Regular snow, the main ingredient for snow coat.
- "We thought we'd try the snow coat first."
- —Mrs. Everdeen, while treating Gale Hawthorne[src]
Snow coat is a mixture of snow and numbing agents. It is not recognized as a real "medicine", but it uses medicine to reduce pain. Snow coat is not widely used, mainly because it can only be used seasonally, when snow is available. Mrs. Everdeen often used snow coat to treat her patients.[1]
Appearance[]
Snow coat is made in a bowl, and looks like a bunch of snow but with a slight light green tint. This is caused by herbal juice, the second ingredient in snow coat. It gives off a clean and sweet smell.[1]
Treatment[]
Snow coat can treat lacerations and swelling, reducing the pain of hurt flesh and skin. Even though it's not a real medicine, it is more convenient with cheaper ingredients. The cold also numbs the skin like an ice pack.[1]
An individual's wound has to set before snow coat can be used. When treating a patient with snow coat, the clothes or bandages on the wounded areas are removed before the treatment. Then a clean piece of cloth is laid upon the skin and the mixture is spread out on the cloth. The patient's pain, as described by Katniss Everdeen, "sizzles away".[1]
History[]
In Catching Fire, Gale Hawthorne was treated with snow coat when he was whipped over forty times by Romulus Thread after he was caught with the spoils of his hunting load. Katniss Everdeen was also treated with snow coat after she was whipped attempting to defend Gale.[1]