HERBAL COMPOSITIONS IMPROVING LACTATION OF FARMED LIVESTOCK

1 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals comprising mixture of effective amount of an extract and/or bioactive fraction or powder of at least one medicinal herb.

2 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals as claimed in claim 1 wherein the medicinal herbs are selected from the group of Asparagus, Gossypium, Foeniculum, Lepidium, Chlorophytum, Ipomoea, Withania and Leptadenia.

3 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals as claimed in claim 2 wherein the medicinal herbs are essentially selected from the group of Asparagus racemosus, Gossypium arboreum ( herbaceum ), Foeniculum vulgare, Lepidium sativum, Chlorophytum borivilianum, Ipomoea digitata, Withania somnifera and Leptadenia reticulata.

4 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals as claimed in claim 1 wherein the mixture comprises at least four medicinal herbs preferably Asparagus racemosus, Gossypium arboreum ( herbaceum ), Foeniculum vulgare or Chlorophytum borivilianum, and Lepidium sativum or Ipomoea digitata.

5 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals as claimed in claim 4 wherein the mixture comprises an effective amount of an extract or bioactive fraction or powder ranging from about 20 to 70% (w/w) Asparagus racemosus, about 2.5 to 25% (w/w) Gossypium arboreum, about 10 to 70% (w/w) Foeniculum vulgare or about 10 to 70% (w/w) Chlorophytum borivilianum, and about 10 to 70% (w/w) Lepidium sativum or about 10 to 70% (w/w) Ipomoea digitata.

6 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals as claimed in claim 5 wherein the effective amount of an extract or bioactive fraction or powder preferably ranges from about 40 to 70% (w/w) Asparagus racemosus, about 5 to 20% (w/w) Gossypium arboreum, about 10 to 25% (w/w) Foeniculum vulgare or about 10 to 25% (w/w) Chlorophytum borivilianum, and about 10 to 25% (w/w) Lepidium sativum or about 10 to 25% (w/w) Ipomoea digitata.

7 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals as claimed in claim 6 wherein the effective amount of an extract or bioactive fraction or powder is more preferably about 60% (w/w) Asparagus racemosus, about 10% (w/w) Gossypium arboreum, about 15% (w/w) Foeniculum vulgare or about 15% (w/w) Chlorophytum borivilianum, and about 15% (w/w) Lepidium sativum or about 15% (w/w) Ipomoea digitata.

8 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals as claimed in claim 1 optionally comprising one or more of the ingredients selected from dicalcium phosphate, dolomite, calcite, chelated minerals and mineral mixture.

9 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals as claimed in claim 5 optionally comprising one or more of the ingredients selected from dicalcium phosphate, dolomite, calcite, chelated minerals and mineral mixture.

10 . The process for preparation of herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals comprising:

a) Obtaining the part of medicinal herb from a group comprising leaves, bark, root and aerial parts;

b) drying the plant part of step (a);

c) powdering the dried plant material of step (b) to a coarse powder;

d) mixing the effective amount by weight of powdered or the concentrated extract of medicinal herb to obtain the herbal feed composition;

e) optionally the compositions are added with dicalcium phosphate or dolomite or calcite or chelated minerals or mineral nutrients.