Post by wolflover1458 on Jul 24, 2009 9:36:16 GMT -5
I figured everyone with medicine cats could use a list of all the herbs and illnesses cats can get, so they know what to use for different problems.
Adder barrack: Use for toothaches.
Alfalfa: Used to prevent tooth decay.
Aloe Vera: Use the leaves; can treat burns and skin problems.
Blessed Thistle: Helps to strengthen the heart & lungs and increases circulation.
Borage: Leaves and roots should be consumed to ward off fevers. Seeds and leaves should be consumed by nursing Queens to help milk flow. Borage should only be used green, not dried.
Bramble twigs: Chewed, it helps one to sleep.
Broom Malice Poultices: Helps with open wounds.
Burdock Root: Can be used to relieve joint pains. It's good for rat bites and infected wounds.
Catnip: Is used to ease pain and help to cure WhiteCough, Greencough, and Blackcough. It is gathered and pressed into wounds to stop bleeding. Usually only used with wounds that risk bleeding heavily as they can lead to infection.
Celandine: Used to strengthen weak eyes.
Chamomile: can be used to help relax, leaves and flowers soothe the heart and give physical strength.
Chapparal: Helps to clean faces.
Chervil Juice: Is best for infected wounds.
Chervil Root: Can be used to cure bellyache.
Cobwebs: Is used to stop bleeding.
Comfrey: Used to help cure broken bones.
Deathberry (Also Yewberries): Berries that when consumed will kill the cat who swallows if they are not given immediate help. The cat still might not be saved.
Dock leaves: Is used to make fur slippery when stuck in a tight space.
Echinacia: Used to help ease infection.
Ferns: Helps to clean out wounds.
Fever: The leaves can be used to reduce fever and can also be consumed to help colds and stomach ailments.
Feverfew: Is used to reduce head pain.
Garlic: Used for ear infections and wounds.
Ginger: Can be used for asthma and coughs.
Goldenrod: Is a muscle pain reliever.
Hawthorne Berries: Can treat heart burns and indigestion.
Honey: Used to soothe irritated throats and other things. It's good for smoke inhalation.
Horsetail: Chew the leaves and spit into wounds to help stop infections.
Huckleberry: A muscle pain reliever.
Ivy: Helps calm cats down.
Juniper berries: Good for belly ache and whitecough. Berries can ease the stomach and serve as a counter poison. Leaves can be used to ease coughs and other respiratory problems.
Lavender: Leaves & flowers are good for easing pains in head and throat when eaten. Inhaling the sent of the fresh flowers can also calm nerves.
Marigold: Leaves and flowers consumed to relieve chills.The leaves and petals can be chewed and placed on wounds to help prevent infection.
Mouse Bile: Can be harvested from mice and used to kill fleas and ticks. Cats should be sure to wash their hands in a stream afterward.
Nettle: Leaves are used for rashes and fever.
Poppy: Seeds can be consumed to remove pain and to aid sleep. Flower heads should be consumed to relive continuous coughs. Petals and leaves can be chewed to improve resting and aid in sleep.
Ragweed Leaves: Can help to relive stiff joints.
Roots - Is good for belly-aches.
Sacred bark: Used for an upset stomach.
Snakeroot: Is used to counter poison.
Tansy: Leaves, flowers, and stems should be to remove worms. Leaves can be chewed to help relive joint aches. Flowers should be consumed to help coughs. Pregnant Queens should not be given tansy, as it causes miscarriages.
Thyme: Should be consumed to calm an anxious cat, or to aid restful sleep.
Water mint: Used to cure a bellyache.
Willow: Water from beneath the bark of a willow can be dripped into the eyes to help clear blurriness in vision. It may also be applied to dry patches of skin to help soothe itches. Small amounts of willow bark can be consumed to ease pain, diarrhea, fevers, and inflammation.
Yarrow Leaves: Makes cats throw up to help extract posion.
Yarrow Ointment: Is used for scraped paws.
Cracked pads: A painful ailment that is usually seen in Elders The pawpads of the cat crack from cold or dryness, and if untreated it can lead to infection. Symptoms include the paws swelling and pain.
Whitecough: A mild sickness. Can become greencough or blackcough. Symptoms include sneezing and white phlegm streaming from the nose, along with a slightly high temperature.
Greencough: Sickness common to the Clans in Leafbare. Symptoms include wheezing, pus excreted from the eyes, fever, and green phlegm streaming from the nose and mouth.
Blackcough: Fatal sickness that means death to any cat who catches it. No known symptoms.
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Adder barrack: Use for toothaches.
Alfalfa: Used to prevent tooth decay.
Aloe Vera: Use the leaves; can treat burns and skin problems.
B
Blessed Thistle: Helps to strengthen the heart & lungs and increases circulation.
Borage: Leaves and roots should be consumed to ward off fevers. Seeds and leaves should be consumed by nursing Queens to help milk flow. Borage should only be used green, not dried.
Bramble twigs: Chewed, it helps one to sleep.
Broom Malice Poultices: Helps with open wounds.
Burdock Root: Can be used to relieve joint pains. It's good for rat bites and infected wounds.
C
Catnip: Is used to ease pain and help to cure WhiteCough, Greencough, and Blackcough. It is gathered and pressed into wounds to stop bleeding. Usually only used with wounds that risk bleeding heavily as they can lead to infection.
Celandine: Used to strengthen weak eyes.
Chamomile: can be used to help relax, leaves and flowers soothe the heart and give physical strength.
Chapparal: Helps to clean faces.
Chervil Juice: Is best for infected wounds.
Chervil Root: Can be used to cure bellyache.
Cobwebs: Is used to stop bleeding.
Comfrey: Used to help cure broken bones.
D
Deathberry (Also Yewberries): Berries that when consumed will kill the cat who swallows if they are not given immediate help. The cat still might not be saved.
Dock leaves: Is used to make fur slippery when stuck in a tight space.
E
Echinacia: Used to help ease infection.
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Ferns: Helps to clean out wounds.
Fever: The leaves can be used to reduce fever and can also be consumed to help colds and stomach ailments.
Feverfew: Is used to reduce head pain.
G
Garlic: Used for ear infections and wounds.
Ginger: Can be used for asthma and coughs.
Goldenrod: Is a muscle pain reliever.
H
Hawthorne Berries: Can treat heart burns and indigestion.
Honey: Used to soothe irritated throats and other things. It's good for smoke inhalation.
Horsetail: Chew the leaves and spit into wounds to help stop infections.
Huckleberry: A muscle pain reliever.
I
Ivy: Helps calm cats down.
J
Juniper berries: Good for belly ache and whitecough. Berries can ease the stomach and serve as a counter poison. Leaves can be used to ease coughs and other respiratory problems.
L
Lavender: Leaves & flowers are good for easing pains in head and throat when eaten. Inhaling the sent of the fresh flowers can also calm nerves.
M
Marigold: Leaves and flowers consumed to relieve chills.The leaves and petals can be chewed and placed on wounds to help prevent infection.
Mouse Bile: Can be harvested from mice and used to kill fleas and ticks. Cats should be sure to wash their hands in a stream afterward.
N
Nettle: Leaves are used for rashes and fever.
P
Poppy: Seeds can be consumed to remove pain and to aid sleep. Flower heads should be consumed to relive continuous coughs. Petals and leaves can be chewed to improve resting and aid in sleep.
R
Ragweed Leaves: Can help to relive stiff joints.
Roots - Is good for belly-aches.
S
Sacred bark: Used for an upset stomach.
Snakeroot: Is used to counter poison.
T
Tansy: Leaves, flowers, and stems should be to remove worms. Leaves can be chewed to help relive joint aches. Flowers should be consumed to help coughs. Pregnant Queens should not be given tansy, as it causes miscarriages.
Thyme: Should be consumed to calm an anxious cat, or to aid restful sleep.
W.
Water mint: Used to cure a bellyache.
Willow: Water from beneath the bark of a willow can be dripped into the eyes to help clear blurriness in vision. It may also be applied to dry patches of skin to help soothe itches. Small amounts of willow bark can be consumed to ease pain, diarrhea, fevers, and inflammation.
Y.
Yarrow Leaves: Makes cats throw up to help extract posion.
Yarrow Ointment: Is used for scraped paws.
Illnesses
Cracked pads: A painful ailment that is usually seen in Elders The pawpads of the cat crack from cold or dryness, and if untreated it can lead to infection. Symptoms include the paws swelling and pain.
Whitecough: A mild sickness. Can become greencough or blackcough. Symptoms include sneezing and white phlegm streaming from the nose, along with a slightly high temperature.
Greencough: Sickness common to the Clans in Leafbare. Symptoms include wheezing, pus excreted from the eyes, fever, and green phlegm streaming from the nose and mouth.
Blackcough: Fatal sickness that means death to any cat who catches it. No known symptoms.