The
number of flower petals or flowers that you use depends
on many factors, including the age of your cat, the severity
of the condition, the variety of flower species, the place
where the flowers are grown etc. Which flower remedy would
suit your cats best can only be decided by an experienced
holistic veterinary practitioner who understands your cat
well.
Therefore,
you are cautioned not to use any of the remedies mentioned
below for your cats without first consulting with your holistic
veterinary practitioner in your area. Feeding your cats
flowers without proper consultation or verifying the manner
in which they were grown can be dangerous.
Listed
below are the remarkable healing properties of some flowers.
Calendula
(Calendula officinalis)
Also known as marigold, these flowers when made into a paste
and applied on your cat's coat can make a soothing skin
ointment hastening the healing of cuts, wounds, ulcers and
boils. When eaten, the flowers help improve digestion and
heal ulcers.
Chamomile
Chamaemelum nobile
A paste of these flowers can condition your cat's coat beautifully.
Besides, for eye infections like conjunctivitis the flowers
quicken healing. The flowers can help if your cat doesn't
sleep well or has a bad tooth too!
Catnip
Catnip flowers help bring down fever and accelerate recovery
from respiratory and gastrointestinal ailments.
Echinacea
These flowers help strengthen immunity and even work well
as an antibiotic, especially for respiratory infections.
Chicory
(Cichorium intybus)
The flowers help tone the spleen and liver. If your cats
don't feel hungry, you can try feeding them a petal or two
and watch how your cat's appetite bounces back to normal.
Dandelion
and Rose
Both flowers are well known for their remarkable blood purifying
effects. If your cats have been through a bad bout of illness
recently, a few petals of these flowers can purify their
blood and tone up the circulation well.
Nasturtium
(Tropaeolum majus)
They help skin wounds heal faster. A few petals given regularly
can help heal your cat of that awful cough or respiratory
infection.
Flowers
that are poisonous when eaten include azalea, crocus, daffodil,
foxglove, oleander, rhododendron, jack-in-the-pulpit, lily
of the valley, poinsettia, datura, poppy and wisteria
Therefore,
while healing with flowers, flower essences and oils may
be a gentler and more beautiful way to heal, without consultation
with a holistic veterinary practitioner in your area, it
can be dangerous.
