Tag: Medicine Cat Training Beginning Level

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.

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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
• Mint: Flea Rub
• 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

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Mixtures to Master

Some sort of introduction…

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Mixture

Ingredients:
Preparation: 
Directions: 
Dosage: 
Treats:

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Basic Burn Poultice

Ingredients: 
1 Part Daisy Flowers and/or Little Daisy Roots
1 Part Thyme Leaves
1 Part Burdock Seeds
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.

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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
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 InfectionNote: Remember to treat symptoms like runny eyes appropriately, as the mixture does not effect them until the illness is fully cleared.

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Cough Followup

Ingredients:
1 Part Celandine Flowers
1 Part Mallow Roots
1 Part Chamomile 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.

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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
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 InfectionNote: Remember to treat symptoms like runny eyes appropriately, as the mixture does not effect them until the illness is fully cleared.

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Kitcough Mix

Ingredients:
1 Part Catnip Flowers
1 Part Feverfew Leaves
1/2 Part Honey
1/2 Part Raspberry Berries
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.

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Whitecough Mix

Ingredients: 
2 Parts Feverfew Leaves
1 Part Catnip Flowers
1 Part Thyme Leaves
1 Part Honey
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.

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Deworming Herb Mix

Ingredients:
1 part Tansy Flowers
1 part Tansy Leaves
1 part Thyme Leaves
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.

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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
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

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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
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.

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Cleansing

Ingredients: 
1 Part Alder Leaves
1 Part Goldenrod Leaves
1 Part Goldenrod Flowers
1 Part Burdock Seeds
1 Part Burdock Root
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.

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Standard

Ingredients: 
1 Part Alder Leaves
1 Part Goldenrod Leaves
1 Part Goldenrod Flowers
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.

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Soothing

Ingredients:
1 Part Alder Leaves
1 Part Goldenrod Leaves
1 Part Goldenrod Flowers
1 Part Thyme Leaves
1 Part Burdock Seeds
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.

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Aside from the assortment of Coughs (Another lesson entirely) there are a group of basic ailments that a young medicine cat must be taught to cope with.

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Index of Common Conditions, Ailments, & Symptoms

• Abrasion: The removal of a layer of skin (and sometimes flesh) from an area of the body
• Bruise: Muscle damage that does not break the skin
• Coughs: Assorted respiratory complaints
• Fleas: Small bugs that cause a cat to itch through biting
• Laceration: A tear in the skin of a cat, revealing or damaging the muscle
• Worms: An intestinal problem caused by parasitic worms

Explanations & Treatment

Abrasion

Explanation: A scraping away of layers of the skin and flesh of the cat.

Overview of Treatment: Keep the abrasion clean and, if needed, have the cat rest the wound. Application of herbs may be needed to prevent infection.

Bruises

Explanation: Damage the muscle that does not break the skin of the cat. Typically of a darker shade than surrounding skin and painful when touched.

Overview of Treatment: Severe bruises might require the cat to rest so that the muscle can recover and heal from the blunt source damage. Treatment with herbs is only required in the most terrible of cases in which permanent damage is at risk (such as cats struck by monsters).

Coughs

Explanation: Coughs are a common illness with a range of severity. Because cough treatment is a mainstay of a Medicine Cat’s practice it should be taught from the beginning so that the young MCA is fully familiar and competent when delivering treatment.

Overview of Treatment: See targeted training document.

Fleas

Explanation: Stubborn insects that cause sores in a cat if left untreated. These sores can easily become infected and, should the infection reach the blood of the cat, lead to the cats death.

Overview of Treatment: Fleas are complex and difficult to treat due to their nature. A cat will need to be kept exceptionally clean while being isolated from close contact with other cats to prevent infection of those cats. A mixture of garlic, tansy, basil and mint is used to drive the insects away through application to the coat. Flea infestations can take a half moon to cure.

Laceration

Explanation: A tear in the skin (and possibly muscle) of a cat that results in a cut or tear. Most frequently they are acquired during battle, but might also be derived from the environment.

Overview of Treatment: The bleeding should be stopped (using Kit’s Ear or Mouse Fluff only if required) and then proper preventatives for infection (such as Goldenrod or Comfrey) should be employed to ensure the wound does not turn septic.

Worms

Explanation: Worms are a gut-residing parasite that can lead to the death of a cat (though wasting away) if left untreated. The condition is communicative between cats through feces, so cats infected should be urged to use a private dirt-place that can be thoroughly buried when the infection is over.

Overview of Treatment: A course of tansy and thyme will cure most infections within a quarter moon.

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Coughs, the most common and widespread of ailments are the various coughs that medicine cats must work hard to treat and keep in check. The beginning of memorization of the symptoms of the various coughs, how to tell them apart, and how to treat them are of dire importance. For many medicine cat’s apprentices this is amongst their first lessons. 

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The Five Six Coughs

• Kitcough: A very mild cough found primarily (but not exclusively) in kits.
• Whitecough: An affliction similar to Kitcough, but more severe.
• Greencough: A severe infection with a potential for fatality.
• Blackcough: A difficult to treat infection with great potential for fatality.
• Killingcough: An untreatable, fatal infection.
• Chronic Cough: A stubborn cough that is not an illness, but can interfere with life.

Until recently there were only five known types of cough, but the recent plague has changed this age old lesson drastically, adding a new cough to the list.

Diagnosis

• Congestion and dry coughing alone indicate simple Kitcough. The most common of the coughs.
• The above, plus any combination of runny eyes, sneezing or mild fever indicates Whitecough.
• If any signs of Kitcough or Whitecough are joined by irritated eyes, higher fevers, or loss of appetite, or coughs begin to take a wet sound, it is Greencough.
• If any signs of Kit, White or Green coughs are joined by very wet coughing, high fevers or breathing difficulties, it is Blackcough.

It should be noted that sometimes the lines between types of cough can be fuzzy. The primary differences in severity within a type of cough is in the length of time it takes to cure. Coughs are notorious for reappearing, so cats should be followed up carefully once declared healed.

Treatment

The theory of treatment for all but Killingcough lie along the same line.

Herbs

Herbs are the front line of defense where coughs are concerned.

The foundation of all the traditional herbal mixes for coughs is built on a combination of Catnip Flowers, Feverfew Leaves and Honey. Additions and subtractions are made based on this foundation of herbs involving Thyme Leaves, Willow Bark, Poppy Flowers, Colt’s Foot Leaves, and Raspberry Berries to build up the proper traditional treatments for Kitcough, Whitecough, Greencough and Blackcough.

Good herbs to know for potentially needed substitutions to the traditional mixtures are Juniper, Marigold and Lavender.

Additional

Hydration of the patient must be assured, along with them maintaining a well rested state and their appetite being tempted. Failure to maintain these basic three additional treatments can result in a cat progressing to a more sever cough, despite any application of herbs.

Cough Progression

With the knowledge of cough progression a medicine cat might succeed in turning a sever cough into a less dangerous and more treatable cough.

Kitcough <-> Whitecough <-> Greencough <-> Blackcough <-> Killingcough

While Killingcough is currently displayed, it’s inclusion is only theoretical, as no proof of it actually being a part of the cough progression has been verified. Since no Medicine Cat has ever managed to treat a case and achieve any results, no case has ever been verified as being downgraded to Blackcough. The inverse, however, is that no case of Blackcough has ever been seen to become Killingcough.

Chronic Cough

Chronic Cough is a condition that effects the breathing of a cat by tightening the throat and inducing a dry cough. While it is not curable, treatment can render the condition bearable and keep a warrior in working condition despite it. Severe “attacks” (bouts of coughing an inability to breath) can result in death if left untreated.

This complaint is not considered a part of the ‘cough progress’ in part because of it’s rarity, but primarily because (while severe coughs as a youngster might pre-dispose a cat to the ailment) it does not appear to be directly caused by other coughs.

Killingcough

Killingcough is deadly, untreatable, and currently beyond the treatment of normal levels. This cough refuses to respond to the treatments of any of the other coughs, or any tested variants of the treatments accepted for coughs.

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The following process is used by most medicine cats in most situations to diagnose a patient. Young medicine cats should learn this process carefully, and be prepared to adapt to the potential needs for changes and fluctuation in the process.

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Diagnosis Process

1. Listen to the patient’s complaint
2. Evaluate the physical condition of the patient
3. Inventory the patient’s symptoms
4. Question the patient to collect more information & identify any overlooked symptoms
5. Re-inventory the symptoms
6. Decide which symptoms are the most significant to the diagnose
7. Reduce the possible complaints based on known symptoms
8. Question the patient further based on suspected complaints
9. Decide a course of treatment for the most likely of the complaints
10. Follow-up with the patient during treatment to ensure the course of action is working. Alter treatments if it is necessary.

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Medicine Cats require a firm grounding in herb-lore. They must be able to not only identify herbs, but to gather them and preserve the medicinal powers they contain. To heal a medicine cat must have access to herbs, and to have access to herbs a medicine cat must provide for themselves. This means that a good knowledge in the theory one should apply to herbs is important, and will form the foundation of a Medicine Cat’s ability to heal his or her clanmates.

This document reflects the generalized knowledge that can be applied to most herbs. It should be noted that exceptions, such as plants that cannot be preserved and maintain viability, exist and must be taught carefully while undertaking the teaching process.

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Collection

Leaves

• In selecting leaves, one should be certain to select only those that are green and well filled with juices.
• One should also make certain to gather leaves prior to the flowering of a plant, for once in flower, the leaves are sapped of much of thier healing power.
• Leaves should be dried in full sun, so that the quick drying process preserves the healing powers.
• Leaves should be stored in loose piles in a dry, cool place. One should avoide compacting them into piles, and take care to remove any that rot, for when one rots, in can spread that condition to other leaves.

Flowers

• Flowers shall be selected for thier good color and rich scent, both of which are indicators of thier power. One should also select those that appear in good health, and they must only be picked when both plant and flower are at thier prime.
• Flowers should be dried in full sun, so that the quick drying process may preserve the healing powers.
• Flowers should only be kept and used so long as the color and scent remain. Only so long as they retain these, do they also retain the healing powers for which they are to be collected.

Seeds

• Seeds should be gathered as soon as they are ready to or have already fallen from the plant.
• Slow is the key to drying seeds. One should take care to begin the process in shade, and let them spend only a small ammount of time drying in the sun.
• Seeds can be stored very easily, and are less subject to damage than most other herb parts.
• Even though seeds will keep for a good many years, they are best if used durring the first year. It is always advisable to renew one’s stock yearly.

Roots

• One should take pains to select only those roots which are not rotted or worm eaten. Care should also be in making certain those selected are firm, not too soft nore hard. Roots which are over-soft have come to the end of their life and lack the strength of those in thier prime, while those that are too hard are mear kits and have not yet come into full strength.
• One is advised to gather roots in late spring, durring which the reiches growth of the plant is coming to a close.
• One should also gather roots only durring dry times, for the lack of extra moisture makes the preservation process quicker and more complete.
• Roots are to be dried in full sun. Those who have been both properly gathered and properly preserved may be stonred in a pile and remain potent for the majority of a year.

Barks

• Barks should be gathered in spring, just as the thaw sets in and the first water of the year runs within the tree. (this is also the prime time to find waters beneath the barks of trees).
• Barks are best used fresh, but may be dried carefully in the shade. This will preserve the medicinal power for the better part of a year.
• Barks shall be stored carefully away from moisture. Piles should not be made very high so that rot may be easily spotted.

Preparation

Due to limitations of technology the Clan cats have a scant handful of techniques with which they prepare herbs.

• Consumption: The majority of herbs are dried in the sun and fed to patients.
• Poultice: The second most common preparation. Herbs are chewed and applied externally to the patient as a paste.
• Inhalation: The herbs are gently crushed so that they give off strong odors which the patient can be encouraged to inhale.
• Water/Juice: Some plants carry liquid in the flesh, which can be pressed out with paws and teeth and applied to parts of the patient.

Full information on preparation can be found in the dedicated document.

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The Clans have, though the medicine cats, fairly sophisticated knowledge of medicinal treatment. They also have certain limitations that place restrictions on what technologies they can use to prepare herbal treatments of their patients. Apprentices must be taught the ways they can prepare medicine to heal their clanmates.

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Simple Preparations

Consumption

The simplest of the ways to make use of herbs is to bid the patient to consume them. It is rare that a single herb would be used to treat more then a single symptom, thus generally speaking mixtures are used to treat a full illness.

Poultice

Another of the simple ways to make use of herbs is to chew them into a paste and apply them externally as a poultice. In most cases it would be a combination of herbs, and in those cases care should be taken to ensure the components of the mixture are throughly combined.

Inhalation

Certain herbs can be used to create inhalant mixtures that the patient should be made to inhale. This is accomplished by firmly crushing the herbs against a flat stone and one’s paw. (In Spartan circumstances the herbs can be crushed through any means possible, such as chewing, but this leads to a messy situation and makes the process of delivering the herbs to the patient more difficult than just pushing the crushing stone under their head).

Complex Preparations

Water or Juice

Certain herbs carry a great deal of liquid in the flesh or under the bark. This liquid can be carefully squeezed and applied to a specific part of the patient. This squeezing is accomplished using the teeth and cause the liquid the drip onto the desired location.

OOC: Impossible Preparations

This section is an Out of Character addition to clarify some things that cannot be done at all. These are official rulings from the administrators, and are the official stance for use in RP. This list is not all encompassing, but should give clear ideas about what is and isn’t possible.

• Powders – Clan Cats lack technology needed to grind a powder.
• Pills – Clan cats lack technology needed to grind a powder, and do not have access to pill molds or capsules.
• Creams, Salves, or Balms – Clan cats lack access to heat for processing, and do not have access to the waxes and oils required to make the cream, salve, or balm.
• Infusion, Decoatation, Extract – Clan cats lack access to heat for processing, and do not possess suitable storage containers.

Medicine Cats must spend time out and about to gather herbs. In accordance they must be able to handle defending themselves enough that they can escape from dangerous situations and drive away smaller dangers that might come for them.

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Blocks

Blocks are movements designed to turn away a strike by an opponent. Blocks should be trained in a face to face situation to begin with, and then elevated into working from angles.

Right/Left High Paw Block

Used to: Block a strike aimed at the head, neck & upper chest.
Best against: Smaller or equally sized opponents.
Cautions: Blocking an attack with the opposite side paw as the attack originates from opens the body to followup strikes.

Keeping a firm center of balance, reach out and guide the striking paw away from your body. Bringing the paw to the ground is safest as it helps to keep it from being used to repeat the same strike again.

Right/Left Low Paw Block

Used to: Block a strike aimed at the legs & chest.
Best against: Smaller or equally sized opponents.
Cautions: Blocking an attack with the opposite side paw as the attack originates from opens the body to followup strikes.

Keeping a firm center of balance, reach out and guide the striking paw away from your body. Bringing the paw to the ground is safest as it helps to prepare yourself to return with the same attack.

Forward Block

Used to: Block a strike aimed at the throat.
Best against: Smaller opponents.
Cautions: Opens the paws and legs to strikes using the teeth. Best followed up with a reverse dodge.

Firmly planting the hind legs, reach forward with the forepaws and plant them on the face, neck, throat or chest of the opponent.

Variation(s): The use of only one paw, or the use of a strike in place of a block.

Left/Right Dodge

Used to: Evade a strike aimed at the head, neck & upper chest.
Best against: Larger or slower opponents.
Cautions: Too much time spent dodging without making your own attacks can given an opponent control of the fight. Dodging too close to the enemies other paw can open you to attack.

Launch your body out of the reach of the enemies claws using the power of the hind legs.

Reverse Dodge

Used to: Evade a strike aimed at the throat.
Best against: Larger or slower opponents.
Cautions: You might leap into something you cannot see.

Launch your body backwards using all four paws in as graceful a movement as possible.

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Strikes

Strikes are movements designed to damage or hamper and opponent.

Right/Left High Strike

Used to: Strike at the head, neck or upper chest.
Best against: 
Cautions: Reaching too far up before striking can make your attack obvious and expose your chest.

A strike made by reaching up and moving the paw at the opponent in a downward motion.

Right/Left Low Strike

Used to: Strike at the legs or chest.
Best against: Any opponent.
Cautions: reaching too far down or lowering the head too far can open the back of the neck to an attack.

A strike made by reaching down and moving the paw at the opponent in an upwards motion.

Forward Bite

Used to: Strike at the throat of the enemy.
Best against: Smaller or equally sized opponents when you have a clear upper paw in the contest.
Cautions: This is a risky attack because it puts your face within striking distance and biting distance of the enemy.

lunge forward with your mouth open to bite the throat (or whatever part of the enemy you succeed in grabbing hold of) of the enemy.

Diving Rake

Used to: Strike at the exposed flank of an enemy preforming a left or right dive.
Best against: Slower or tired opponents.
Cautions: This strike does open you to a retaliation with the same move, be prepared for evasive action.

When the opponent dives to the right or left in a dodge, lunge forward with paws extended to catch their flank as it goes by. Smaller opponents might be born to the ground by such a strike.

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The beginning period of training represents those first tentative sessions and the first steps towards building the foundation a new Medicine Cat Apprentice needs to master to be ready to step up into more advanced realms of learning.

Any files marked with ^ are currently unfinished.

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Borders Tour

A tour of the clan territory is a traditional first day activity for most apprentices (exceptions are at the digression of the mentor). This gives the apprentice an opportunity to see the entire territory and helps them become familiar with it.

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Introduction to StarClan

Until StarClan has confirmed the choice the Medicine Cat has made, their apprenticeship is unofficial. They must attend a Medicine Cat’s Meeting and experience a vision with their mentor, in which a delegate of StarClan (typically a past Medicine Cat) will attest to the quality or lack thereof of the choice the Medicine Cat has made in an apprentice. If the apprentice is greeted positively by StarClan, they are then officially an apprentice to the Medicine Cat.

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Beginning Level MCA’s Responsibilities

• Clear dirty bedding from the sick den and medicine den as required by the Medicine Cat.
• Run errands within camp for Medicine Cat as needed.
• Fetch and Carry within the camp for any injured and sick cats.

Due to their inexperience, MCAs in this age range are generally not permitted to dispense or otherwise handle herbs without supervision. They begin to learn the basic skills while carrying out their assigned responsibilities. They memorize herbs, ailments, and treatments, get exposed to lore, and begin to learn the processing of herbal remedies and the like.

While they might attend the Medicine Cat on their gathering trips and while they treat patients, it should be noted that they are generally watching at this point, and not actively diagnosing or selecting the plants to be collected. They are learning the ropes, rather than spending time on activities that might damage cats health.

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The Code

While developing basic skills, a Medicine Cat should also see to instilling full respect and understand of the code into their apprentice.

Beginning Code Studies

Every Medicine Cat’s Apprentice should receive a though grounding in the basics of the Warrior’s Code.

^ The Medicine Cat’s Perspective ^

Following a full understanding of the basics a Medicine Cat must learn to understand the code from the unique perspective they possess. This includes a complete grounding in inter-clan relationships and how the code influences such things.

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Defense

Self Defense

The basic combative defense taught to Medicine Cats so that they can defend themselves in desperate situations. While the best situations involve a Medicine Cat staying out of combat, raw basics are taught for emergency use and to aid in escape.

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General Knowledge

Beginning Herbs ^

These herbs are used in the treatment of most ailments, or involved in the prevention of common symptoms. In accordance their memorization is priceless to any medicine cat. Will Include – ??

Basic Conditions ^

These basic conditions are those that most cats experience and ones that are a good place to begin with the training of a young apprentice.

Specific Condition Trainings

• Coughs – Discussing Kitcough, Whitecough, Greencough, Blackcough, Killingcough, & Chronic Cough
• Cuts & Bruises ^

Axioms: Wisdom of the past (Beginners’ Level)

Tips, tricks and cautions taught in the words of cats of old.

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The Theory of Medicine Cattery

Bedside Manner

The importance of how a Medicine Cat should bear themselves in the presence of a patient, and how this art can aid in the healing of a cat.

The Diagnosis Process

Good sense and straight forward thinking lies at the center of diagnosing the problems of a patient.

Herb Collection & Preparation Theory

It requires a great deal of knowledge to correctly collect and preserve herbs without damaging the medicinal power they hold. Apprentices should be taught the basic, overriding theory of these processes prior to beginning to learn the specifics of individual herbs.

Methods for Herbal Treatment

The basic methods in which herbs can be applied to the patient.

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