Medicine Cat Handbook

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Here is the medicine cat handbook. If you wish to use this list on your site, please contact me. If I see anyone using this without my permission, you WILL pay the price.

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Deathberry: Berrys, or any other part of the plant, when consumed will kill the cat who swallows if they are not given immedicate help. and even then they may not always be saved.
Roots & leaves may be chewed together and applied to sore places, but must NEVER be applied to open wounds.

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Marigold: Leaves and Flowers should be consumed to releive chills.
Leaves and Petals can be chewed and placed on wounds to prevent infection and aide in burn healing.

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Catnip: Leaves and Flowers can be used to relive congestion and coughs.

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Juniper: Berries ease the stomach and can serve as a counter poison. Leaves are used to ease coughs and other respatory problems.

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Shoots
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Seeds
Ash (Tree): New shoots are to be eaten, and chewed and applied to the bit of an Adder or Viper to stave off the effects of its poisoned bite.
Keys (seeds) of the Ash tree may also be consumed to fight the pain caused by a stitch in the side.

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Pods
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Flower
Poppy: Seeds can be consumed to remove pain and aid is sleep.
Flower heads should be consumed together to relive continuous coughs.
Petals and Leaves should be chewed to aid in sleep and improve resting.

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Tansy: Leaves, flowers, and Stems should be eaten together to remove worms.
Leaves may be chewed to relive joint aches.
Flowers should be consumed to remove coughs.

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Honey: Used to sooth the throat. Particularly good for smoke inhalation.

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Lavender: Leaves & Flowers are particularly good when eaten for easing pains in head and throat.
Inhaling the sent of fresh flowers can also calm the nerves.

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Borage: Leaves and Roots should be consumed to stave off feavers.
Seeds and leaves should be consumed by the nursing Queen to increase available milk.
Borage should never be used dried, only green.

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Feverfew: Leaves can be used to reduce fever, in addition to being consumed to aid against colds and stomach ailments.

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Alder: Reduces swelling and prevents infection when chewed and applied to a wound. May also be chewed by a cat with a thoothache to reduce pain, swelling, and aid in preventing complications.

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Leaves
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Root
Burdock: Leaves may be chewed and applied to wounds that are clear of infection to speed healing
Roots may be chewed and applied to a wound to draw infection from it.

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Yarrow: Entire plant should be consumed to induce vomiting.
Entire plant should be chewed and applied to wounds to relive pain and prevent infection.

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Chamomile: Leaves and Flowers may be consumed to sooth a cat and add to thier physical strength.

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Cobweb: Gathered and pressed into wounds to stop bleeding. Generaly only used with wounds that risk bleeding heavily as they can cause incresed risk of infection.

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Thyme: Should be consumed to calm the anxious cat, or to aid in brining restful sleep.

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Mousebile: Bile from the liver of the common mouse may be harvested and used to kill stuborn fleas and ticks.

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Willow: Water from beneath the bark of the flowering willow may be dripped into the eyes to help clear bluriness of vison. It may also be applied to dry patches of skin to sooth itches.
Small ammounts of Willow Bark may be consumed to ease pain, act against inflamation, and to ease diarrhoea or fevers.

Cautions

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Never give deathberries eternally unless death is wanted for a cat in severe pain and has no chances whatsoever of living. It is best to make their travel to StarClan with no pain at all.

Do not give a cat too many poppy seeds at once. It has known for them to become very addictive and can cause the cat to vomit if too many are consumed.

If a pregnant she-cat is to consume the leaves, flowers, and stems of Tansy, it will cause miscarriage. Never feed a queen this if she is currently pregnant with cubs.

Illnesses and Known Cures:[/u]

Black cough- Symtpoms: Hacking, coughing and very high fever. Fatal.
Cause: If green-cough isn't treated immediately.
Cure: Crushed pine needles

Green Cough-Symptoms: High fever and terrible cough.
Cause: too much cold or Whitecough. Fatal, if not treated soon enough
Cure: Catnip, Feverfew

White cough- Symptoms: cough and fever. May turn to Greencough. INot fatal unless morphs into Greencough.
Cause: Leaf-bare and other cats having sickness. Too much cold.
Cure: Feverfew, Rest

Chill- Symptoms: Runny nose and a slight fever .
Cause; getting pelt wet in Leaf-bare or any cold weather. Not fatal
Cure: Feverfew

Cats Eye-Symptoms: crusty eyes. Cat could go blind.
Cause: unknown
Cure: Honey, Water, and Dandelion

Bug Ears- Symptoms: Itching inside the ear, excesive ear wax.
Cause: back bugs that bite the cats ear
Cure: Rub honey in ear

Rabies- Symptoms: High fever, foaming of the mouth, dizzyness. Fatal.
Cause: Only from other animals with this disease. If foam enters open wound, You will most likely get it.
Cure: none

Death disease- Symptoms: severe pain all over body. Fatal
Cause: Ticks and mosquitos.
Cure: Rosepetals+Oak Leaves

White Paw - Symptoms: Pads of paws change to white, and cat will have great pain when walking.
Cause: In Leaf-bare, most cats get it when paws are exposed to cold for long periods of time
Cure: honey on paw, wrap paw in catnip and dandelion fluff. Rest.

Scarlet fever- Symptoms- feelings of feverishness. Cat gets a high fever. happens to mostly kits in Leaf-bare
Cure: plenty of rest, Feverfew

Neetle - Symptoms: high fever and regurgitation.
Cause: Not known
Cure: None, just rest

Poison- Symptoms: foaming of the mouth, dizziness, if caused by Deathberries, almost immediate death.
Cause: Eating poisonous plants or roots.
Cure: Yarrow[/center]

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