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The chestnut of this horse is seen as a tan scab-like object on its inner right front leg, just above its knee. There are also chestnuts on the other 3 legs that cannot be seen.
The chestnut is a part of the body of horses, found on the inner side of the leg near the knee or hock. Horse chestnuts vary in size and shape, and can be used as a finger-printing tool to identify the animal. Chestnuts do get larger as time goes on, and most horsemen peel the outer layer off of show horses to give a neater appearance. Although peeling the chestnut does not hurt the horse, it often comes off more easily if baby oil or moisturizer is first applied to soften it. Who ever deleted my page is a prat and i wil hunt them down on lucy and shout at them loudly! RAAAAARRR! connie sansom ...
Reconstruction, left forefoot skeleton (third digit emphasized yellow) and longitudinal section of molars of selected prehistoric horses The evolution of the horse involves the gradual development of the modern horse from the fox-sized, forest-dwelling Hyracotherium. ...
In Germany, Commission E, which is the equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves standardized horsechestnut for treatment of conditions of the veins of the legs, including varicose and spider veins, a sensation of heaviness, nocturnal cramping of the calves, pruritis, and swelling.
Horsechestnut is popular throughout Europe for the treatment and prevention of those conditions, and for hemorrhoids - which are no more than varicose veins of the anus and rectum.
In 1896 a clinical study established that horsechestnut was usefulness in treating hemorrhoids, using an alcoholate of the nut to show its anesthetic and anti-inflammatory activity in treating varicosis, in general, and hemorrhoids, in particular.
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