Methods for improving milk letting down in milch animals
The invention concerns herbal compositions which improve lactation of farmed livestock comprising an effective amount of an extract and/or at least one bioactive fraction or powder from herbs such as Asparagus, Gossypium, Foeniculum, Lepidium, Chlorophytum, Ipomoea, Withania, Leptadenia and optionally dicalcium phosphate, chelated minerals and/or mineral mixture.
1. A method for improving milk letting down in a milch animal comprising:
selecting a milch animal with a let-down problem, and
feeding an effective amount of an herbal composition to the milch animal with the let-down problem, wherein the herbal composition comprises at least four powders or extracts obtained from (i) Asparagus racemosus , (ii) Gossypium arboreum , (iii) Foeniculum vulgare or Chlorophytum borivilianum , and (iv) Lepidium sativum or Ipomoea digitata,
thereby improving milk letting down in the milch animal with the let-down problem.
2. A method of claim 1 wherein the powder or extract in (iii) is obtained from Foeniculum vulgare.
3. A method of claim 2 wherein the powder or extract in (iv) is obtained from Lepidium sativum.
4. A method of claim 2 wherein the powder or extract in (iv) is obtained from Ipomoea digitata.
5. A method of claim 2 wherein the herbal composition further comprises a powder or extract obtained from Withania somnifera.
6. A method of claim 2 wherein the herbal composition further comprises a powder or extract obtained from Leptadenia reticulata.
7. A method of claim 2 wherein the herbal composition further comprises a powder or extract obtained from Withania somnifera and a powder or extract derived from Leptadenia reticulata.
8. A method of claim 2 , wherein the herbal composition further comprises one or more additives in an amount, by percent weight of the herbal composition, of 5 to 50% (w/w).
9. A method of claim 1 wherein the powder or extract in (iv) is obtained from Lepidium sativum.
10. A method of claim 1 wherein the powder or extract in (iv) is obtained from Ipomoea digitata.
11. A method of claim 1 wherein the herbal composition further comprises a powder or extract obtained from Withania somnifera.
12. A method of claim 1 wherein the herbal composition further comprises a powder or extract obtained from Leptadenia reticulata.
13. A method of claim 1 wherein the herbal composition further comprises a powder or extract from Withania somnifera and a powder or extract obtained from Leptadenia reticulata.
14. A method of claim 1 wherein the herbal composition further comprises one or more additives selected from dicalcium phosphate, dolomite, calcite, and minerals.
15. A method of claim 14 , wherein the minerals are chelated minerals.
16. A method for improving milk letting down in a milch animal comprising:
selecting a milch animal with a let-down problem, and
feeding an effective amount of an herbal composition to the milch animal with the let-down problem, wherein the herbal composition comprises at least four herbs in powder form selected from: (i) 40 to 70% (w/w) Asparagus racemosus , (ii) 5 to 20% (w/w) Gossypium arboretum , (iii) 10 to 25% (w/w) Foeniculum vulgare or 10 to 25% (w/w) Chlorophytum borivilianum , and (iv) 10 to 25% (w/w) Lepidium sativum or 10 to 25% (w/w) Ipomoea digitata wherein the combined percentage does not exceed 100%,
thereby improving milk letting down in the milch animal with the let-down problem.
17. A method of claim 16 wherein the herb in (iii) is Foeniculum vulgare.
18. A method of claim 16 wherein the herb in (iv) is Lepidium sativum.
19. A method of claim 16 wherein the herb in (iv) is Ipomoea digitata.
20. A method of claim 16 further comprising one or more additives selected from dicalcium phosphate, dolomite, calcite, and minerals.