Post by Amber on Jul 10, 2010 19:43:48 GMT -7
Mainly for reference.. Feel free to look to this for help if you RP a medicine cat! ^-^ Please keep in mind these are not all the herbs or sicknesses, simply the most common.
Poppy seeds - used to numb pain and make a cat drowsy
Cobwebs - used to stop bleeding
Feverfew - used to cool feverish cats and treat head pain
Borage leaves - used to treat fevers
Marigold - 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 from rat bites
Coltsfoot - used to treat kittencough and good for breathing
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 (leaves) - used to calm a cat
Juniper berries - used to treat bellyache
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
Comfrey - used to treat broken bones
Nettle (leaves) - used to treat swelling
Celadine - used to treat ailments of the eyes
Snakeroot - used to counter poison
Nettle (seeds) - used to counter poison
Honey - used to treat sore throats
Mouse bile - used to remove ticks from a cat's coat
Yarrow - used to make a cat vomit and expel poisons from the body
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.
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 or coltsfoot
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, feverfew, chickweed
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, coltsfoot
Blackcough - a fatal sickness that spells certain death for any cat who catches it. Although it hasn't been seen for many seasons, symptoms are rumored to include coughing blood.
Best Treatment: Feverfew, catsmint, coltsfoot, chickweed, thyme, honey - basically anything that might help.
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, thyme.
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.
Poppy seeds - used to numb pain and make a cat drowsy
Cobwebs - used to stop bleeding
Feverfew - used to cool feverish cats and treat head pain
Borage leaves - used to treat fevers
Marigold - 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 from rat bites
Coltsfoot - used to treat kittencough and good for breathing
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 (leaves) - used to calm a cat
Juniper berries - used to treat bellyache
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
Comfrey - used to treat broken bones
Nettle (leaves) - used to treat swelling
Celadine - used to treat ailments of the eyes
Snakeroot - used to counter poison
Nettle (seeds) - used to counter poison
Honey - used to treat sore throats
Mouse bile - used to remove ticks from a cat's coat
Yarrow - used to make a cat vomit and expel poisons from the body
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.
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 or coltsfoot
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, feverfew, chickweed
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, coltsfoot
Blackcough - a fatal sickness that spells certain death for any cat who catches it. Although it hasn't been seen for many seasons, symptoms are rumored to include coughing blood.
Best Treatment: Feverfew, catsmint, coltsfoot, chickweed, thyme, honey - basically anything that might help.
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, thyme.
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.