Post by Hawky on Apr 2, 2012 7:25:56 GMT -5
Medicine Cat Herbs
Alder Bark - used to soothe and help toothaches
Blackberry Leaves - used to soothe bee stings
Borage Leaves - used to treat fevers and helps nursing queens bring up their milk supply
Burdock Root - used to treat infections, especially rat bites
Catmint (sometimes called catnip) - for whitecough and greencough; also exceptionally tasty to cats that are not sick
Celandine - used for easing pain; also used to treat ailments of the eyes
Chamomile - used to calm a cat, or strengthen
Chervile - used to treat bellyache
Chervile Root - used to treat infections
Chickweed - used to help treat greencough
Coltsfoot - used to treat whitecough, ease breathing
Comfrey - used to treat broken bones
Daisy Leaves - used to treat aching joints
Dandelion Leaves - used to calm a cat
Dock Leaves - used for nettle stings
Elder Leaves - used to soothe sprains
Feaverfew - used to cool feverish cats and treat head pain
Goldenrod - used in a poultice to treat aching joints and stiffness; can also be used for severe injuries
Goosegrass - can stop bleeding for a moment
Horsetail - used to treat infected wounds
Juniper Berries - used to treat bellyache
Lavender - used to treat coughs and fevers
Mallow - used for infection, stings
Marigold - used to treat infection and heal wounds and sores
Nettle Leaves - used to treat swelling
Nettle Seeds - used to counter poison
Oak Leaves - used to stop bleeding and infection
Parsley - used to stop the supply of milk in nursing queen
Poppy Seeds - used to numb pain and help a cat sleep
Ragwort Leaves - used to treat aching joints
Raspberry Leaves - eases pain in kitting queens
Snake Root - used to counter poison
Tansy - used to treat coughs and wounds
Thyme - used to calm a cat
Tormentil - good for all wounds and poison
Watermint - used to treat bellyache
Wintergreen (Tribe herb)- good for wounds
Yarrow - used to make a cat vomit and expel poisons from the body
Assisting Herbs
Dock leaves - used to make a cat's coat slippery; also can be used as a surface for vomiting
Non-Herb Medicine
Cobwebs - used to stop bleeding
Honey - used to treat sore throats
Mouse Bile - used to remove ticks from a cat's coat
Wild Garlic - rolling in this can help to keep out infection, and hide a cat's scent
Healing Treatments and Mixtures
Aching Joints - ragwort leaves, juniper berries, goldenrod, daisy leaves
Bee Stings - use blackberry leaves
Broken Bones - wrap in cobwebs, put on comfrey pulp, use poppy seeds to dull pain
Bellyache - trip to dirtplace, chervile, watermint, juniper berries
Coughs (whitecough or greencough) - use either catmint, honey, or tansy, and keep the cat away from other cats
Cuts in Eye - trickle celandine juice in to ease the pain
Deep Wounds - cobwebs, marigold, horsetail
Displaced Bones - give poppy seed, wait for effect, then have cat bite stick while you give the leg a tug and hear it click into place, give them another poppy seed so they sleep
Dull Pain - use poppy seed, then when it takes effect preform treatment, and give them another to sleep
Hurting Throat - honey, water
Nettle Stings - dock leaf pulp, give poppy seed so it dulls the pain and helps cat sleep
Poison - if poison is in stomach, give cat yarrow leaves so they vomit the poison, have them vomit onto dock leaves
Prevent Infection and Soothe Pain for Burns - comfrey, honey
Rat Bites - a poultice of burdock root with cobwebs on top, and horsetail if it is available
Scratches - marigold, horsetail
Shock - thyme, chamomile, lick fur, give water and poppy seeds
Stiffness - crushed poppy seeds, marigold, comfrey
Strengthening Herbs - tansy, watermint, feverfew
Toothache - use alder bark
Traveling <someone replaced this space with a . Sorry if I've violated anything> Strengthening Herbs - chamomile, burnet, daisy leaves, sorrel
Wrenched Muscles - comfrey, nettle, water therapy
Other Non-Herb Treatments
Gently Nip Spine or Poke with Claw - tests to see if backbone is broken, if they don't feel it, then it is broken
Lick Fur - clean wounds, bring down shock, and warm a cold cat (lick fur the wrong way)
Moss Soaked in Water - sick or injured or weak cats can drink, and can be used to cool feverish cats
Rosemary, Mint - used to lighten the death-scent of a dead cat before burial
Sweeten Herbs - use nectar, honey or mouse blood
Water Soaking - hold swelling wound in cold water, takes down swelling, also soothes scraped pads
Water Therapy - have cat with weak or hurting muscles or bone wade in water, eventually they'll get stronger
Wailing, Yowling - keeps lungs and chest clear
Kitting
Kitting is a very important part of life, so make sure that you have either a full medicine cat with you or you've done it many times before.
- Have cat eat plenty of fresh-kill before kitting begins. Keep them rested, and give them borage leaves on the last moon before kitting so they can produce milk.
- While she-cat is kitting, have her bite a stick when pain begins. Give her raspberry leaves, and make sure that there is a wet ball of moss close by.
- Once kitting is finished, make sure queen is producing milk. Once the queen does not need to provide milk, give her small doses of parsley until it stops (unless it already has). Check kits regularly, keep water close, and provide a soft nest with lots of fresh-kill. Give queen a poppy seed if she needs to rest or is in pain while kitting.
Herb Care
- If herbs are wet, leave them out in the sun to dry
- Gather fresh herbs when stock gets short
- Leave enough of the herb on its plant so if can reproduce
- Check store often and throw out old or weak herbs
- Wrap honey in a dock leaf, use a rhubarb leaf to finish
- Use bark strips to finish a leaf wrap if needed, or to keep herbs together and fresh
Alder Bark - used to soothe and help toothaches
Blackberry Leaves - used to soothe bee stings
Borage Leaves - used to treat fevers and helps nursing queens bring up their milk supply
Burdock Root - used to treat infections, especially rat bites
Catmint (sometimes called catnip) - for whitecough and greencough; also exceptionally tasty to cats that are not sick
Celandine - used for easing pain; also used to treat ailments of the eyes
Chamomile - used to calm a cat, or strengthen
Chervile - used to treat bellyache
Chervile Root - used to treat infections
Chickweed - used to help treat greencough
Coltsfoot - used to treat whitecough, ease breathing
Comfrey - used to treat broken bones
Daisy Leaves - used to treat aching joints
Dandelion Leaves - used to calm a cat
Dock Leaves - used for nettle stings
Elder Leaves - used to soothe sprains
Feaverfew - used to cool feverish cats and treat head pain
Goldenrod - used in a poultice to treat aching joints and stiffness; can also be used for severe injuries
Goosegrass - can stop bleeding for a moment
Horsetail - used to treat infected wounds
Juniper Berries - used to treat bellyache
Lavender - used to treat coughs and fevers
Mallow - used for infection, stings
Marigold - used to treat infection and heal wounds and sores
Nettle Leaves - used to treat swelling
Nettle Seeds - used to counter poison
Oak Leaves - used to stop bleeding and infection
Parsley - used to stop the supply of milk in nursing queen
Poppy Seeds - used to numb pain and help a cat sleep
Ragwort Leaves - used to treat aching joints
Raspberry Leaves - eases pain in kitting queens
Snake Root - used to counter poison
Tansy - used to treat coughs and wounds
Thyme - used to calm a cat
Tormentil - good for all wounds and poison
Watermint - used to treat bellyache
Wintergreen (Tribe herb)- good for wounds
Yarrow - used to make a cat vomit and expel poisons from the body
Assisting Herbs
Dock leaves - used to make a cat's coat slippery; also can be used as a surface for vomiting
Non-Herb Medicine
Cobwebs - used to stop bleeding
Honey - used to treat sore throats
Mouse Bile - used to remove ticks from a cat's coat
Wild Garlic - rolling in this can help to keep out infection, and hide a cat's scent
Healing Treatments and Mixtures
Aching Joints - ragwort leaves, juniper berries, goldenrod, daisy leaves
Bee Stings - use blackberry leaves
Broken Bones - wrap in cobwebs, put on comfrey pulp, use poppy seeds to dull pain
Bellyache - trip to dirtplace, chervile, watermint, juniper berries
Coughs (whitecough or greencough) - use either catmint, honey, or tansy, and keep the cat away from other cats
Cuts in Eye - trickle celandine juice in to ease the pain
Deep Wounds - cobwebs, marigold, horsetail
Displaced Bones - give poppy seed, wait for effect, then have cat bite stick while you give the leg a tug and hear it click into place, give them another poppy seed so they sleep
Dull Pain - use poppy seed, then when it takes effect preform treatment, and give them another to sleep
Hurting Throat - honey, water
Nettle Stings - dock leaf pulp, give poppy seed so it dulls the pain and helps cat sleep
Poison - if poison is in stomach, give cat yarrow leaves so they vomit the poison, have them vomit onto dock leaves
Prevent Infection and Soothe Pain for Burns - comfrey, honey
Rat Bites - a poultice of burdock root with cobwebs on top, and horsetail if it is available
Scratches - marigold, horsetail
Shock - thyme, chamomile, lick fur, give water and poppy seeds
Stiffness - crushed poppy seeds, marigold, comfrey
Strengthening Herbs - tansy, watermint, feverfew
Toothache - use alder bark
Traveling <someone replaced this space with a . Sorry if I've violated anything> Strengthening Herbs - chamomile, burnet, daisy leaves, sorrel
Wrenched Muscles - comfrey, nettle, water therapy
Other Non-Herb Treatments
Gently Nip Spine or Poke with Claw - tests to see if backbone is broken, if they don't feel it, then it is broken
Lick Fur - clean wounds, bring down shock, and warm a cold cat (lick fur the wrong way)
Moss Soaked in Water - sick or injured or weak cats can drink, and can be used to cool feverish cats
Rosemary, Mint - used to lighten the death-scent of a dead cat before burial
Sweeten Herbs - use nectar, honey or mouse blood
Water Soaking - hold swelling wound in cold water, takes down swelling, also soothes scraped pads
Water Therapy - have cat with weak or hurting muscles or bone wade in water, eventually they'll get stronger
Wailing, Yowling - keeps lungs and chest clear
Kitting
Kitting is a very important part of life, so make sure that you have either a full medicine cat with you or you've done it many times before.
- Have cat eat plenty of fresh-kill before kitting begins. Keep them rested, and give them borage leaves on the last moon before kitting so they can produce milk.
- While she-cat is kitting, have her bite a stick when pain begins. Give her raspberry leaves, and make sure that there is a wet ball of moss close by.
- Once kitting is finished, make sure queen is producing milk. Once the queen does not need to provide milk, give her small doses of parsley until it stops (unless it already has). Check kits regularly, keep water close, and provide a soft nest with lots of fresh-kill. Give queen a poppy seed if she needs to rest or is in pain while kitting.
Herb Care
- If herbs are wet, leave them out in the sun to dry
- Gather fresh herbs when stock gets short
- Leave enough of the herb on its plant so if can reproduce
- Check store often and throw out old or weak herbs
- Wrap honey in a dock leaf, use a rhubarb leaf to finish
- Use bark strips to finish a leaf wrap if needed, or to keep herbs together and fresh