Post by Spottedheart on Dec 3, 2006 18:25:31 GMT -5
((For MedCats only!!!))
The Medicine Cat's Handbook
Chapter 1: Basic Items and Uses
Item/Herb ~ Use
*Poppy Seeds ~ Helps lessen pain
*Cobwebs ~ Helps cover a wound from infection or from bleeding
*Catnip ~ Helps stop green-cough
*Chamomile ~ Helps with depression, fatigue, and soothes heart.
*Burdock Root ~ Helps stop infection from rat bites
*Deathberries ~ Kills a cat
*Marigold leaves ~ Dresses wounds
*Mouse Bile ~ Helps rid of fleas and ticks; placed in moss
*Tansy ~ Helps with coughing
*Borage Leaves ~ Lessens fever
*Juniper Berries ~ Helps with stomach ache
*Water Mint ~ Helps with stomach ache
*Yarrow ~ Causes a cat to vomit
*Lavender ~ For a chill
*Adder barrack ~ Toothaches
*Garlic ~ Fleas, and some scratches
*Huckleberry+*Goldenrod ~ muscle reliever
*Ivy juices ~ Calms
*Bramble twig syrup ~ Helps to sleep
*Horsetail ~ chewed, it stops infections
*Ferns ~ Cleans out wounds
*Alfalfa ~ Chewed, then swallowed to help tooth decay
*Aloe Vera ~ Leaves are chewed and spit on burns, or skin problems
*Blessed Thistle ~ Increases circulation of blood
*Grass ~ Used for upset stomach
*Chaparral ~ helps clean faces
*Ginger ~ asthma and coughs
*Hawthorne Berries ~ Indigestion (Very similar looking to death berries, jut without the shininess)
Chapter 2: Poultices and Mixtures
*Chewed up ragwort leaves mixed with juniper berries ~ Helps aching joints for elderly cats
*Yarrow Ointment~ made out of yarrow leaves, ragweed, and ivy. Dress paw with ointment, then swath in cobwebs; used for scraped paws.
Chapter 3: Other Helpful Info
~Medicine cat apprentices must travel to the moonstone with their mentors and be accepted by StarClan to be an official Med. cat apprentice.
~Medicine cats are often treated with less hostility than others when in another clan's territory
~Medicine cats may not have kits
~Medicine cats should always know when another cat gets a sign from StarClan
~Only a medicine cat can determine what a sign from StarClan means
~Medicine cats and apprentices travel to the moonstone every half-moon
~Med. cat apprentices can be a medicine cat even before the original is deceased. The mentor will chose when the apprentice is ready
The Medicine Cat's Handbook
Chapter 1: Basic Items and Uses
Item/Herb ~ Use
*Poppy Seeds ~ Helps lessen pain
*Cobwebs ~ Helps cover a wound from infection or from bleeding
*Catnip ~ Helps stop green-cough
*Chamomile ~ Helps with depression, fatigue, and soothes heart.
*Burdock Root ~ Helps stop infection from rat bites
*Deathberries ~ Kills a cat
*Marigold leaves ~ Dresses wounds
*Mouse Bile ~ Helps rid of fleas and ticks; placed in moss
*Tansy ~ Helps with coughing
*Borage Leaves ~ Lessens fever
*Juniper Berries ~ Helps with stomach ache
*Water Mint ~ Helps with stomach ache
*Yarrow ~ Causes a cat to vomit
*Lavender ~ For a chill
*Adder barrack ~ Toothaches
*Garlic ~ Fleas, and some scratches
*Huckleberry+*Goldenrod ~ muscle reliever
*Ivy juices ~ Calms
*Bramble twig syrup ~ Helps to sleep
*Horsetail ~ chewed, it stops infections
*Ferns ~ Cleans out wounds
*Alfalfa ~ Chewed, then swallowed to help tooth decay
*Aloe Vera ~ Leaves are chewed and spit on burns, or skin problems
*Blessed Thistle ~ Increases circulation of blood
*Grass ~ Used for upset stomach
*Chaparral ~ helps clean faces
*Ginger ~ asthma and coughs
*Hawthorne Berries ~ Indigestion (Very similar looking to death berries, jut without the shininess)
Chapter 2: Poultices and Mixtures
*Chewed up ragwort leaves mixed with juniper berries ~ Helps aching joints for elderly cats
*Yarrow Ointment~ made out of yarrow leaves, ragweed, and ivy. Dress paw with ointment, then swath in cobwebs; used for scraped paws.
Chapter 3: Other Helpful Info
~Medicine cat apprentices must travel to the moonstone with their mentors and be accepted by StarClan to be an official Med. cat apprentice.
~Medicine cats are often treated with less hostility than others when in another clan's territory
~Medicine cats may not have kits
~Medicine cats should always know when another cat gets a sign from StarClan
~Only a medicine cat can determine what a sign from StarClan means
~Medicine cats and apprentices travel to the moonstone every half-moon
~Med. cat apprentices can be a medicine cat even before the original is deceased. The mentor will chose when the apprentice is ready
