Post by [[ Skystar << on Jul 6, 2010 20:36:37 GMT -5
[/center]Medicine Cats for Dummies
Useful Herbs
[/u][/center][/size]Basil - Used to treat paw problems
Borage leaves - To be chewed and eaten. The plant can be distinguished by its small blue or pink star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves. Great for nursing queens as it helps with the supply of milk. Also brings down fever.
Broom - Used in poultices for broken legs.
Burdock root - A tall-stemmed, sharp-smelling thistle with dark leaves. The roots are to be dug up, the dirt washed off, and chewed into a pulp, which can be applied on rat bites, especially infected ones.
Catchweed - Used to help protect freshly-applied poultices by sticking them over the area. Green and fluffy seeds.
Catmint - Leafy plant normally found in Twoleg gardens. The best remedy for green cough. Also called catnip.
Celandine - Used to treat ailments of the eyes.
Chamomile - This can be used for calming nerves.
Chervil - Sweet-smelling plant with spreading, fern-like leaves and small white flowers. Juice of leaves can be used for infected wounds, and chewing the roots helps with bellyache.
Chickweed - An herb used to treat greencough.
Cobweb - Spiderwebs that are wrapped around an injury to soak up blood and to keep the wound clean. Stops bleeding.
Coltsfoot - A flowering plant, a bit like a dandelion, with yellow or white flowers. Leaves can be chewed into a pulp, which is eaten to help shortness of breath.
Comfrey - Identifiable by its large leaves and small bell-shaped flowers, which can be pink, white, or purple. The fat black roots can be chewed into a poultice to mend broken bones or soothe wounds.
Dock - A plant similar to sorrel. The leaf can be chewed up and applied to soothe scratches.
Dried Oak Leaf - Collected in the autumn/leaf-fall and stored in a dry place. Stops infections.
Feverfew - A small bush with flowers like daisies. The leaves can be eaten to cool down body temperature, particularly for cats with fever or chills.
Goldenrod - A tall plant with bright yellow flowers. A poultice of this is terrific for healing wounds.
Honey - A sweet, golden liquid created by bees. Difficult to collect without getting stung, but great for soothing infections or the throats of cats who have breathed smoke.
Horsetail - A tall plant with bristly stems that grows in marshy areas. The leaves can be used to treat infected wounds. Usually chewed up and applied as a poultice.
Juniper berries - A bush with spiky dark green leaves and bright red berries. The berries soothe bellyaches and help cats who are having trouble breathing.
Lamb's ear - A herb used along with ragwort to help strengthen exhausted or weakened cats.
Lavender - A small purple flowering plant. Cures fever.
Marigold - A bright orange or yellow flower that grows low to the ground. The petals or leaves can be chewed into a pulp and applied as a poultice to wounds. Stops infections.
Mouse bile - A bad-smelling liquid that is the only remedy for ticks. Dab a little moss soaked in bile on a tick and it'll fall right off. Wash paws thoroughly in running water afterward.
Nettle - Used to treat swelling
Poppy seed - Small black seeds shaken from a dried poppy flower, these are fed to cats to help them sleep. Soothes cats suffering from shock and distress. Not recommended for nursing queens.
Ragwort leaves - Used alongside juniper berries in a poultice to treat aching joints, sores, or most other hide or muscle retinas, such as scratches, bruises, and broken bones.
Snakeroot - Used to counter poison
Stinging nettle - The spiny green seeds can be administered to a cat who's swallowed poison, while the leaves can be applied to a wound to bring down swelling.
Tansy - A strong-smelling plant with round yellow flowers. Good for curing coughs, but must be eaten in small doses.
Thyme - This herb can be eaten to calm anxiety and frayed nerves.
Watermint - A leafy green plant found in streams or damp earth. Usually chewed into a pulp, then fed to a cat suffering from bellyache.
Wild garlic - Rolling in a patch of wild garlic can help prevent infection, especially for dangerous wounds like rat bites.
Yarrow - A flowering plant whose leaves can be made into a poultice and applied to wounds or scratches to expel poison, or to make cats who've ingested poison vomit.
Other... Useless Herbs
[/u][/center][/size]Deathberries - Red berries that can be fatally poisonous to kits and elders. Also known as yew. This not a remedy.
Nightshade - of no medicinal value; is poisonous.
Holly Berries - of no medicinal value; poisonous like deathberries.
A Few Common Sicknesses and Treatments
[/u][/center][/size]Cough - a sickness that is like a human cold. Symptoms are just coughs and sneezes, though it can be dangerous to kits or young cats.
Best Treatment: Tansy
Greencough - a sickness similar to pneumonia that is often rampant among the Clans in leaf-bare. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, pus excreted from the eyes, sneezing, fever, and green phlegm streaming from the nose.
Best Treatment: Catmint, feverfew, and lavender.
Whitecough - a mild sickness like a cold. More common than greencough, but can become greencough or even the fatal blackcough. Symptoms include sneezing, coughing, white phlegm streaming from the nose, and a slightly high temperature. This is similar to kittencough, which is the least harmful of all coughs and is mostly caught by kits.
Best Treatment: Catmint
Blackcough - a fatal sickness that spells certain death for any cat who catches it. Symptoms are unknown, but the "black" might be blood.
Best Treatment: None
Chill - a very mild ailment usually caused by very cold weather or falling into icy water. Much like whitecough, but with cold chills instead of fever.
Best Treament: Catmint, feverfew, and lavender
Cracked pads - a painful ailment usually seen in elderly cats. The pawpads crack from cold or dryness, and if untreated can lead to infection. Symptoms include swelling of the paws and pain.
Best Treatment: Marigold, and poppy seed if there is pain
Aching joints - basically arthritis in cats. Caused by age or damp weather. Symptoms include pain and stiffness.
Best Treatment: Anything that cures pain other than poppy seeds
Bleeding - blood loss due to injury, such as a wound sustained in battle. Severity depends on injury.
Best Treatment: Cobwebs pressed onto the wound
Poisoning - the case of eating deathberries, poisoned fresh-kill, or other kinds of harmful things.
Best treatment: Yarrow and stinging nettle
Freezing - a case where a cat is too cold and might die.
Best Treatment: Grooming fur the wrong way to get the blood flowing.
Starvation - a case where a cat is too hungry.
Best treatment: Fresh kill or queen's milk.
Weakness - a case where a cat is exhausted.
Best treatment: Rest
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Credits to
warriors.wikia.com/wiki/Herbs
and some other site I got this stuff from so long ago, I forget the URL. ><''