Avian Tincture Herbal Extraction for Poultry Health

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Solution Overview

Problem

The poultry industry lacks effective natural, herbal, or organic remedies for treating avian diseases that provide both nutritional and health benefits, addressing a wide range of health issues in poultry safely.

Innovation Solution

An avian tincture composition is developed by mixing fresh or dried herbs with alcohol and water, allowing the mixture to steep, straining, and storing the resulting liquid, which can be used internally or externally to treat various health issues in birds, including abscesses, respiratory problems, and parasite overload conditions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional chemical treatments are used to treat avian diseases, then treatment effectiveness is improved, but safety and naturalness deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetreatment effectivenessVSAvoidsafety
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms the chemical composition parameters by replacing synthetic chemicals with natural herbal extracts. The tincture composition uses alcohol-based extraction of herbal compounds (Echinacea, Goldenseal, St. John's Wort, Osha Root) to achieve therapeutic effects while maintaining safety. This parameter change allows the treatment to be both effective and safe by fundamentally altering the chemical nature of the active ingredients from synthetic to natural.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Object-affected harmful factors

If a single herbal remedy is used, then safety is improved, but treatment versatility deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesafetyVSAvoidtreatment range
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple herbal remedies into a single integrated tincture formulation. The composition combines extracts from Echinacea (immune support), Goldenseal (antimicrobial), St. John's Wort (anti-inflammatory), and Osha Root (respiratory support) in specific ratios. This merging allows the single product to address multiple avian health conditions simultaneously, achieving both safety through natural ingredients and versatility through combined therapeutic actions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The tincture composition is designed with multi-functionality to treat various avian conditions. The herbal combination provides broad-spectrum antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, immune-boosting, and respiratory-support properties. This universal formulation can be applied to different health issues (respiratory infections, digestive problems, wound healing, parasite control) making a single remedy versatile enough to replace multiple specialized treatments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If complex extraction processes are used, then extraction efficiency is improved, but manufacturing complexity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveextraction efficiencyVSAvoidmanufacturing process
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a straightforward extraction process where alcohol is used to extract active compounds from dried herbs. The process involves soaking herbs in alcohol for a specified period, then filtering the mixture to separate the tincture from the plant material. This simple extraction method achieves sufficient extraction efficiency without requiring complex equipment or multi-step procedures, maintaining manufacturing simplicity while obtaining effective concentrations of herbal constituents.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The avian tincture composition offers natural, safe treatments that promote the health and well-being of poultry, providing antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial benefits, effectively addressing a variety of health problems such as abscesses, respiratory issues, wounds, and parasite overload conditions.

Implementation Method 1

mixing a ratio of at least one fresh herb with a liquid including alcohol or mixing a ratio of at least one dried herb with a liquid including alcohol and water into a first container

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectExtraction: Solvation

Data Source

PatentUS10478397B2Avian tincture
Publication Date: 2019.11.19 BUREK SUSAN

AI summary

An avian tincture composition and associated methods for producing the same for treatment of the avian species with the avian tincture. The avian tincture may be used in the treatment of abscesses, inflamed and swollen leg joints, respiratory issues, wounds, infection, and acute disease or parasite overload conditions.