Yes. Me. I really hate to get into this discussion again, but I agree with Truman. At some point we have to pony up and assign some numbers to those substances that are on the line between naturally occuring substances like HAY and true drugs like Bute that everyone agrees are a drug.
I have used APF in competition and saw absolutely no reaction whatsoever on a two horse experiment. So, if you can't prove that its performace enhancing on a regular basis, all you have is a one person observation that APF was the cause of her horse's reduced HR. Not scientifically valid, certainly!
Below are descriptions of the effects of certain herbs off the
Sloan-Kettering web site:
a) Animal studies have shown moderate
anti-inflammatory, cholagogic and hypoglycemic activities,
and
b)... to be effective in
treating diabetes, thyroid gland malfunction, arthritis, high
cholesterol and peptic ulcers
Well a) is the description of the plain old common dandelion we all
have in our pastrues. Actually I don't have any since my horses eat
them and will go from one dandelion to another and much it down when I
let them in the yard.
The second b) is alfalfa. Should these substances be considered in
violation of Rule 13? At the 2003 AERC convention there was a talk on
ulcers and the speaker endorced - in fact encourged the use of small
amounts of alfalfa to reduce the risk of ulcers. She also promoted the
use of Malox with electrolytes. Was she promoting a violation of rule
13?
But these were considered both herbs at least by Sloan-Kettering that
seems to make their ingestion illegal.
Truman
-- We imitate our masters only because we are not yet masters
ourselves,
and only
We
imitate our masters
only because we are not yet masters ourselves, and only
because
in doing so we
learn the truth about what cannot be imitated.
