Whitethorn Herbals
  • Shop
    • MENTORING - One-to-One
    • CLAY, DEAD SEA MINERAL MUD & BEESWAX
    • DRIED HERBS
    • ESSENTIAL OILS, ABSOLUTES & CO2 EXTRACTS
    • KITS FOR DOGS & HORSES
    • FLORAL/AROMATIC WATERS
    • GIFT VOUCHERS
    • HERBAL POWDERS
    • MACERATES & FIXED OILS
    • EASE, COURAGE & COMFORT SRAYS
    • ZOOPHARMACOGNOSY SESSIONS ONSITE
  • EDUCATION
    • WEBINARS >
      • WEBINAR: Your Pet and Zoopharmacognosy AVAILABLE SOON TO DOWNLOAD
    • EQUINE WORKSHOPS >
      • Eq Zoocog Wksp Level 1 Online Europe/UK 10th, 11th & 18th April 2021
      • Eq Zoocog Wksp Level 1 USA/N. America 22nd/23rd & 30th May 2021
      • Eq Zoocog Wksp Level 2 Europe/UK - 27th/28th March 2021
      • More about our Equine Workshops
      • Accommodation for Wksps
    • CANINE WORKSHOPS >
      • Canine Zoopharmacognosy Level 1 Wkshp Online: 20th, 21st & 28th Feb 2021
      • Canine Zoopharmacognosy Level 1 Wkshp Online: 11th, 12th & 19th Sept 2021
      • Canine Zoopharmacognosy Level 2 Wksp Online 9th & 10th Oct 2021
      • Accommodation for Onsite Wksps
    • MENTORING >
      • Mentoring/Online Session
  • ZOOPHARMACOGNOSY
  • About Us
    • Clinic
    • Contact Us/Getting Here
    • Cust Service and T&C's

About Us

Whitethorn Herbals is the Shop side of Whitethorn Equine Health – an Equine Health Clinic based in the North West of Ireland.

We regularly hold workshops for horse owners on how they can best use Applied Zoopharmacognosy to keep their horses well.  At the workshops it became obvious that workshop attendees needed access to a supply of products suitable for the purposes of Zoopharmacognosy that simply does not exist in the high street – hence Whitethorn Herbals was born.

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Product Quality

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When an animal is using its sense of smell to identify medicinal compounds within a herb/oil/macerate  the chemical composition of the plant extract must be as pure as possible. In other words, it must not be mixed or diluted with fillers.
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Having worked with animals and plant extracts for over 10 years we understand the importance of using only the therapeutic grade – using anything less just doesn’t cut it.

Using sub-standard, non-therapeutic plant extracts at best will mean the animal will be unable to identify the medicinal compounds it seeks or at worst will make the animal ill.  The old saying ‘you get what you pay for’ is never truer than in this instance.  It is reputed to take 30 Rose Heads to make one drop of Rose Otto essential oil – now that’s a lot of Roses and if it’s below the standard price then it's highly likely that it is adulterated. 

Sourcing

​We source our materials wherever possible from the growers themselves.  When this is not an option our preference is to purchase from certified organic suppliers as well as those certified as being within the Fair Trade scheme.
We purchase sustainable over non-sustainable products and pursue a reduced carbon footprint policy wherever we can at Whitethorn Farm– not because it’s ‘fashionable’ but because we strongly believe that we have a duty of care to planet earth and our children that will inherit it.
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.Applied Zoopharmacognosy and offering plant extracts is not a substitute for veterinary care.
Consult your vet if you have any concerns for the welfare of an animal in your care
Always allow an animal to remove itself from an aroma and never put plant extracts in your animals feed
​ and always offer in a well-ventilated area

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Aromatic Waters
Clays, Minerals
Dried Herbs
Essential Oils
Fixed Oils
Macerates
Powders
​Workshops

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TRADING UNDER WHITETHORN EQUINE HEALTH LTD
WHITETHORN FARM, LAVAGH, BALLYMOTE, CO SLIGO ROI.
​CO REG DUBLIN 644782
  • Shop
    • MENTORING - One-to-One
    • CLAY, DEAD SEA MINERAL MUD & BEESWAX
    • DRIED HERBS
    • ESSENTIAL OILS, ABSOLUTES & CO2 EXTRACTS
    • KITS FOR DOGS & HORSES
    • FLORAL/AROMATIC WATERS
    • GIFT VOUCHERS
    • HERBAL POWDERS
    • MACERATES & FIXED OILS
    • EASE, COURAGE & COMFORT SRAYS
    • ZOOPHARMACOGNOSY SESSIONS ONSITE
  • EDUCATION
    • WEBINARS >
      • WEBINAR: Your Pet and Zoopharmacognosy AVAILABLE SOON TO DOWNLOAD
    • EQUINE WORKSHOPS >
      • Eq Zoocog Wksp Level 1 Online Europe/UK 10th, 11th & 18th April 2021
      • Eq Zoocog Wksp Level 1 USA/N. America 22nd/23rd & 30th May 2021
      • Eq Zoocog Wksp Level 2 Europe/UK - 27th/28th March 2021
      • More about our Equine Workshops
      • Accommodation for Wksps
    • CANINE WORKSHOPS >
      • Canine Zoopharmacognosy Level 1 Wkshp Online: 20th, 21st & 28th Feb 2021
      • Canine Zoopharmacognosy Level 1 Wkshp Online: 11th, 12th & 19th Sept 2021
      • Canine Zoopharmacognosy Level 2 Wksp Online 9th & 10th Oct 2021
      • Accommodation for Onsite Wksps
    • MENTORING >
      • Mentoring/Online Session
  • ZOOPHARMACOGNOSY
  • About Us
    • Clinic
    • Contact Us/Getting Here
    • Cust Service and T&C's