Herbal compositions improving lactation of farmed livestock

Abstract

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 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals comprising mixture of effective amount of an extract and/or bioactive fraction or powder of at least one medicinal herb. 
     
     
         2 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the medicinal herbs are selected from the group of  Asparagus, Gossypium, Foeniculum, Lepidium, Chlorophytum, Ipomoea, Withania  and  Leptadenia.    
     
     
         3 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals as claimed in  claim 2  wherein the medicinal herbs are essentially selected from the group of  Asparagus racemosus, Gossypium arboreum  ( herbaceum ),  Foeniculum vulgare, Lepidium sativum, Chlorophytum borivilianum, Ipomoea digitata, Withania somnifera  and  Leptadenia reticulata.    
     
     
         4 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the mixture comprises at least four medicinal herbs preferably  Asparagus racemosus, Gossypium arboreum  ( herbaceum ),  Foeniculum vulgare  or  Chlorophytum borivilianum,  and  Lepidium sativum  or  Ipomoea digitata.    
     
     
         5 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals as claimed in  claim 4  wherein the mixture comprises an effective amount of an extract or bioactive fraction or powder ranging from about 20 to 70% (w/w)  Asparagus racemosus,  about 2.5 to 25% (w/w)  Gossypium arboreum, about  10 to 70% (w/w)  Foeniculum vulgare  or about 10 to 70% (w/w)  Chlorophytum borivilianum,  and about 10 to 70% (w/w)  Lepidium sativum  or about 10 to 70% (w/w)  Ipomoea digitata.    
     
     
         6 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals as claimed in  claim 5  wherein the effective amount of an extract or bioactive fraction or powder preferably ranges from about 40 to 70% (w/w)  Asparagus racemosus,  about 5 to 20% (w/w)  Gossypium arboreum,  about 10 to 25% (w/w)  Foeniculum vulgare  or about 10 to 25% (w/w)  Chlorophytum borivilianum,  and about 10 to 25% (w/w)  Lepidium sativum  or about 10 to 25% (w/w)  Ipomoea digitata.    
     
     
         7 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals as claimed in  claim 6  wherein the effective amount of an extract or bioactive fraction or powder is more preferably about 60% (w/w)  Asparagus racemosus,  about 10% (w/w)  Gossypium arboreum,  about 15% (w/w)  Foeniculum vulgare  or about 15% (w/w)  Chlorophytum borivilianum,  and about 15% (w/w)  Lepidium sativum  or about 15% (w/w)  Ipomoea digitata.    
     
     
         8 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals as claimed in  claim 1  optionally comprising one or more of the ingredients selected from dicalcium phosphate, dolomite, calcite, chelated minerals and mineral mixture. 
     
     
         9 . Herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals as claimed in  claim 5  optionally comprising one or more of the ingredients selected from dicalcium phosphate, dolomite, calcite, chelated minerals and mineral mixture. 
     
     
         10 . The process for preparation of herbal feed compositions for solving problem of letting down of milk in milch animals comprising:
 a) Obtaining the part of medicinal herb from a group comprising leaves, bark, root and aerial parts;   b) drying the plant part of step (a);   c) powdering the dried plant material of step (b) to a coarse powder;   d) mixing the effective amount by weight of powdered or the concentrated extract of medicinal herb to obtain the herbal feed composition;   e) optionally the compositions are added with dicalcium phosphate or dolomite or calcite or chelated minerals or mineral nutrients.