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Medicine Cats depend on their knowledge of herbs and the properties they have. The following lists are intended as tools of rote memorization for a Medicine Cat in his or her first moons of training. Mastery of these lists will serve as a knowledge base on which a medicine cat will depend of the rest of her career.
OOC NOTE: As new herbs come into the database the various mixtures might be altered to reflect that. IC you simply ignore discrepancies that pop up as new herbs are added as it should be assumed that new information has been here all along.
Herbs to Know
- Alder: Standard Wound Poultice, Soothing Wound Poultice, Cleansing Wound Poultice
- Basil: Flea Rub
- Burdock: Basic Burn Poultice, Bleeding Wound Poultice, Soothing Wound Poultice, Cleansing Wound Poultice
- Catnip: Cough Followup, Blackcough Mix, Greencough Mix, Kitcough Mix, Whitecough Mix
- Celandine: Cough Followup
- Chamomile: Cough Followup
- Colt's Foot: Blackcough Mix
- Daisy: Basic Burn Poultice
- Daisy, Little: Basic Burn Poultice
- Feverfew: Blackcough Mix, Greencough Mix, Kitcough Mix, Whitecough Mix
- Garlic: Flea Rub
- Goldenrod: Bleeding Wound Poultice, Standard Wound Poultice, Soothing Wound Poultice, Cleansing Wound Poultice
- Honey: Blackcough Mix, Greencough Mix, Kitcough Mix, Whitecough Mix
- Mallow: Cough Followup
- Tansy: Deworming Herb Mix, Flea Rub
- Thyme: Basic Burn Poultice, Blackcough Mix, Greencough Mix, Whitecough Mix, Deworming Herb Mix, Soothing Wound Poultice
- Oak: Bleeding Wound Poultice
- Poppy: Blackcough Mix
- Raspberry: Blackcough Mix, Greencough Mix, Kitcough Mix
- Willow: Blackcough Mix, Greencough Mix
Mixtures to Master
Some sort of introduction...
Mixture
- Ingredients:
- Preparation:
- Directions:
- Dosage:
- Treats:
Basic Burn Poultice
- Ingredients:
- 1 Part Daisy Flowers and/or Little Daisy Roots
1 Part Thyme Leaves
1 Part Burdock Seeds
- 1 Part Daisy Flowers and/or Little Daisy Roots
- Preparation: Chew the ingredients together, mixing throughly.
- Directions: Spread thickly over the affected area as a poultice.
- Dosage: Enough to adequately cover the affected area.
- Treats: A 1st degree Burn such as sunburn by helping to prevent infection and ease both inflammation and itching.
Cough Treatments
Blackcough Mix
- Ingredients:
- 1 Part Catnip Flowers
1 Part Feverfew Leaves
1 Part Thyme Leaves
1 Part Willow Bark
1 Part Poppy Flowers
1 Part Colt's Foot Leaves
1 Part Honey
1 Part Raspberry Berries
- 1 Part Catnip Flowers
- Preparation: Chew the ingredients together, mixing throughly.
- Directions: Have the patient take internally.
- Dosage: A paw sized dose for an average-sized cat, sizing the dose up or down according to cat size. Double the dosage if the cat is not recovering well.
- Treats: Blackcough Infection
- Note: Remember to treat symptoms like runny eyes appropriately, as the mixture does not effect them until the illness is fully cleared.
Cough Followup
- Ingredients:
- 1 Part Celandine Flowers
1 Part Mallow Roots
1 Part Chamomile Flowers
- 1 Part Celandine Flowers
- Preparation: Chew the ingredients together, mixing throughly.
- Directions: Have the patient take internally.
- Dosage: A half-paw sized dose for an average-sized cat, sizing the dose up or down according to cat size. Double the dosage if the cat is not recovering well. Repeat the dosage daily for 2 days after the initial dose, halving the dose each day.
- Treats: A cat recovering from a cough, helping to prevent the infection from returning.
Greencough Mix
- Ingredients:
- 1 Part Catnip Flowers
1 Part Feverfew Leaves
1 Part Thyme Leaves
1 Part Willow Bark
1/2 Part Honey
1/2 Part Raspberry Berries
- 1 Part Catnip Flowers
- Preparation: Chew the ingredients together, mixing throughly.
- Directions: Have the patient take internally.
- Dosage: A half-paw sized dose for an average-sized cat, sizing the dose up or down according to cat size. Double the dosage if the cat is not recovering well.
- Treats: Greencough Infection
- Note: Remember to treat symptoms like runny eyes appropriately, as the mixture does not effect them until the illness is fully cleared.
Kitcough Mix
- Ingredients:
- 1 Part Catnip Flowers
1 Part Feverfew Leaves
1/2 Part Honey
1/2 Part Raspberry Berries
- 1 Part Catnip Flowers
- Preparation: Chew the ingredients together, mixing throughly.
- Directions: Have the patient take internally.
- Dosage: a toe-sized dose to a weaned kitten. Increase the dosage one part for each approximate kit's weight the cat is.
- Treats: Kitcough Infection.
Whitecough Mix
- Ingredients:
- 2 Parts Feverfew Leaves
1 Part Catnip Flowers
1 Part Thyme Leaves
1 Part Honey
- 2 Parts Feverfew Leaves
- Preparation: Chew the ingredients together, mixing throughly.
- Directions: Have the patient take internally.
- Dosage: A half-paw sized dose for an average-sized cat, sizing the dose up or down according to cat size.
- Treats: Whitecough Infection.
- Note: Remember to treat symptoms like runny eyes appropriately, as the mixture does not effect them until the illness is fully cleared.
Deworming Herb Mix
- Ingredients:
- 1 part Tansy Flowers
1 part Tansy Leaves
1 part Thyme Leaves
- 1 part Tansy Flowers
- Preparation: Mix equal parts of tansy flowers, tansy leaves and thyme.
- Directions: Have the patient take internally.
- Dosage: A pile the size of a paw for a grow cat, proportionally less for small or larger than average individuals. Kittens who are not weaned should be dosed only with an amount the size of a toe.
- Treats: Worm infestation
- Note: Pregnant queens should not be given tansy. Additional Thyme may be substituted where they are concerned.
Flea Rub
- Ingredients:
- 2 parts garlic leaves
1 part garlic bulb
1 part tansy leaves
1 part tansy flowers
1 part basil leaves
1 part basil flowers
2 parts mint leaves
- 2 parts garlic leaves
- Preparation: Chew the mix together and store in grape leaves
- Directions: Rub thoroughly into the cleaned coat of a cat infected with fleas.
- Dosage: As much as is needed to thoroughly coat the fur of the infected cat.
- Treats: Flea infestation
Wound Poultices
Bleeding Wounds
- Ingredients:
- 1 Part Goldenrod Leaves
1 Part Goldenrod Flowers
1 Part Burdock Leaves
1 Part Burdock Seeds
2 Parts Oak Inner Bark
- 1 Part Goldenrod Leaves
- Preparation: Mix equal parts of the herbs.
- Directions: Lightly apply Mouse Fluff to the bleeding wound. Chew and apply the herb mixture to the wound. Use Kit's Ear if available to help keep the poultice in place.
- Dosage: Enough herb paste to cover the wound well.
- Treats: A wound that is not clotting well.
Cleansing
- Ingredients:
- 1 Part Alder Leaves
1 Part Goldenrod Leaves
1 Part Goldenrod Flowers
1 Part Burdock Seeds
1 Part Burdock Root
- 1 Part Alder Leaves
- Preparation: Mix equal parts of the herbs.
- Directions: Chew and apply to the wound on the patient. Use Kit's Ear if available to help keep the poultice in place.
- Dosage: Enough herb paste to cover the wound well.
- Treats: Wounds that have gone septic and become infected.
- Variation: For extremely septic wounds remove the Goldenrod Leaves and Flowers. Replace with 2 additional parts Burdock Root.
Standard
- Ingredients:
- 1 Part Alder Leaves
1 Part Goldenrod Leaves
1 Part Goldenrod Flowers
- 1 Part Alder Leaves
- Preparation: Mix equal parts of the herbs.
- Directions: Chew and apply to the wound on the patient. Use Kit's Ear if available to help keep the poultice in place.
- Dosage: Enough herb paste to cover the wound well.
- Treats: General wounds, as a preventative for infections.
Soothing
- Ingredients:
- 1 Part Alder Leaves
1 Part Goldenrod Leaves
1 Part Goldenrod Flowers
1 Part Thyme Leaves
1 Part Burdock Seeds
- 1 Part Alder Leaves
- Preparation: Mix equal parts of the herbs.
- Directions: Chew and apply to the wound on the patient. Use Kit's Ear if available to help keep the poultice in place.
- Dosage: Enough herb paste to cover the wound well.
- Treats: Healing wounds that are itching as they heal.