Post by Softsky on Jul 27, 2014 21:10:03 GMT
Medicine Cat Guide
Medicine Cats
Medicine cats are Clan cats who treat diseases and injuries, and who receive directions and guidance from StarClan. They have their own den in the Clan camp, where they sleep, store herbs, and treat wounded or sick cats. Medicine cats are not allowed to take mates or have kits, (so that their work will not be disturbed) and usually stay outside Clan rivalries. They are deeply respected by their Clanmates and no cat dares argue with them. Though most medicine cats believe in StarClan, a few rare exceptions (ie. Mothwing) have become medicine cats even though they don't believe in StarClan.
Tasks:
• Know all the herbs and store a supply of them in their den
• Treat wounded and sick cats
• Assist queens giving birth to kits
• Check up regularly on the health of Clan cats, (especially queens, elders, and kits)
• Visit the Clans' sacred place (such as the Moonstone or Moonpool) at every half moon to seek guidance from StarClan
• Interpret prophecies and omens and share them with the Clan leader
• Upon the death of the Clan leader, accompany the deputy to the Moonstone or Moonpool to be appointed as the new leader
• Train an apprentice as the Clan's next medicine cat
• Bear the knowledge of battle training in case of emergencies
• Check up on StarClan to see about the future
Medicine cat code
Medicine cats have to follow the Warrior Code, but seem to have a set of rules for themselves.
1. A medicine cat may not fall in love or take a mate.
2. A medicine cat may not have kits.
3. A medicine cat may only retire when their apprentice is ready to take their place.
4. A medicine cat shares dreams with only StarClan.
5.A medicine cat may only discuss dreams, prophecies, etc. with their
leader or other medicine cats at the monthly meeting; dreams of an
otherwise prophetic nature should not be disclosed to any outside
parties, or any other cats in the Clan.
Sickness/Injuries and their cures
Ticks
Mouse Bile
Extracted from the mouse. The only remedy for ticks, mouse bile is foul smelling, and is stored in moss. When dabbed on a tick, the tick falls off. Smell can be masked by wild garlic, or by washing paws in running water. If accidentally swallowed, can leave a horrible taste in mouth for days. Medicine cats always have to remember to wash their paws in a body of water, such as a creek or stream, after using mouse bile.
Cracked pawpads
Lamb's Ear
Commonly found in the mountains, this herb gives a cat strength. This herb was discovered first by the tribe cats and then when the Clans were resting in their territory, Stoneteller told Leafpaw about this herb.
Coltsfoot
A flowering, dandelion-like plant with yellow or white flowers. The leaves are chewed into a pulp, and given to cats with difficulty breathing or a cough. It also can be used to treat kitten-cough, as well as cracked or sore pads.
Eye problems
Celandine
This herb can be used to soothe the eyes if ever damaged.
Strength:
Chamomile
A small, white flower with a yellow centre, this herb can be used to strengthen the heart and soothe the mind.
Ragweed
Like lamb's ear, this herb, commonly found in the mountains, gives a cat strength, and was first discovered by the tribe cats, later being told to Leafpool by Stoneteller when the Clans were resting in their territory.
Ragwort Leaves
Crushed and mixed into a poultice with juniper berries, it can help aching joints. It can also be used to keep a cat's strength up. It was used in The Fourth Apprentice when Jayfeather gave it to the elders to help them during the drought.
Toothache
Alder Bark
The bark is used to treat cats who get toothaches, and the pain may heal.
Chills and Fever
Borage Leaves
It is easily distinguished by its small blue or pink star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves. When it is chewed and eaten by nursing queens, it produces more, better milk. It also brings down fevers.
Burdock Root
Tall stemmed thistle with a sharp smell and dark leaves. When the root is dug up and the soil is washed off it, it is chewed into a pulp, and put on wounds inflicted by rats to keep them from becoming infected. Can also be used on infected rat bites to lessen and heal the pain.
Feverfew
Small bush with flowers like a daisy. The leaves can be eaten to reduce body temperature, especially cats with fever or chills. Also heals aches and headaches.
Lavender
A small, purple, flowering plant that cures fever and chills.
Infection
Burdock Root
Tall stemmed thistle with a sharp smell and dark leaves. When the root is dug up and the soil is washed off it, it is chewed into a pulp, and put on wounds inflicted by rats to keep them from becoming infected. Can also be used on infected rat bites to lessen and heal the pain.
Dried Oak Leaf
Most readily available in autumn/leaf-fall, the leaves are stored in a dry place, and can stop infection when applied.
Honey
A tasteless, golden-colored liquid that is created by bees. While difficult to obtain without being stung, it is great for soothing infections, sore throats, or cats who have breathed smoke. Also helps cats swallow other medicine. It is given to cats using wads of moss soaked in it.
Horsetail
A tall, bristly-stemmed plant that grows in marshy areas, like ShadowClan's forest territory or the marshes near the island in the lake territories. The leaves can be chewed into a poultice, and applied to infected wounds to help treat them.
Marigold
A low-growing flower that is bright orange or yellow in color. The petals or leaves can be chewed into a pulp and applied to wounds as a poultice to stop infection. It could be used to treat rat bites, but it's sometimes not strong enough.
Wild Garlic
When rolled in, it can help prevent infection. Especially good for rat bites. Due to its strong smell, it is good at hiding the scent of a certain Clan, and disguising cats on raids.
Whitecough, Kittencough, Greencough, Blackcough, and coughing in general
Catmint/Catnip
A leafy and delicious-smelling plant. They are rarely found in the wild, and are mostly found in Twoleg gardens. Best remedy for the deadly greencough, which kits and elders usually catch in the season of leaf-bare. It is also the best remedy for less deadly whitecough.
Chickweed
Like catmint/catnip, it can be used to treat greencough. In the old forest, it grew near Sunningrocks.
Coltsfoot
A flowering, dandelion-like plant with yellow or white flowers. The leaves are chewed into a pulp, and given to cats with difficulty breathing or a cough. It also can be used to treat kitten-cough, as well as cracked or sore pads.
Tansy
The tansy plant has round, yellow leaves, and a very sweet and strong smell, making it good at disguising a cat's scent. It is used for curing coughs, but must be eaten in small doses.
Mental Affections
Chamomile
A small, white flower with a yellow centre, this herb can be used to strengthen the heart and soothe the mind.
Juniper Berries
Juniper berries grow on a bush with dark green, spiky leaves. The berries are purple in color, and can soothe bellyaches, give strength, and help troubled breathing. It is also used to help calm cats.
Poppy Seeds
Small black seeds that are shaken out of a dried poppy flower head. They can put a cat to sleep, or soothe shock and distress, but is not recommended for nursing queens. They are given by wetting the paw, pressing on them, causing them to stick to the paw, and then having the sick or injured cat lick them off. Another method is to place them on a leaf, and have the sick or injured cat lick them off there. They also help soothe pain.
Peppermint
Uncommon; eases stomachs and the mind.
Thyme
This herb can be eaten to calm nervousness, anxiety, and cats who are in shock.
Aching
Chervil
A sweet smelling plant with large, spreading, leafy, fern like leaves and small white flowers. The juice of the leaves can be used for infected wounds, and chewing the root also helps with bellyache. One of the best places to find Chervil in the Forest territory was Snakerocks.
Daisy Leaves
Jayfeather brought a daisy leaf to Mousefur to smell, thinking it might be the mystery herb that Leafpool mixed in with the tansy. Daisy Leaves are thick, dark green, oval shaped leaves. Chewed into a paste, it can help aching joints.
Feverfew
Small bush with flowers like a daisy. The leaves can be eaten to reduce body temperature, especially cats with fever or chills. Also heals aches and headaches.
Juniper Berries
Juniper berries grow on a bush with dark green, spiky leaves. The berries are purple in color, and can soothe bellyaches, give strength, and help troubled breathing. It is also used to help calm cats.
Mallow
The leaves are best collected at sunhigh, when they are dry. It soothes a cat's belly.
Peppermint
Not generally common; eases stomachs and the mind.
Watermint
A green, leafy plant found in streams or damp earth. Usually chewed into a pulp and fed to cats with suffering from a bellyache. In Fading Echoes, it was also used to smooth Leopardstar's pelt and hide the scent of death from it.
Honey
A tasteless, golden-colored liquid that is created by bees. While difficult to obtain without being stung, it is great for soothing infections, sore throats, or cats who have breathed smoke. Also helps cats swallow other medicine. It is given to cats using wads of moss soaked in it.
Broken Bones
Cobwebs
Very common in the forest, just be careful not to bring the spider along with you! Put it on a wound to soak up and stop (or slow) the bleeding. It may also be used to bind broken bones.
Comfrey
Large leaves and small shaped flowers, which range in color from pink, white, or purple. Its fat, black-colored roots, when chewed into a poultice, can be used to repair broken bones or to soothe wounds.
Rush
This herb is used to bind broken bones. It has long narrow leaves and lavender colored head stalks.
Bleeding and Wounds
Cobwebs
Very common in the forest, just be careful not to bring the spider along with you! Put it on a wound to soak up and stop (or slow) the bleeding. It may also be used to bind broken bones.
Comfrey
Large leaves and small shaped flowers, which range in color from pink, white, or purple. Its fat, black-colored roots, when chewed into a poultice, can be used to repair broken bones or to soothe wounds.
Dewpot
A herb for wounds and bleedings; especially kitting bleeding.
Dock
Similar to sorrel, the leaves can be chewed up and applied to soothe scratches, although it may sting when being applied to a wound, and it has a very tangy scent and taste.
Goldenrod
A tall, plant with bright, yellow flowers. When chewed into a poultice, it is good for healing wounds.
Raspberry Leaves
A herb used in kittings, Featherwhisker used it at Leopardfoot's kitting in Bluestar's Prophecy. It could be a painkiller, or to help stop bleeding during the kitting.
Sorrel
Green laves that are used for scratches.
Stinging Nettle
The leaves, when applied to a wound, can bring down swelling. The spiny green seeds can be given to a cat who has been poisoned by crowfood, Twoleg waste, or other toxic objects.
Wormwood
Good for very light pain, also puts cat in sleep in about twenty minutes. Poisonous, when more than two plants
are consumed.
Painkillers
Dandelions
The white liquid inside the stem is used for bee stings. Its roots can also be chewed to act like poppy seeds.
Poppy Seeds
Small black seeds that are shaken out of a dried poppy flower head. They can put a cat to sleep, or soothe shock and distress, but is not recommended for nursing queens. They are given by wetting the paw, pressing on them, causing them to stick to the paw, and then having the sick or injured cat lick them off. Another method is to place them on a leaf, and have the sick or injured cat lick them off there. They also help soothe pain.
Raspberry Leaves
A herb used in kittings, Featherwhisker used it at Leopardfoot's kitting in Bluestar's Prophecy. It could be a painkiller, or to help stop bleeding during the kitting.
Willow Bark
This bark serves as a painkiller.
Wormwood
Good for very light pain, also puts cat in sleep in about twenty minutes. Poisonous, when more than two plants
are consumed.
Bee Stings
Dandelions
The white liquid inside the stem is used for bee stings. Its roots can also be chewed to act like poppy seeds.
Blackberry Leaves
These leaves are chewed into a pulp to treat bee stings. Such as in SkyClan's Destiny when Echosong and Frecklewish used it to treat Clovertail, Shrewtooth, and Ebonyclaw.
Smoke
Honey
A tasteless, golden-colored liquid that is created by bees. While difficult to obtain without being stung, it is great for soothing infections, sore throats, or cats who have breathed smoke. Also helps cats swallow other medicine. It is given to cats using wads of moss soaked in it.
Poison Treatments
Snakeroot
The best remedy for poison, especially for snake bites.
Stinging Nettle
The leaves, when applied to a wound, can bring down swelling. The spiny green seeds can be given to a cat who has been poisoned by crowfood, Twoleg waste, or other toxic objects.
Nettle Seed
Green, spiny seeds. Like yarrow, can be used if a cat has swallowed poison.
Yarrow
A flowering plant whose leaves can be made into a poultice, and applied to wounds to extract poison. Also will make a cat vomit. This was used on Sorrelkit by Cinderpelt when Darkstripe fed her deathberries. The ointment of yarrow can also be used to soften and help heal cracked paw pads. In the old forest, the best place to find yarrow was Snakerocks.
Poison Plants
Deathberries/Yew berries/Night Seeds
They are first seen in Forest of Secrets when Cloudkit, Fireheart, and Cinderpaw are looking for medicine. Cloudkit finds them and attempts to eat them but Cinderpaw tackles him and tells him if he had eaten those berries he would be dead. Later used by Yellowfang to kill Brokentail in the same book. Deathberries are an extremely poisonous species of red berries, and are known to Twolegs as yew berries. They almost killed Sorrelkit when Darkstripe fed them to her in The Darkest Hour, though luckily Cinderpelt was able to save her. The Tribe calls them Night Seeds, when they are used in a plan to kill the mountain lion, Sharptooth, in the book Moonrise. Deathberries were used to tempt the snake that killed Honeyfern in Sunrise. They were also used by Hollyleaf to threaten Leafpool.
Foxglove Seeds
Foxglove seeds are known to be a dangerous medicine. While they can help the heart, they can easily cause paralysis and heart failure. They are often mistaken for poppy seeds. Mentioned when Yellowfang says to Cinderpelt, "You're a dangerous medicine cat! You could kill a cat by confusing foxglove seeds and poppy seeds!"
Holly Berries
Holly berries, while not as dangerous as deathberries, are still a danger to kits. They make an appearance in Twilight; after Leafpool talks to Crowfeather, Sorreltail finds her hiding in a holly bush. Leafpool says she is looking for berries and Sorreltail asks, "Aren't they poisonous?"
Nightshade
Mentioned when Fireheart and Cinderpaw are with Cloudkit. Cloudkit almost eats some deathberries (see below), but is quickly stopped by Cinderpaw. When Cloudkit runs off and calls them to see what he found, she jokes in response that "Maybe it's deadly nightshade this time." Nightshade is extremely toxic to cats and Twolegs, being capable of killing a full-grown human in under forty-five minutes.
Wormwood
Good for very light pain, also puts cat in sleep in about twenty minutes. Poisonous, when more than two plants
are consumed.
Helping Herbs
Beech Leaves
Carry herbs.
Heather Flower
It can be included in herbal mixtures, to make it easier to swallow.
Ivy Leaf
Store herbs/keep them fresh.
Other
Parsley
Stops a queen from producing milk if her kits die, don't need milk anymore, or are producing too much milk.
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, usepoppy 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 Strengthening Herbs - chamomile, burnet, daisy leaves, sorrel
Wrentched Muscles - comfrey, nettle, water therapy.
Heath problems/injuries
♠ Aching Joints ♠
Very
common in the elders of a clan/tribe.This most commonly known as
Arthritis. It is caused by cold weather, damp nests, and plain old being
elderly.
Symptoms: Joints in the body become stiff and sore. Swelling/inflammation can happen.
Best Treatment: Burdock root & daisy leaves, nettle leaves & goldenrod.
♠ Torn Claw ♠
In
this case the carotene (the part of the claw that contains blood
vessels) of the claw has been broken or caught on something. This is
very common. Given a few days time this will heal quickly.
Symptoms: broken layers of carotene, victim limping, swelling, pain, some bleeding.
Best Treatment: Marigold, poppy seeds, and cobwebs.
♠ Sores ♠
Similar
to a bruise. The skin has become raw due to rough activity. It is not a
serious illness/injury, but it is best to get it treated.
Symptoms: Skin is red and raw, cat's in pain and stiff.
Best Treatment: Simply give them poppy seeds and rub the tender area with chewed up comfrey.
♠ Toothache ♠
Toothaches happen when there is a loose tooth, cavity, or gum disease. This best to be treated as quickly as possible.
Symptoms: Loose tooth/teeth, hole in teeth/tooth, or inflammation of the gums. Pain is present.
Best Treatment: For cavities it is best they are pulled out while cat is restraint, other two you can just give alder bark/tansey/broom.
♠ Tummy Ache ♠
This is very
common . . . most of all in kittens.This can happen if a cat has eaten
too much or ate something unpleasant. This can also be a symptom for
more serious illnesses too, so double check the facts.
Symptoms: Aching/Cramping pains in the stomach.
Best Treatment: Watermint & Chervil Root, Juniper Berries & Poppy seeds.
♠ Aches/Pains ♠
This is also very common. This tends to happen if a cat pushed his/her
self too hard in training/hunting/fighting. It can also happen in elders
when they simply tend to ache - or a day after a big battle.
Symptoms: Sore, stiff, and reluctant to move or do anything.
Best Treatment: Give them some poppy seeds and order them a day of bed rest(if the pain is bad enough).
♠ Thorns ♠
This is also common. A cat will have anywhere to a single thorn to more then one stuck in the skin. This very painful!
Best Treatment: Pull the thorn(s) out immediately!Then treat the wound.
♠ Cuts ♠
Again,
very common. This can happen to kits when they play too hard or an
apprentice/warrior trying too hard as well. It can happen in battle,
also.
Best Treatment: Simply use marigold or garlic after rubbing it down with a dock leaf. Cover with cobwebs.
♠ Swelling ♠
This happens all the time with all times of injuries, bruises, and infections.
Symptoms: Inflammation & pain.
Best Treatment:Chewed alder bark & goldenrod(juice), nettle leaves & poppy seeds.
♠ Fever / Headache ♠
In
this case the cat has fallen ill or suffering from infection or heat
stroke or lack of liquids. They will feel hot and their head will hurt.
Symptoms:
*Headache; pain, can't stand sunlight and sounds.
*Fever; Sweating, hot, dizzy.
Best Treatment: Drink plenty of water, nettle leaves & poppy seeds, borage leaves & willow bark.
♠ Cough ♠
An
irritation of the throat/lungs. Caused commonly by illness. Most
commonly gained during leafbare. (Scroll down for Whitecough,
Greencough, and Blackcough.)
Best Treatment: Honey(for dry throat) & tansy.
♠ Trouble Sleeping ♠
In this case the cat is stressed, over-worked, having nightmares, is very depressed, or very ill.
Best Treatment: Ragwort, poppy seeds, or chervil root.
♠ Low on milk ♠
This happens only for queens near kitting or have kits.
Best Treatment: Give the queen borage leaves to increase milk flow.
♠ Asthma / Trouble breathing ♠
When
a cat has asthma or trouble breathing this can be life threatening.
Their breathing becomes rapid and unsteady. This can also be effected my
allergies and kitting.
Symptoms: Rapid and unsteady breaths, wheezing.
Best Treatment: It is best to give coltsfoot and/or juniper berries. For kitting queens give coltsfoot.
♠ Bee / Wasp sting ♠
This sometimes happens to the younger cats and kittens. This happens when a bee/wasp is defending itself.
Best Treatment:
Remove the bee stingers (if bee) gingerly as possible without squeezing
the venom sack. Nettle leaves & poppy seeds or dandelion stems
(liquid inside) & alder bark.[/i]
♠ Ticks / Fleas ♠
For this simply use mouse bile to shoo those pesky bugs out of your fur.
♠ Rash ♠
A rash happens when a cat has scratched too much, allergy, or too hot.
Symptom: Red, tender area.
Best Treatment: Nettle leaves & poppy seeds, goldenrod juice & burdock root.
♠ Cracked Paws ♠
This
happens when the skin has grown hard or too tender, causing it to crack
and bleed.This is most common in the elders.If not treated infection
can kick in.
Best Treatment: Goldenrod juice and garlic and cobwebs.
♠ Chill (Cold / Flu) ♠
This
happens the most when a cat falls into the water or it is freezing cold
outside.This illness is minor but can turn into deadly hypothermia or
minor whitecough if not treated.
Symptoms: The cat will have chills, mild fever, stuffy/runny nose, aches, sneezing, and feel tired.Best Treatment: Honey(throat), poppy seeds, water & bed rest, feverfew/lavender.[/i]
♠ Irritated throat / Smoke Inhalation ♠
A
tender/raw, sore throat can be caused by a number of things. The most
common being illness, allergies, or breathing in smoke from a fire. This
illness is very mild.
Symptoms: The throat will be a bit swollen or red and will be ether dry,itchy,sore, or painful.
Best Treatment: Give them honey and if they breathed in smoke, give coltsfoot or juniper berries too.
♠ Aching/Infected eyes ♠
Another
common ailment but happens more often in greenleaf and newleaf. The
eyes will be be try/watery and will have a hard time opening and closing
the eyes. In a case of infection the eyes will be red and the skin
tender/swollen and may even bleed!
Best Treatment: Celandine and eyebright/garlic/dried oak leaves.
♠ Bleeding ♠
This happens when a cat has been wounded.
Best Treatment: Marigold and cobwebs.
♠ Shock / Anxiety ♠
This
happens when a cat has been badly injured, has a phobia, or witnessed a
stressful/frightening sight. For this the victim must take extra
caution not to do more damage if the cat is injured.
Symptoms: They'll be unresponsive or very jumpy/timid and fear-scent can be detected some times.
Best Treatment: Lavender, thyme leaves, or tansy.
♠ Wound ♠
This can be anywhere from minor to critical.But in any case it should be treated quickly so not to let infection start.
Best Treatment: Alder bark(chewed) & bay leaves, garlic & horsetail, or marigold/pot marigold and comfrey root.Apply cobwebs after.
♠ Infection ♠
This
happens when a wound has been left untreated. This is most common after
being bitten by a rat. This best to be treated immediately for it can
be deadly!
Symptoms: Bad stench, pus, pain, raw/tender skin, and fever(if bad enough).
Best Treatment: Horsetail & chervil leaf juice or burdock root & marigold.
♠ Juvenile Kidney Disease ♠
In
the books Heavystep of RiverClan had this ailment.Medicine cats don't
have a name for this illness nor know the human name for it. A cat will
die from this if it is bad enough.
Symptoms: Dehydration, vomiting, weakness, loss of ability to pass "dirt", softening of pads causing cracked pads.
Best Treatment: Crushed beech leaves(eaten), no true cure for this ailment.
♠ Carrionplace Disease ♠
Out
of all the clans, ShadowClan knows it the best. This happens when the
cats get careless and brings back an infected rat or comes in contact
with one with the ailment. This illness is similar to greencough but is
dangerous and it comes with an unbearable stench!
Symptoms: Troubled breathing, violent coughing fits, fever, loss of hunger, lack of sleep, exhaustion.Best Treatment: Borage, coltsfoot, angelica(only for this illness), juniper berries, honey, and feverfew.
♠ Poison ♠
This
happens when a cat eats a toxic plant (there are A LOT!) or bitten by a
venomous snake (more common for ThunderClan). This is to treat quickly
and immediately or the cat will die!
Symptoms: Dizziness, aches & pains,headaches,fever,sweating,loss of consciousnesses.
Best Treatment: Snakeroot or/and yarrow. If not at paw use another herb that can expel the toxins.
♠ Broken bones ♠
A injury most common if hit by a monster or falling from an extreme height or a severe beating.
Symptoms: Swelling in the area, pain, resistance to walk/run/move.
Best Treatment:
Put the bone back in place then use the following herbs; poppy seeds
& birch bark(moist), broom & horsetail.Apply a splint after
words.
♠ Kittencough ♠
An illness that effects the respiratory system that only kittens get.
Symptoms: Similar to that of Whitecough.
Best Treatment: Coltsfoot, garlic,feverfew/lavender, and nettle.
♠ Whitecough ♠
Very
similar to the flu and kittencough, a common ailment. It can, however,
turn into ether greencough or deadly blackcough if left untreated.
Symptoms: Sneezing, coughing, runny nose, feel tired, and have a slight fever.
Best Treatment: Catnip, feverfew/lavender, honey, poppy seeds (induces sleep), water, bed rest.
♠ Greencough ♠
This
illness is comes when whitecough hasn't been treated soon enough. It is
similar to pneumonia. Very contagious; cats with this MUST be separated
from the other cats. Normally caught during freezing conditions. Can
turn into fatal blackcough!
Symptoms: Sluggishness,fever,wheezing, and phlegm streaming from nose & mouth.[/i]
Best Treatment: Feverfew/Lavender, catnip/chickweed,and coltsfoot(ease the breathing).[/shadow]
♠ Blackcough ♠
This illness is fatal and has a high chance of the cat not surviving
it. Whitecough or Greencough can advance to this if not treated. You can
try to treat it but if it is in the late stages nothing can be done. In
this case the humane thing is ease their way to StarClan.
Symptoms:
Severe wheezing & coughing, phlegm streaming from nose, pus or
blood expelled somewhere and some way on/out of the body, sweating, high
fever, and weakness/lethargy.
Best Treatment: Feverfew/Lavender and catnip.
♠ Death Disease ♠
A
very painful, illness that kills the cat slowly. Also known as Lime
Disease to humans. This illness is worse then blackcough and there is no
cure! The humane thing is ease their way to StarClan.
♠ Morning Sickness ♠
This only happens to expecting queens. . . but luckily, it easy to treat! Certain herbs must be avoided for expecting queens.
Symptoms: They will experience flu/cold like symptoms to a degree.
Best Treatment: Allow her to rest and have water. Give her poppy seeds, avoid juniper berries and use raspberry or nettle leaves instead.
♠ Sprains / Twisted paws / ankles ♠
In this case the cat has but too much stress on the joints or has tripped or become stuck for a time. This injury is very minor.
Symptoms: Swelling, painful to touch and move, can't put pressure on it.[/i]
Best Treatment: Stay off the injury and apply nettle leaves and give poppy seeds.
♠ Hypothermia ♠
This
most common in leaf-bare but it can happen at any time. This illness is
caused most commonly when a cat is soaking wet and stays in the cold
too long. This ailment happens when the body can't/struggles to keep a
steady temperature. There are 4 stages: Impending, mild, moderate, &
severe.
Symptoms: Sluggishness, drowsiness, fatigue,
stumbling, thickening of speech, amnesia, irrationality,
hallucinations, lack of perceptual in any place, blueness in skin,
enlargement of pupils, decrease in heart and respiration rates, state of
near unconsciousness, insensibility, shivering, poor coordination.
Severe Symptoms:
Poor speech, disorientation, decrease in shivering followed by rigidity
of muscles, blueness of skin, weak/irragular pulse.[/color]
Best
Treatment: Get the cat's body warm at all costs but be careful not to
do it too fast. Keep the victim out of the wind and cold and place in a
pre-warmed nest and have other cats sleep around him/her to give warmth.
The rest is in StarClan's paws.
I put this down to keep up with stuff I also didn't see one of these and if you want to move it to where everyone can see it I don't mind.
Medicine Cats
Medicine cats are Clan cats who treat diseases and injuries, and who receive directions and guidance from StarClan. They have their own den in the Clan camp, where they sleep, store herbs, and treat wounded or sick cats. Medicine cats are not allowed to take mates or have kits, (so that their work will not be disturbed) and usually stay outside Clan rivalries. They are deeply respected by their Clanmates and no cat dares argue with them. Though most medicine cats believe in StarClan, a few rare exceptions (ie. Mothwing) have become medicine cats even though they don't believe in StarClan.
Tasks:
• Know all the herbs and store a supply of them in their den
• Treat wounded and sick cats
• Assist queens giving birth to kits
• Check up regularly on the health of Clan cats, (especially queens, elders, and kits)
• Visit the Clans' sacred place (such as the Moonstone or Moonpool) at every half moon to seek guidance from StarClan
• Interpret prophecies and omens and share them with the Clan leader
• Upon the death of the Clan leader, accompany the deputy to the Moonstone or Moonpool to be appointed as the new leader
• Train an apprentice as the Clan's next medicine cat
• Bear the knowledge of battle training in case of emergencies
• Check up on StarClan to see about the future
Medicine cat code
Medicine cats have to follow the Warrior Code, but seem to have a set of rules for themselves.
1. A medicine cat may not fall in love or take a mate.
2. A medicine cat may not have kits.
3. A medicine cat may only retire when their apprentice is ready to take their place.
4. A medicine cat shares dreams with only StarClan.
5.A medicine cat may only discuss dreams, prophecies, etc. with their
leader or other medicine cats at the monthly meeting; dreams of an
otherwise prophetic nature should not be disclosed to any outside
parties, or any other cats in the Clan.
Sickness/Injuries and their cures
Ticks
Mouse Bile
Extracted from the mouse. The only remedy for ticks, mouse bile is foul smelling, and is stored in moss. When dabbed on a tick, the tick falls off. Smell can be masked by wild garlic, or by washing paws in running water. If accidentally swallowed, can leave a horrible taste in mouth for days. Medicine cats always have to remember to wash their paws in a body of water, such as a creek or stream, after using mouse bile.
Cracked pawpads
Lamb's Ear
Commonly found in the mountains, this herb gives a cat strength. This herb was discovered first by the tribe cats and then when the Clans were resting in their territory, Stoneteller told Leafpaw about this herb.
Coltsfoot
A flowering, dandelion-like plant with yellow or white flowers. The leaves are chewed into a pulp, and given to cats with difficulty breathing or a cough. It also can be used to treat kitten-cough, as well as cracked or sore pads.
Eye problems
Celandine
This herb can be used to soothe the eyes if ever damaged.
Strength:
Chamomile
A small, white flower with a yellow centre, this herb can be used to strengthen the heart and soothe the mind.
Ragweed
Like lamb's ear, this herb, commonly found in the mountains, gives a cat strength, and was first discovered by the tribe cats, later being told to Leafpool by Stoneteller when the Clans were resting in their territory.
Ragwort Leaves
Crushed and mixed into a poultice with juniper berries, it can help aching joints. It can also be used to keep a cat's strength up. It was used in The Fourth Apprentice when Jayfeather gave it to the elders to help them during the drought.
Toothache
Alder Bark
The bark is used to treat cats who get toothaches, and the pain may heal.
Chills and Fever
Borage Leaves
It is easily distinguished by its small blue or pink star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves. When it is chewed and eaten by nursing queens, it produces more, better milk. It also brings down fevers.
Burdock Root
Tall stemmed thistle with a sharp smell and dark leaves. When the root is dug up and the soil is washed off it, it is chewed into a pulp, and put on wounds inflicted by rats to keep them from becoming infected. Can also be used on infected rat bites to lessen and heal the pain.
Feverfew
Small bush with flowers like a daisy. The leaves can be eaten to reduce body temperature, especially cats with fever or chills. Also heals aches and headaches.
Lavender
A small, purple, flowering plant that cures fever and chills.
Infection
Burdock Root
Tall stemmed thistle with a sharp smell and dark leaves. When the root is dug up and the soil is washed off it, it is chewed into a pulp, and put on wounds inflicted by rats to keep them from becoming infected. Can also be used on infected rat bites to lessen and heal the pain.
Dried Oak Leaf
Most readily available in autumn/leaf-fall, the leaves are stored in a dry place, and can stop infection when applied.
Honey
A tasteless, golden-colored liquid that is created by bees. While difficult to obtain without being stung, it is great for soothing infections, sore throats, or cats who have breathed smoke. Also helps cats swallow other medicine. It is given to cats using wads of moss soaked in it.
Horsetail
A tall, bristly-stemmed plant that grows in marshy areas, like ShadowClan's forest territory or the marshes near the island in the lake territories. The leaves can be chewed into a poultice, and applied to infected wounds to help treat them.
Marigold
A low-growing flower that is bright orange or yellow in color. The petals or leaves can be chewed into a pulp and applied to wounds as a poultice to stop infection. It could be used to treat rat bites, but it's sometimes not strong enough.
Wild Garlic
When rolled in, it can help prevent infection. Especially good for rat bites. Due to its strong smell, it is good at hiding the scent of a certain Clan, and disguising cats on raids.
Whitecough, Kittencough, Greencough, Blackcough, and coughing in general
Catmint/Catnip
A leafy and delicious-smelling plant. They are rarely found in the wild, and are mostly found in Twoleg gardens. Best remedy for the deadly greencough, which kits and elders usually catch in the season of leaf-bare. It is also the best remedy for less deadly whitecough.
Chickweed
Like catmint/catnip, it can be used to treat greencough. In the old forest, it grew near Sunningrocks.
Coltsfoot
A flowering, dandelion-like plant with yellow or white flowers. The leaves are chewed into a pulp, and given to cats with difficulty breathing or a cough. It also can be used to treat kitten-cough, as well as cracked or sore pads.
Tansy
The tansy plant has round, yellow leaves, and a very sweet and strong smell, making it good at disguising a cat's scent. It is used for curing coughs, but must be eaten in small doses.
Mental Affections
Chamomile
A small, white flower with a yellow centre, this herb can be used to strengthen the heart and soothe the mind.
Juniper Berries
Juniper berries grow on a bush with dark green, spiky leaves. The berries are purple in color, and can soothe bellyaches, give strength, and help troubled breathing. It is also used to help calm cats.
Poppy Seeds
Small black seeds that are shaken out of a dried poppy flower head. They can put a cat to sleep, or soothe shock and distress, but is not recommended for nursing queens. They are given by wetting the paw, pressing on them, causing them to stick to the paw, and then having the sick or injured cat lick them off. Another method is to place them on a leaf, and have the sick or injured cat lick them off there. They also help soothe pain.
Peppermint
Uncommon; eases stomachs and the mind.
Thyme
This herb can be eaten to calm nervousness, anxiety, and cats who are in shock.
Aching
Chervil
A sweet smelling plant with large, spreading, leafy, fern like leaves and small white flowers. The juice of the leaves can be used for infected wounds, and chewing the root also helps with bellyache. One of the best places to find Chervil in the Forest territory was Snakerocks.
Daisy Leaves
Jayfeather brought a daisy leaf to Mousefur to smell, thinking it might be the mystery herb that Leafpool mixed in with the tansy. Daisy Leaves are thick, dark green, oval shaped leaves. Chewed into a paste, it can help aching joints.
Feverfew
Small bush with flowers like a daisy. The leaves can be eaten to reduce body temperature, especially cats with fever or chills. Also heals aches and headaches.
Juniper Berries
Juniper berries grow on a bush with dark green, spiky leaves. The berries are purple in color, and can soothe bellyaches, give strength, and help troubled breathing. It is also used to help calm cats.
Mallow
The leaves are best collected at sunhigh, when they are dry. It soothes a cat's belly.
Peppermint
Not generally common; eases stomachs and the mind.
Watermint
A green, leafy plant found in streams or damp earth. Usually chewed into a pulp and fed to cats with suffering from a bellyache. In Fading Echoes, it was also used to smooth Leopardstar's pelt and hide the scent of death from it.
Honey
A tasteless, golden-colored liquid that is created by bees. While difficult to obtain without being stung, it is great for soothing infections, sore throats, or cats who have breathed smoke. Also helps cats swallow other medicine. It is given to cats using wads of moss soaked in it.
Broken Bones
Cobwebs
Very common in the forest, just be careful not to bring the spider along with you! Put it on a wound to soak up and stop (or slow) the bleeding. It may also be used to bind broken bones.
Comfrey
Large leaves and small shaped flowers, which range in color from pink, white, or purple. Its fat, black-colored roots, when chewed into a poultice, can be used to repair broken bones or to soothe wounds.
Rush
This herb is used to bind broken bones. It has long narrow leaves and lavender colored head stalks.
Bleeding and Wounds
Cobwebs
Very common in the forest, just be careful not to bring the spider along with you! Put it on a wound to soak up and stop (or slow) the bleeding. It may also be used to bind broken bones.
Comfrey
Large leaves and small shaped flowers, which range in color from pink, white, or purple. Its fat, black-colored roots, when chewed into a poultice, can be used to repair broken bones or to soothe wounds.
Dewpot
A herb for wounds and bleedings; especially kitting bleeding.
Dock
Similar to sorrel, the leaves can be chewed up and applied to soothe scratches, although it may sting when being applied to a wound, and it has a very tangy scent and taste.
Goldenrod
A tall, plant with bright, yellow flowers. When chewed into a poultice, it is good for healing wounds.
Raspberry Leaves
A herb used in kittings, Featherwhisker used it at Leopardfoot's kitting in Bluestar's Prophecy. It could be a painkiller, or to help stop bleeding during the kitting.
Sorrel
Green laves that are used for scratches.
Stinging Nettle
The leaves, when applied to a wound, can bring down swelling. The spiny green seeds can be given to a cat who has been poisoned by crowfood, Twoleg waste, or other toxic objects.
Wormwood
Good for very light pain, also puts cat in sleep in about twenty minutes. Poisonous, when more than two plants
are consumed.
Painkillers
Dandelions
The white liquid inside the stem is used for bee stings. Its roots can also be chewed to act like poppy seeds.
Poppy Seeds
Small black seeds that are shaken out of a dried poppy flower head. They can put a cat to sleep, or soothe shock and distress, but is not recommended for nursing queens. They are given by wetting the paw, pressing on them, causing them to stick to the paw, and then having the sick or injured cat lick them off. Another method is to place them on a leaf, and have the sick or injured cat lick them off there. They also help soothe pain.
Raspberry Leaves
A herb used in kittings, Featherwhisker used it at Leopardfoot's kitting in Bluestar's Prophecy. It could be a painkiller, or to help stop bleeding during the kitting.
Willow Bark
This bark serves as a painkiller.
Wormwood
Good for very light pain, also puts cat in sleep in about twenty minutes. Poisonous, when more than two plants
are consumed.
Bee Stings
Dandelions
The white liquid inside the stem is used for bee stings. Its roots can also be chewed to act like poppy seeds.
Blackberry Leaves
These leaves are chewed into a pulp to treat bee stings. Such as in SkyClan's Destiny when Echosong and Frecklewish used it to treat Clovertail, Shrewtooth, and Ebonyclaw.
Smoke
Honey
A tasteless, golden-colored liquid that is created by bees. While difficult to obtain without being stung, it is great for soothing infections, sore throats, or cats who have breathed smoke. Also helps cats swallow other medicine. It is given to cats using wads of moss soaked in it.
Poison Treatments
Snakeroot
The best remedy for poison, especially for snake bites.
Stinging Nettle
The leaves, when applied to a wound, can bring down swelling. The spiny green seeds can be given to a cat who has been poisoned by crowfood, Twoleg waste, or other toxic objects.
Nettle Seed
Green, spiny seeds. Like yarrow, can be used if a cat has swallowed poison.
Yarrow
A flowering plant whose leaves can be made into a poultice, and applied to wounds to extract poison. Also will make a cat vomit. This was used on Sorrelkit by Cinderpelt when Darkstripe fed her deathberries. The ointment of yarrow can also be used to soften and help heal cracked paw pads. In the old forest, the best place to find yarrow was Snakerocks.
Poison Plants
Deathberries/Yew berries/Night Seeds
They are first seen in Forest of Secrets when Cloudkit, Fireheart, and Cinderpaw are looking for medicine. Cloudkit finds them and attempts to eat them but Cinderpaw tackles him and tells him if he had eaten those berries he would be dead. Later used by Yellowfang to kill Brokentail in the same book. Deathberries are an extremely poisonous species of red berries, and are known to Twolegs as yew berries. They almost killed Sorrelkit when Darkstripe fed them to her in The Darkest Hour, though luckily Cinderpelt was able to save her. The Tribe calls them Night Seeds, when they are used in a plan to kill the mountain lion, Sharptooth, in the book Moonrise. Deathberries were used to tempt the snake that killed Honeyfern in Sunrise. They were also used by Hollyleaf to threaten Leafpool.
Foxglove Seeds
Foxglove seeds are known to be a dangerous medicine. While they can help the heart, they can easily cause paralysis and heart failure. They are often mistaken for poppy seeds. Mentioned when Yellowfang says to Cinderpelt, "You're a dangerous medicine cat! You could kill a cat by confusing foxglove seeds and poppy seeds!"
Holly Berries
Holly berries, while not as dangerous as deathberries, are still a danger to kits. They make an appearance in Twilight; after Leafpool talks to Crowfeather, Sorreltail finds her hiding in a holly bush. Leafpool says she is looking for berries and Sorreltail asks, "Aren't they poisonous?"
Nightshade
Mentioned when Fireheart and Cinderpaw are with Cloudkit. Cloudkit almost eats some deathberries (see below), but is quickly stopped by Cinderpaw. When Cloudkit runs off and calls them to see what he found, she jokes in response that "Maybe it's deadly nightshade this time." Nightshade is extremely toxic to cats and Twolegs, being capable of killing a full-grown human in under forty-five minutes.
Wormwood
Good for very light pain, also puts cat in sleep in about twenty minutes. Poisonous, when more than two plants
are consumed.
Helping Herbs
Beech Leaves
Carry herbs.
Heather Flower
It can be included in herbal mixtures, to make it easier to swallow.
Ivy Leaf
Store herbs/keep them fresh.
Other
Parsley
Stops a queen from producing milk if her kits die, don't need milk anymore, or are producing too much milk.
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, usepoppy 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 Strengthening Herbs - chamomile, burnet, daisy leaves, sorrel
Wrentched Muscles - comfrey, nettle, water therapy.
Heath problems/injuries
♠ Aching Joints ♠
Very
common in the elders of a clan/tribe.This most commonly known as
Arthritis. It is caused by cold weather, damp nests, and plain old being
elderly.
Symptoms: Joints in the body become stiff and sore. Swelling/inflammation can happen.
Best Treatment: Burdock root & daisy leaves, nettle leaves & goldenrod.
♠ Torn Claw ♠
In
this case the carotene (the part of the claw that contains blood
vessels) of the claw has been broken or caught on something. This is
very common. Given a few days time this will heal quickly.
Symptoms: broken layers of carotene, victim limping, swelling, pain, some bleeding.
Best Treatment: Marigold, poppy seeds, and cobwebs.
♠ Sores ♠
Similar
to a bruise. The skin has become raw due to rough activity. It is not a
serious illness/injury, but it is best to get it treated.
Symptoms: Skin is red and raw, cat's in pain and stiff.
Best Treatment: Simply give them poppy seeds and rub the tender area with chewed up comfrey.
♠ Toothache ♠
Toothaches happen when there is a loose tooth, cavity, or gum disease. This best to be treated as quickly as possible.
Symptoms: Loose tooth/teeth, hole in teeth/tooth, or inflammation of the gums. Pain is present.
Best Treatment: For cavities it is best they are pulled out while cat is restraint, other two you can just give alder bark/tansey/broom.
♠ Tummy Ache ♠
This is very
common . . . most of all in kittens.This can happen if a cat has eaten
too much or ate something unpleasant. This can also be a symptom for
more serious illnesses too, so double check the facts.
Symptoms: Aching/Cramping pains in the stomach.
Best Treatment: Watermint & Chervil Root, Juniper Berries & Poppy seeds.
♠ Aches/Pains ♠
This is also very common. This tends to happen if a cat pushed his/her
self too hard in training/hunting/fighting. It can also happen in elders
when they simply tend to ache - or a day after a big battle.
Symptoms: Sore, stiff, and reluctant to move or do anything.
Best Treatment: Give them some poppy seeds and order them a day of bed rest(if the pain is bad enough).
♠ Thorns ♠
This is also common. A cat will have anywhere to a single thorn to more then one stuck in the skin. This very painful!
Best Treatment: Pull the thorn(s) out immediately!Then treat the wound.
♠ Cuts ♠
Again,
very common. This can happen to kits when they play too hard or an
apprentice/warrior trying too hard as well. It can happen in battle,
also.
Best Treatment: Simply use marigold or garlic after rubbing it down with a dock leaf. Cover with cobwebs.
♠ Swelling ♠
This happens all the time with all times of injuries, bruises, and infections.
Symptoms: Inflammation & pain.
Best Treatment:Chewed alder bark & goldenrod(juice), nettle leaves & poppy seeds.
♠ Fever / Headache ♠
In
this case the cat has fallen ill or suffering from infection or heat
stroke or lack of liquids. They will feel hot and their head will hurt.
Symptoms:
*Headache; pain, can't stand sunlight and sounds.
*Fever; Sweating, hot, dizzy.
Best Treatment: Drink plenty of water, nettle leaves & poppy seeds, borage leaves & willow bark.
♠ Cough ♠
An
irritation of the throat/lungs. Caused commonly by illness. Most
commonly gained during leafbare. (Scroll down for Whitecough,
Greencough, and Blackcough.)
Best Treatment: Honey(for dry throat) & tansy.
♠ Trouble Sleeping ♠
In this case the cat is stressed, over-worked, having nightmares, is very depressed, or very ill.
Best Treatment: Ragwort, poppy seeds, or chervil root.
♠ Low on milk ♠
This happens only for queens near kitting or have kits.
Best Treatment: Give the queen borage leaves to increase milk flow.
♠ Asthma / Trouble breathing ♠
When
a cat has asthma or trouble breathing this can be life threatening.
Their breathing becomes rapid and unsteady. This can also be effected my
allergies and kitting.
Symptoms: Rapid and unsteady breaths, wheezing.
Best Treatment: It is best to give coltsfoot and/or juniper berries. For kitting queens give coltsfoot.
♠ Bee / Wasp sting ♠
This sometimes happens to the younger cats and kittens. This happens when a bee/wasp is defending itself.
Best Treatment:
Remove the bee stingers (if bee) gingerly as possible without squeezing
the venom sack. Nettle leaves & poppy seeds or dandelion stems
(liquid inside) & alder bark.[/i]
♠ Ticks / Fleas ♠
For this simply use mouse bile to shoo those pesky bugs out of your fur.
♠ Rash ♠
A rash happens when a cat has scratched too much, allergy, or too hot.
Symptom: Red, tender area.
Best Treatment: Nettle leaves & poppy seeds, goldenrod juice & burdock root.
♠ Cracked Paws ♠
This
happens when the skin has grown hard or too tender, causing it to crack
and bleed.This is most common in the elders.If not treated infection
can kick in.
Best Treatment: Goldenrod juice and garlic and cobwebs.
♠ Chill (Cold / Flu) ♠
This
happens the most when a cat falls into the water or it is freezing cold
outside.This illness is minor but can turn into deadly hypothermia or
minor whitecough if not treated.
Symptoms: The cat will have chills, mild fever, stuffy/runny nose, aches, sneezing, and feel tired.Best Treatment: Honey(throat), poppy seeds, water & bed rest, feverfew/lavender.[/i]
♠ Irritated throat / Smoke Inhalation ♠
A
tender/raw, sore throat can be caused by a number of things. The most
common being illness, allergies, or breathing in smoke from a fire. This
illness is very mild.
Symptoms: The throat will be a bit swollen or red and will be ether dry,itchy,sore, or painful.
Best Treatment: Give them honey and if they breathed in smoke, give coltsfoot or juniper berries too.
♠ Aching/Infected eyes ♠
Another
common ailment but happens more often in greenleaf and newleaf. The
eyes will be be try/watery and will have a hard time opening and closing
the eyes. In a case of infection the eyes will be red and the skin
tender/swollen and may even bleed!
Best Treatment: Celandine and eyebright/garlic/dried oak leaves.
♠ Bleeding ♠
This happens when a cat has been wounded.
Best Treatment: Marigold and cobwebs.
♠ Shock / Anxiety ♠
This
happens when a cat has been badly injured, has a phobia, or witnessed a
stressful/frightening sight. For this the victim must take extra
caution not to do more damage if the cat is injured.
Symptoms: They'll be unresponsive or very jumpy/timid and fear-scent can be detected some times.
Best Treatment: Lavender, thyme leaves, or tansy.
♠ Wound ♠
This can be anywhere from minor to critical.But in any case it should be treated quickly so not to let infection start.
Best Treatment: Alder bark(chewed) & bay leaves, garlic & horsetail, or marigold/pot marigold and comfrey root.Apply cobwebs after.
♠ Infection ♠
This
happens when a wound has been left untreated. This is most common after
being bitten by a rat. This best to be treated immediately for it can
be deadly!
Symptoms: Bad stench, pus, pain, raw/tender skin, and fever(if bad enough).
Best Treatment: Horsetail & chervil leaf juice or burdock root & marigold.
♠ Juvenile Kidney Disease ♠
In
the books Heavystep of RiverClan had this ailment.Medicine cats don't
have a name for this illness nor know the human name for it. A cat will
die from this if it is bad enough.
Symptoms: Dehydration, vomiting, weakness, loss of ability to pass "dirt", softening of pads causing cracked pads.
Best Treatment: Crushed beech leaves(eaten), no true cure for this ailment.
♠ Carrionplace Disease ♠
Out
of all the clans, ShadowClan knows it the best. This happens when the
cats get careless and brings back an infected rat or comes in contact
with one with the ailment. This illness is similar to greencough but is
dangerous and it comes with an unbearable stench!
Symptoms: Troubled breathing, violent coughing fits, fever, loss of hunger, lack of sleep, exhaustion.Best Treatment: Borage, coltsfoot, angelica(only for this illness), juniper berries, honey, and feverfew.
♠ Poison ♠
This
happens when a cat eats a toxic plant (there are A LOT!) or bitten by a
venomous snake (more common for ThunderClan). This is to treat quickly
and immediately or the cat will die!
Symptoms: Dizziness, aches & pains,headaches,fever,sweating,loss of consciousnesses.
Best Treatment: Snakeroot or/and yarrow. If not at paw use another herb that can expel the toxins.
♠ Broken bones ♠
A injury most common if hit by a monster or falling from an extreme height or a severe beating.
Symptoms: Swelling in the area, pain, resistance to walk/run/move.
Best Treatment:
Put the bone back in place then use the following herbs; poppy seeds
& birch bark(moist), broom & horsetail.Apply a splint after
words.
♠ Kittencough ♠
An illness that effects the respiratory system that only kittens get.
Symptoms: Similar to that of Whitecough.
Best Treatment: Coltsfoot, garlic,feverfew/lavender, and nettle.
♠ Whitecough ♠
Very
similar to the flu and kittencough, a common ailment. It can, however,
turn into ether greencough or deadly blackcough if left untreated.
Symptoms: Sneezing, coughing, runny nose, feel tired, and have a slight fever.
Best Treatment: Catnip, feverfew/lavender, honey, poppy seeds (induces sleep), water, bed rest.
♠ Greencough ♠
This
illness is comes when whitecough hasn't been treated soon enough. It is
similar to pneumonia. Very contagious; cats with this MUST be separated
from the other cats. Normally caught during freezing conditions. Can
turn into fatal blackcough!
Symptoms: Sluggishness,fever,wheezing, and phlegm streaming from nose & mouth.[/i]
Best Treatment: Feverfew/Lavender, catnip/chickweed,and coltsfoot(ease the breathing).[/shadow]
♠ Blackcough ♠
This illness is fatal and has a high chance of the cat not surviving
it. Whitecough or Greencough can advance to this if not treated. You can
try to treat it but if it is in the late stages nothing can be done. In
this case the humane thing is ease their way to StarClan.
Symptoms:
Severe wheezing & coughing, phlegm streaming from nose, pus or
blood expelled somewhere and some way on/out of the body, sweating, high
fever, and weakness/lethargy.
Best Treatment: Feverfew/Lavender and catnip.
♠ Death Disease ♠
A
very painful, illness that kills the cat slowly. Also known as Lime
Disease to humans. This illness is worse then blackcough and there is no
cure! The humane thing is ease their way to StarClan.
♠ Morning Sickness ♠
This only happens to expecting queens. . . but luckily, it easy to treat! Certain herbs must be avoided for expecting queens.
Symptoms: They will experience flu/cold like symptoms to a degree.
Best Treatment: Allow her to rest and have water. Give her poppy seeds, avoid juniper berries and use raspberry or nettle leaves instead.
♠ Sprains / Twisted paws / ankles ♠
In this case the cat has but too much stress on the joints or has tripped or become stuck for a time. This injury is very minor.
Symptoms: Swelling, painful to touch and move, can't put pressure on it.[/i]
Best Treatment: Stay off the injury and apply nettle leaves and give poppy seeds.
♠ Hypothermia ♠
This
most common in leaf-bare but it can happen at any time. This illness is
caused most commonly when a cat is soaking wet and stays in the cold
too long. This ailment happens when the body can't/struggles to keep a
steady temperature. There are 4 stages: Impending, mild, moderate, &
severe.
Symptoms: Sluggishness, drowsiness, fatigue,
stumbling, thickening of speech, amnesia, irrationality,
hallucinations, lack of perceptual in any place, blueness in skin,
enlargement of pupils, decrease in heart and respiration rates, state of
near unconsciousness, insensibility, shivering, poor coordination.
Severe Symptoms:
Poor speech, disorientation, decrease in shivering followed by rigidity
of muscles, blueness of skin, weak/irragular pulse.[/color]
Best
Treatment: Get the cat's body warm at all costs but be careful not to
do it too fast. Keep the victim out of the wind and cold and place in a
pre-warmed nest and have other cats sleep around him/her to give warmth.
The rest is in StarClan's paws.
I put this down to keep up with stuff I also didn't see one of these and if you want to move it to where everyone can see it I don't mind.