Treating an injured cat holistically is well within the bounds of anyone. Obviously that does depend on the severity of the injury. However, even in really severe cases, you can still get the healing off to a good start.

It does also depend on your desire to help, your sensitivity, your ability to look for objective signs and symptoms.

Most people make a dash for the nearest veterinary clinic as soon as anyone suffers any injury. Sometimes that is indeed necessary. Other times it's not necessary or even a good idea. 

How can you, someone who knows nothing about injuries, tell?

The first thing is to learn. And while you are learning, you may still feel the need to made that dash. And that's OK. You need to feel comfortable in what you do.

However, the more you learn, the more you realise you do in fact have a great deal of potential.

One of the first things to appreciate is that everyone has the ability to heal themselves, given the right circumstances. Nature has designed this. It's in built.

That doesn't mean it will always be instant or without discomfort. But these are the areas that can be so easily managed holistically.

It also means that if you have been mindful of keeping your cat healthy naturally, by feeding a species specific diet for example

and by creating a healthy lifestyle, they have a much greater chance of healing quickly and easily. It's all about keeping the immune system strong and healthy.

While there will always be some injuries that need veterinary treatment, such as setting broken bones and sewing up large skin tears, many veterinary procedures are not helpful.

Veterinary drugs are toxic by nature.  They are also suppressive by nature. This can seriously interfere with the natural healing process.

Cats do not have the ability to respond to pain meds so a different approach is needed for the pain.

One aspect of veterinary care that few people are aware of is the highly stressful nature of being:

• away from home, can feel like abandonment in their hour of need
• in a frightening place
• caged
• with frightened animals all around
• with strangers coming and going
• perhaps not being handled with respect or tenderness
• never having a say in what is done to them

And that doesn't include the journey to the clinic. These can all add up to making healing much more difficult.

I once heard of a documentary where overwhelmed war time army surgeons had to make decisions about who needed immediate surgery and who could wait, often because they were deemed to be beyond hope.

Those who had to wait for the surgery fared better. This was because the body had time to do initial healing work, uninterrupted by drugs and extra injury from the knife.

This is not unknown by some vets and MDs. So a mad dash may not be as helpful as you imagine. Waiting and resting at home may be more conducive to healing.

Obviously copious arterial bleeding does not come into this category.

Some of the areas that anyone can learn to treat successfully include:

• shock 
• bites and the associated pain
• relaxing tense muscles
• preventing infection
• reduce swelling
• and much more

All this is possible with the judicious use of homeopathic remedies. While chronic and deep seated conditions always need the experience of a professional homeopath, acute conditions, such as injury, can easily be totally or partially healed by anyone willing to learn how to use them.