Spirulina as a safe supplement:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21793723

 and it's one of the foods the WHO recommends for starving children in underdeveloped countries.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5061973/

See section 6. and 7. here on allergic effects:

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2016/7803846/

In my experience, the response is more predictable with lung conditions than skin. That may reflect the more complicated nature of immune reactions in the skin - not all being classically allergic.
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Eleanor in PA

www.drkellon. com 
EC Owner 2001
Cynthia Lang
 

Thanks for the question about spirulina. I would like to know about its safety and efficacy for skin allergies.

Cynthia and Allegro
North Central Texas


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Cynthia Lang
Eleanor Kellon, VMD
 

Regarding the Spirulina, every whole food has iron in it. A 20 g serving has only about 6 mg of iron.
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Eleanor in PA

www.drkellon.com 
EC Owner 2001
Eleanor Kellon, VMD
 

Brewers yeast is safe but it doesn't work. Please see the file called THM Special Report. I'd try the Pentosan EQ injection for reactions.
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Eleanor in PA

www.drkellon.com 
EC Owner 2001
Cindy Giovanetti
 

What about brewers yeast? Is it safe for IR horses? Does it help with biting insects?

I have one who reacts terribly to biting insects (to the point of bleeding) and one who itches year-round. So I’m always looking for something.

They’re already on spirulina and chindroitin (year round).

And now that I mention Sprulina, what about the iron content? Spirulina is a source of iron.

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Cindy
Denton, Texas
Joined 2/19, but I was a member of the old Yahoo group
Eleanor Kellon, VMD
 

That would make a pretty dramatic video! However, it is likely factors other than the garlic that are operating here. This study found no effect https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15752181 while a Swiss study with chronic use showed a statistically significant difference but the garlic users still had 66% of participants with bites compared to 69% with no garlic. I'll put that study in our files.

Garlic can also cause hemolytic anemia.
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Eleanor in PA

www.drkellon.com 
EC Owner 2001
valerie puryear
 

 Oh boy! I have to disagree, Dr Kellon! I have used garlic as fly repellant for at least 5 years. My farrier and vets are always surprised at the lack of flies and no bites on my horses. We have pigs,chickens, and donkeys across the creek-that's where the flies are! I j got a new horse from Texas last week. My mare started on her garlic the second week of March. Last weekend, as they stood next to each other, the new horse was stomping and switching his tail-covered in flies. My mare didn't have a fly on her. It does work-at least in Georgia!
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Valerie and Matera
Aug 2018
Athens, GA, USA
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gypsylassie
 

Quite a few members here use a combination of chondroitin and spirulina for skin allergies.  They don't repel insects but can help with reactions.  Both are available from mybesthorse.com.  
Laura K Chappie & Beau, over the bridge
N IL 2011


On Mar 26, 2019, at 12:51 PM, Cynthia Lang <Langcynthia73@...> wrote:


-- Hi everyone, 

Didn’t find this topic so I’m wondering if 1/2 teaspoon ( as per my vet)  of minced garlic is ok for helping to repel flies on my allergy prone guy? Also considering the blue algae stuff. Want to start now since it’s getting warm here in Texas.


Cynthia Lang & Allegro 
North Central Texas 

Fran Metzger
 

Eleanor Kellon, VMD
 

It's OK to use at low doses but it doesn't work.
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Eleanor in PA

www.drkellon.com 
EC Owner 2001
Cynthia Lang
 


-- Hi everyone, 

Didn’t find this topic so I’m wondering if 1/2 teaspoon ( as per my vet)  of minced garlic is ok for helping to repel flies on my allergy prone guy? Also considering the blue algae stuff. Want to start now since it’s getting warm here in Texas.


Cynthia Lang & Allegro 
North Central Texas 

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