Post by .feather//oceana. on Jun 24, 2007 12:26:26 GMT -5
These herbs may be used by the medicine cats to heal their clans. I got this information from the Secrets of the Clans Warrior Field Guide, and once again, I am not claiming this information as my own.
Herbs and Plants with Medicine Value
Poppy seeds -used to make a cat very sleepy and to ease pain.
Cobwebs -used to stop bleeding.
Feverfew -used to cool feverish cats and treat head pain.
Lavender -cures fever.
Borage leaves -used to treat fevers and helps nursing mothers with their milk supply.
Dock leaves -used to sooth scratches; can also make a cat's coat slippery; can be used as a surface for vomiting.
Marigold -leaves used to treat infection and heal wounds and sores.
Horsetail -used to treat infected wounds.
Burdock root -used to treat infections, especially rat bites.
Chervil root -used to treat infections.
Wild garlic -rolling in this can help to keep out infection.
Dried Oak Leaves -collected during leaf-fall; stops infection.
Coltsfoot -used to treat kitten cough.
Catnip (also called catmint) -used to treat whitecough and greencough; can help to relax a cat.
Chickweed -used to help treat greencough.
Tansy -used to treat coughs.
Thyme -used to calm a cat.
Chamomile -used to calm a cat.
Dandelion -used to calm a cat.
Juniper berries -used to treat bellyache, and give strength to recovering cats.
Chervil -used to treat bellyache.
Watermint -used to treat bellyache.
Daisy leaves -used to treat aching joints.
Goldenrod -used in a poultice to treat aching joints and stiffness; can also be used for severe injuries.
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.
Comfrey -used to treat broken bones.
Nettle (leaves) -used to treat swelling.
Wild Basil -used to treat paw problems.
Poison Ivy (leaves) -used on cracked paw pads.
Celandine -used to treat ailments of the eyes.
Snakeroot -used to counter poison.
Nettle (seeds) -used to counter poison.
Honey -used to treat sore throats; can also be used in poultices to sooth injuries.
Mouse bile -used to remove ticks from a cat's coat.
Yarrow -used to make a cat vomit and expel poisons from the body, used mostly when cats have eaten something poisonous.
Broom -used in poultices for broken legs.
Catchweed -used to help protect freshly-applied poultices by sticking them over the area. Green and fluffy seeds.
Lamb's ear -a herb used along with ragwort to help strenthen exhausted, weakened cats.
Poisonous Plants
Deathberries (yew)- of no medicinal value; bright scarlet berries that, when ingested, can easily kill a cat if they are not quickly enough expelled from the cat's body.
Nightshade -of no medicinal value; is poisonous.
Holly berries -of no medicinal value; poisonous like deathberries.
Illnesses
[These are not the only illnesses that can occur; these are just the ones that were in the book.]
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, pus excreted from the eyes, fever, and green phlegm streaming from the nose and mouth.
Best Treatment: Catmint and feverfew
Whitecough - a mild sickness like a cold. More common than greencough, but can become greencough or even the fatal blackcough. Symptoms include sneezing, white phlegm streaming from the nose, and a slightly high temperature. This is similar to kitten cough, 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: Unknown
Chill - a very mild ailment usually caused by very cold weather or falling into icy water. Much like whitecough, but with cold chills.
Best Treament: Catmint
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 yarrow, 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 rabbits, or other kinds of harmful things.
Best treatment: Yarrow; makes them throw up the harmful things they have eaten, 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: Ragwort and lamb's ears.
Herbs and Plants with Medicine Value
Poppy seeds -used to make a cat very sleepy and to ease pain.
Cobwebs -used to stop bleeding.
Feverfew -used to cool feverish cats and treat head pain.
Lavender -cures fever.
Borage leaves -used to treat fevers and helps nursing mothers with their milk supply.
Dock leaves -used to sooth scratches; can also make a cat's coat slippery; can be used as a surface for vomiting.
Marigold -leaves used to treat infection and heal wounds and sores.
Horsetail -used to treat infected wounds.
Burdock root -used to treat infections, especially rat bites.
Chervil root -used to treat infections.
Wild garlic -rolling in this can help to keep out infection.
Dried Oak Leaves -collected during leaf-fall; stops infection.
Coltsfoot -used to treat kitten cough.
Catnip (also called catmint) -used to treat whitecough and greencough; can help to relax a cat.
Chickweed -used to help treat greencough.
Tansy -used to treat coughs.
Thyme -used to calm a cat.
Chamomile -used to calm a cat.
Dandelion -used to calm a cat.
Juniper berries -used to treat bellyache, and give strength to recovering cats.
Chervil -used to treat bellyache.
Watermint -used to treat bellyache.
Daisy leaves -used to treat aching joints.
Goldenrod -used in a poultice to treat aching joints and stiffness; can also be used for severe injuries.
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.
Comfrey -used to treat broken bones.
Nettle (leaves) -used to treat swelling.
Wild Basil -used to treat paw problems.
Poison Ivy (leaves) -used on cracked paw pads.
Celandine -used to treat ailments of the eyes.
Snakeroot -used to counter poison.
Nettle (seeds) -used to counter poison.
Honey -used to treat sore throats; can also be used in poultices to sooth injuries.
Mouse bile -used to remove ticks from a cat's coat.
Yarrow -used to make a cat vomit and expel poisons from the body, used mostly when cats have eaten something poisonous.
Broom -used in poultices for broken legs.
Catchweed -used to help protect freshly-applied poultices by sticking them over the area. Green and fluffy seeds.
Lamb's ear -a herb used along with ragwort to help strenthen exhausted, weakened cats.
Poisonous Plants
Deathberries (yew)- of no medicinal value; bright scarlet berries that, when ingested, can easily kill a cat if they are not quickly enough expelled from the cat's body.
Nightshade -of no medicinal value; is poisonous.
Holly berries -of no medicinal value; poisonous like deathberries.
Illnesses
[These are not the only illnesses that can occur; these are just the ones that were in the book.]
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, pus excreted from the eyes, fever, and green phlegm streaming from the nose and mouth.
Best Treatment: Catmint and feverfew
Whitecough - a mild sickness like a cold. More common than greencough, but can become greencough or even the fatal blackcough. Symptoms include sneezing, white phlegm streaming from the nose, and a slightly high temperature. This is similar to kitten cough, 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: Unknown
Chill - a very mild ailment usually caused by very cold weather or falling into icy water. Much like whitecough, but with cold chills.
Best Treament: Catmint
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 yarrow, 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 rabbits, or other kinds of harmful things.
Best treatment: Yarrow; makes them throw up the harmful things they have eaten, 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: Ragwort and lamb's ears.