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Topic: Illnesses and Medicinal Herbs (Read 323 times)
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Illnesses and Medicinal Herbs « Thread Started on Jul 31, 2007, 7:32pm »
Illnesses and Medicinal Herbs
Illnesses
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 and white phlem 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. 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.
Medicinal Herbs DISCLAIMER: NEVER feed your cat any of these plants unless directed by a qualified veterinarian
Borage Leaves To be chewed and eaten. The plant can be distinguished by it's small blue or pink star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves. Great for nursing queens as it helps increase their supply of milk. Also brings down fever.
Burdock Root A tall-stemmed, sharp-smelling thistle with dark leaves. A medicine cat must dig up the roots, wash off the dirt, and chew them into a pulp, which can be applied to rat bites. Cures infection.
Catmint (aka Catnip) A delicious-smelling, leafy plant that's hard to find in the wild; often found growing in Twoleg gardens. The best remedy for greencough.
Chervil A sweet-smelling plant with large, spreading, fernlike leaves and small white flowers. The juice of the leaves can be used for infected wounds, and chewing the root helps with bellyache.
Cobweb Spiderwebs can be found all over the forest; be careful not to bring along the spider when you take the web! Medicine cats wrap it around an injury to soak up the blood and keep the wound clean. Stops bleeding.
Coltsfoot A flowering plant, a bit like a dandelion, with yellow or white flowers. The leaves can be chewed into a pulp, which is eaten to help shortness of breath.
Comfrey Identifiable by it's large leaves and small bell-shaped flowers, which can be pink, white, or purple. The flat black roots of this plant can be chewed into a pultice to mend broken bones or soothe wounds.
Celadine North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil. Can be used to treat sore eyes, or possibly to make a cat drowsy.
Dock A plant similar to sorrel. The leaf can be chewed up and applied to soothe scratches. Dried Oak Leaf Collected in the autumn 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 purple berries. The berries soothe bellyaches and help cats who are having trouble breathing.
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 pulpe and applied as a poultice to wounds. Stops infection.
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.
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.
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 cougs, 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 and then fed to a cat suffering 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.
Deathberries (Yew berries) Red berries that can be fatally poisonous to kits and elders. They are NOT a medicine. BEWARE!
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