METATONIC🎄CHRISTMAS SALE! *Organic herbal blend for horses - EMS-steadying, insulin-smoothing, metabolism-supporting

Choose MetaTonic when your horse is:

✔ Prone to EMS or insulin sensitivity
✔ Footy or uncomfortable on grass
✔ Showing crest firmness or fat pads
✔ Triggered by spring or autumn grass changes
✔ Recovering from a metabolic wobble
✔ Needing daily, steady, long-term metabolic support

MetaTonic is your foundation blend- the nutritional support you use every day to help steady metabolism, support glucose–insulin balance, and keep laminitis risks lower.

Not for acute laminitis episodes.
Start once your horse is comfortably mobile and stable post-crisis.

Why MetaTonic helps EMS horses feel more stable

EMS isn’t “one thing.” It’s a combination of:

• carbohydrate sensitivity
• metabolic miscommunication
• tired liver pathways
• hindgut disruption
• shifts in circulation
• inflammatory strain
• seasonal triggers
• stress hormones
• weight patterns that won’t budge

MetaTonic supports the whole metabolic picture with botanicals traditionally used to help:

🌿 Maintain healthy glucose–insulin patterns
🌿 Support hoof comfort through better nutrient delivery
🌿 Encourage natural liver and lymphatic clearance
🌿 Ease grass-related metabolic sensitivity
🌿 Support the gut–liver axis (the true heart of EMS stability)
🌿 Keep your horse’s internal terrain calmer and more predictable

In short - a calmer metabolic system = a more comfortable, steadier horse.

Which blend - MetaTonic or MetaCOMBO?

Each supports a different layer of metabolic health:

→ MetaTonic

Everyday metabolic stability | Hoof comfort | Sugar sensitivity

✔ Best for EMS/IR horses needing daily support to stay steady.

→ Acetyl L-Carnitine

Crest tension | Fat pads | Weight that won’t shift

✔ Best when the crest is firm, or fatty areas signal leptin resistance.

→ MetaCOMBO

Broader metabolic wobble | Footiness + crestiness + sugar spikes

✔ Best when multiple metabolic red flags appear together.

Quick guide - when to use what?

Each herb is chosen for its traditional role in supporting metabolic steadiness, liver and lymphatic function, and the gut–liver axis that underpins EMS.

MetaTonic is a nutritional food supplement and not veterinary medicine. For more on this, see Dr Kellon's article - Nutrition is not 'Alternative' Therapy .

Composition Glossary

1. Berberis vulgaris (Barberry) - Traditionally used to support metabolic harmony, especially during sugar sensitivity. Helps maintain a healthy gut–liver axis - essential for steadier glucose handling.
2. Galium aparine (Cleavers) - Supports lymphatic flow and natural fluid balance. Often used for easing internal “back-up” during metabolic strain.
3. Foeniculum vulgare (Fennel) - A gentle, soothing carminative botanical supporting digestion and comfort - helpful when EMS affects gut motility, bloat, or tension.
4. Galega officinalis (Goat’s Rue)
   - Historically valued for supporting healthy glucose handling and metabolic steadiness. Grown biodynamically for us.
5. Crataegus oxyacanthoides (Hawthorn) - Supports healthy peripheral nutrient delivery - especially valuable for hoof comfort in metabolic horses.
6. Silybum marianum (Milk Thistle) - Renowned for gentle liver nourishment, supporting natural detox pathways and metabolic resilience.
7. Urtica dioica (Nettle) - Rich in natural plant minerals that support circulation, metabolism, and lymphatic clearance.
8. Tabebuia impetiginosa (Lapacho/Pau d’Arco) - Traditionally used to maintain a healthy internal microbial terrain - important when gut balance influences metabolic stability.
9. Smilax ornata (Sarsaparilla) - A harmonising botanical valued for supporting toxin clearance and helping maintain a comfortable internal environment, especially in crest-prone horses.

Energetic Architecture

- a simple way to understand how the blend works

• Bitter drivers (Barberry, Goat’s Rue, Sarsaparilla)
  Support healthy glucose handling and metabolic signalling.
• Eliminative/Draining allies (Cleavers, Nettle, Milk Thistle)
  Encourage natural clearance to reduce internal load.
• Soothing/Buffering aromatics (Fennel, Hawthorn, Rosehips)
  Nourish and stabilise.
• Antimicrobial/Modulating (Pau d’Arco)
  Helps maintain a healthy internal balance.

Feed Guide

🌿Organic Dried Herb Blend

Human grade and produced to ecological standards. See our Quality page for Organic Certification Documents.

• Feed 5g/100kg bodyweight per day, i.e. 25g for a 500kg horse.
• 1 level 75ml scoop = 12g

💧Organic Tincture Blend

Advisories

• Feed alongside a low-NSC, fibre-based diet with 24/7 access to meadow hay.
• Daily movement supports healthy glucose use.
• Monitor crest tension, pulses, water intake, and body condition.
• Consider pairing with Acetyl L-Carnitine (crest/fat pads) or DuoBute (comfort) during flare-ups.

Contraindications

• Not suitable for pregnant or nursing mares due to hormonally active and cleansing botanicals (e.g., Galega, Smilax, Berberis, Lapacho).
• Caution with metabolic medications or steroid drugs — seek veterinary guidance.
• Not for use during acute laminitis. Introduce during recovery once stable and comfortably mobile.
• Not suitable for horses with significant liver compromise unless supervised.

Veterinary Reference / Formulary Extract