Medicine

*The use of medicine is different for every Clan due to have their own stock of herbs in each of their individual territories. When certain diseases or illnesses are spreading throughout one Clan, the other two medicine cat will step in and help the Clan in need. Medicine Cats have the right to enter into enemy Clan territory without an escort and are able to borrow or use other medical herbs if needed.*
**Types of Illnesses:**

* Poisonous Animals
* Frogs
* Snake Bites
* Heliconius butterfly
* Spider Bites
* Banded Sea Krait
* Short-Tail Stingray
* Nudibranch
* Lionfish
* Puffer Fish
* Scorpionfish
* Reef Stonefish
* Striped Eel Catfish
	+ Symptoms: Vomiting, incoordination or changes in appetite or thirst
	+ Solutions: Blue Lyme Grass or Yarrow
* Poisonous Flowers and Plants
* Rosary Pea
* Night-blooming Jasmine
* Lantana
* Seabean
* Mamane
	+ Symptoms: Vomiting, incoordination or changes in appetite or thirst
	+ Solutions: Little Bluestem
* Shark Bites
* Solutions: Artemisia
* Chest pains
	+ Solutions: Sea Lavender
* Loss of sensory perception
	+ Solutions: Sea blite
* Joint Aches
	+ Solutions: Calendula, Cardinal Flower, Fuchsia
* Toothaches
	+ Solutions: Toyon tree bark
* Sprains
	+ Solutions: Calendula
* Joint dislocation
	+ Solutions: Calendula
* Cracked pads
	+ Solutions: Marigold, Red Ludwigia
* Broken bones
	+ Solutions: Calendula, Wild Rice
* Scratches and cuts
	+ Solutions: Marigold
* Bug Bite Sickness caused by mosquitoes, ticks, flies,
	+ Symptoms: Slight fever, headache, muscle or joint pain. Severe infections are headache, high fever, confusion, tremors, seizures, paralysis, coma, or death.
	+ Solutions: Sea Kale
* Sharp Bite Fever caused by a mosquitoes
	+ Symptoms: Flu-like symptoms including severe pain in the head, eyes, muscles and joints.
	+ Solutions: Sea Kale
* Death Bite Fever caused by mosquitos, characterized by fever, hemorrhage, and often fatal liver complications.
	+ Symptoms: Fever or a headache, frequent muscle aches, sensitivity to light, loss of appetite or dizziness.
	+ Solutions: Sea Kale
* Numb Paw Disease is an airborne disease that spreads through coughing or sneezing
	+ Symptoms: Numbness in paws, loss of senses, muscle weakness, problems in eyesight
	+ Solutions: Coleus
* Silent Fever caused by triatomine bug bite
	+ Symptoms: Can cause mild, causing swelling and fever, or it can be long lasting.
	+ Solutions: Pincushions

**ReefClan:**

* Seaweed used as medicinal wrappings
* Ornamental Grasses help preserve herbs
* Blue Lyme Grass used to help bring up poisonous animals that have been ingested
* Little Bluestem used to numb stomach when poisonous plants have been ingested
* Artemisia used to soothe the stinging from a shark bite
* Sea Lavender when ingested it eases chest pains
* Yarrow used to extract poison from wound if poisonous animal attacked
* Beach Pea used to soothe Queens while expecting
* Fuchsia used for joint aches
* Marigold used to stop infections and bleeding
* Calendula used to numb pain caused by a sprain or joint dislocation
* Cornelia Rose used to increase Queen’s milk production
* Rosemary used to hide the scent of death
* Sea Kale used to heal Bug Bite Sickness, Sharp Bite Fever, and Death Bite Fever
* Toyon Tree Bark used to decrease toothache pain

**SpringClan:**

* Eelgrass used as basic medical wrappings for wounds
* Ornamental Grasses help preserve herbs
* Wild Rice used to soothe pain from a wound
* Bald Cypress used to decrease fever
* Spider Lily used to soothe an upset stomach
* Red Ludwigia used to soothe sore paw pads
* Water Hemlock helps cats that are travelling long distances to have more energy
* Spanish Moss when dampen, used to clean a wound
* Pond Weeds used as tight medical wrappings for dislocated bones
* Cardinal Flower used to heal hip pain
* Water Lettuce used to heal headaches
* Waterlilies used to help calm cats
* Artemisia used to soothe the stinging from a shark bite
* Fuchsia used for joint aches
* Marigold used to stop infections and bleeding
* Calendula used to numb pain caused by a sprain or joint dislocation
* Toyon Tree Bark used to decrease toothache pain
* Coleus used to heal Numb Paw Disease

**LagoonClan:**

* Marsh Samphire used to calm cats
* Ornamental Grasses help preserve herbs
* Sea Blite used to give a cat strength
* Reed used to heal burns
* Narrowleaf Cattail cures fever and chills
* Vicia stops Queen from producing milk
* Sea Wormwood kills ticks
* Artemisia used to soothe the stinging from a shark bite
* Fuchsia used for joint aches
* Marigold used to stop infections and bleeding
* Calendula used to numb pain caused by a sprain or joint dislocation
* Sea Kale used to heal Bug Bite Sickness, Sharp Bite Fever, and Death Bite Fever
* Pincushions used to heal Silent Fever