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MEDICINE CAT HERBS
W O U N D S
➣ Blackberry Leaves
Description: Leaves from the prickly blackberry bush
Location: Almost anywhere; they are very handy plants
Usage: These leaves are chewed into a pulp
Effect: Eases the swelling of bee stings
➣ Burdock Root
Description: Tall-stemmed thistle with a sharp smell and dark leaves
Location: Best in dry areas
Usage: The root is dug up, the soil is washed off, and then it is chewed into a pulp
Effect: Lessens and heals the pain of infected rat bites; used to prevent infection of rat bites
➣ Celandine
Description: Yellow flower with four petals
Location: Grows better on ThunderClan's territory, though it also grows on RiverClan's territory
Usage: Juice is trickled into the eye
Effect: Soothes damaged eyes
➣ Chervil
Description: A sweet-smelling plant with large, leafy, fern-like leaves and small white flowers. The roots are described as being knobby and brown
Location: In the Forest Territories, it was found at Snakerocks
Usage: Chewed to extract the juice of the leaves or the root
Effect: For infected wounds and bellyache, respectively. Can also be used during kitting
➣ Cobwebs
Description: Long, thin, shiny strands spun into a web by spiders. Very common
Location: All around the forest
Usage: Press over wound
Effect: To soak up and stop (or slow) the bleeding.[29] It may also be used to bind broken bones
➣ Comfrey Root
Description: It has large leaves, small bell-shaped flowers, which are pink, white, or purple, and fat, black roots. Tangy smell
Location: Damp, grassy places
Usage: Roots are chewed into a poultice. Can also be lined in one's nest
Effect: Repairs broken bones or soothes wounds. Also used for wrenched claws. Can be used for itching or for inflammation on stiff joints. Also eases stiffness on wrenched shoulders when lined in a nest
➣ Dandelion
Description: Common yellow-flowered plant with long, hollow stems. After flowering is finished, the flower transforms a sphere made out of hundreds of smaller white florets with seed heads at the bottom that connect to the flower head
Location: Almost everywhere
Usage: The white liquid is thought to be applied to bee stings. Leaves can be chewed
Effect: Thought to soothe and heal bee stings. Its leaves can also be chewed to act like a painkiller
➣ Dock
Description: Common, large-leafed plant with a tangy smell and taste
Location: Doesn't grow well in mountains, best in leafy areas
Usage: Chewed up and applied to scratches. Similar to sorrel. Also can be put in one's nest during sleep
Effect: Soothes scratches, though can sting when being applied. Soothes sore pads. If placed in nests, it can ease the pain of wounds.
➣ Dried Oak Leaf
Description: Round, cartoon-like ruffled leaves
Location: All over the forest floor and collected in leaf-fall
Usage: The dried leaves are to be stored in a dry location until the time of usage, when they are chewed into a thick poultice and spread on a wound
Effect: Stops infection from setting in
➣ Fennel
Description: Thin, spiky leaves
Location: Found in numerous places, especially on dry soils near the sea/coast and on riverbanks
Usage: Stalks are broken and juice is squeezed into the receiver's mouth
Effect: Helps pain in the hips
➣ Goldenrod
Description: A tall plant with bright, yellow flowers
Location: Grows well on the WindClan moors
Usage: Chewed into a poultice
Effect: Good for healing wounds
➣ Horsetail
Description: A tall, bristly-stemmed plant, referred to with fleshy stalks
Location: Any marshy area
Usage: Chewed to a poultice, and applied to wounds
Effect: Treats infections[35] and stops bleeding
➣ Marigold
Description: A low-growing flower; yellow to bright orange
Location: Near water
Usage: Petals or leaves chewed in a poultice.[35] Juice can be used as well
Effect: Stops infection. Stops bleeding. Used for inflammation of stiff joints
➣ Ragwort Leaves
Description: Tall shrub with yellow flowers. Tastes foul to cats
Location: Almost everywhere, especially in cool areas with high rainfall
Usage: Crushed and chewed; mixed with juniper berries, it can help aching joints
Effect: Treats aching joints[101] and keeps a cat's strength up
➣ Rush
Description: It has long narrow leaves and lavender-colored head stalks
Location: Often grows in infertile soils in a wide range of moisture conditions
Usage: Used to bind broken bones
Effect: Helps hold a broken limb in place, such as casts for Twolegs
➣ Snakeroot
Description: The best remedy for poison, especially snake bites
Location: Grows mainly in warmer areas, however some grow in cooler areas
Usage: Thought to be applied to wounds
Effect: Thought to heal poison
➣ Stinging Nettle
Description: It has green, spiny seeds
Location: All over the forest
Usage: The seeds are eaten by a cat who's swallowed poison, or the leaves are chewed into a poultice for a wound. The stems can also be chewed
Effect: Induces vomiting, or brings down swelling, respectively. Can be mixed with comfrey to help heal broken bones. Helps with wounds. Chewing the stems helps fight against infection
➣ Tormentil
Description: It has a strong, aromatic scent to it and a sharp taste
Location: Found in most cool or cold areas, but other types may be found in gardens
Usage: Chewed and put on the wound
Effect: Its root is good for treating all wounds and extracting poison
➣ Wild Garlic
Description: Due to its strong smell, it is good for hiding the scent of a certain Clan, and disguising cats on raids
Location: Not far from the forest entrance in the ThunderClan camp
Usage: One must roll in it
Effect: Prevents infection, especially rat bites
➣ Willow Bark
Description: Bark of the willow tree
Location: Grows near Twoleg places
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Eases pain
D I S E A S E S
➣ Catmint
Description: A leafy and delicious-smelling plant
Location: Rarely found in the wild; mostly found in Twoleg gardens
Usage: Eaten
Effect: Best remedy for the deadly greencough, which kits and elders usually catch in the season of leaf-bare. Can also be used for whitecough
➣ Chickweed
Description: Tall-stemmed plant with fat, almond-shaped leaves
Location: In the Forest Territories, it grew near Sunningrocks
Usage: Eaten, such as catmint/catnip
Effect: Treats greencough, though catnip is often preferred
➣ Hawkweed
Description: Small green plant with yellow and orange flowers
Location: Unknown
Usage: N/A
Effect: Like catmint but not as strong.
➣ Lavender
Description: A small purple flowering plant
Location: Grown in Twoleg gardens. Can also be found in sunny spots with sandy or gravelly soil
Usage: Placed under a cats nose and is to be inhaled constantly. Or rubbed/placed on an animals body to hide the scent of death
Effect: Cures fever and chills.[35] Also a herb used to hide the scent of death
➣ Sweet-Sedge
Description: Thick green stem with long buds at the top
Location: Grows all through leaf-bare. Most common around the RiverClan camp
Usage: One must swallow the sap
Effect: Eases infection
➣ Tansy
Description: The tansy plant has round, yellow leaves, and has a very sweet and strong scent, making it good for disguising a cat's scent
Location: Found in the forest and near Twoleg places
Usage: To be consumed, but only in small doses
Effect: Cures coughs. Can be used to cure wounds and poisons. Stops cats from getting greencough. Soothes throats.
O T H E R
➣ Alder Bark
Description: Bark of the alder tree
Location: Grows mainly in boggy, wet terrain
Usage: For tooth pain
Effect: Eases toothaches
➣ Beech Leaves
Description: Large, broad leaves that can be serrated, entire or sparsely toothed
Location: Grows in almost any soil that is not waterlogged
Usage: By ThunderClan medicine cats for carrying other herbs
Effect: None
➣ Bindweed
Description: Arrow-head shaped leaves with pale white or pink trumpet shaped flowers
Location: Grows almost anywhere
Usage: Fastens sticks to broken legs to keep them in place
Effect: Unknown
➣ Borage Leaves
Description: It is easily distinguished by its small blue or pink star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves
Location: Grows best in forests
Usage: It is chewed and eaten by nursing queens
Effect: It produces more and better milk. It also brings down fevers
➣ Broom
Description: Shrubs with small leaves and small yellow flowers
Location: Grows in ThunderClan's old territory
Usage: It is used to make poultices for broken legs and wounds
Effect: Unknown
➣ Burnet
Description: Has oval-shaped leaves with serrated edges. Stems grow 50-200cm tall, with large clusters of small flower buds on top
Location: Usually found in dry, grassy meadows
Usage: A traveling herb
Effect: Is said to help stop minor bleeding on Twolegs. Keeps a cat's strength up
➣ Catchweed
Description: A plant with fuzzy green balls on long stems
Location: It is common in hedges and other low, shrubby vegetation
Usage: The burrs are put on the pelt where poultices are
Effect: Stops poultices from being rubbed off without hurting the skin
➣ Chamomile
Description: A small, white flower with a large, yellow center
Location: Can be found in Twoleg gardens
Usage: Eaten
Effect: Strengthens the heart and soothes the mind. Also given to traveling cats for strength
➣ Cob Nuts
Description: A smooth brown nut with a hard outside shell. A type of hazelnut
Location: In, under or near hazel trees that grow in sunny spots
Usage: Made into ointments
Effect: Unknown
➣ Coltsfoot
Description: A flowering plant with yellow or white flowers resembling dandelions. Grows best in newleaf
Location: Grows by a waterfall in RiverClan's forest territory. It also grows well in ShadowClan's lake territory
Usage: Leaves chewed into a pulp
Effect: Eases breathing or kitten-cough,[35] as well as cracked or sore pads
➣ Daisy Leaf
Description: Thick, dark green, oval shaped leaves
Location: Almost everywhere
Usage: Chewed into a paste
Effect: Eases the pain of aching joints. It is also a traveling herb
➣ Feverfew
Description: Small bush with flowers resembling daisies. Has a sharp tangy smell and small soft leaves
Location: Grows best along the water
Usage: Eaten
Effect: Reduces body temperature for cats with fever or chills. Also heals aches and pains, especially good for headaches
➣ Goatweed
Description: Plant with ovate leaves
Location: RiverClan territory
Usage: Given daily
Effect: Eases anxiety[source?] and grief
➣ Heather Nectar
Description: Nectar found in bell-shaped flowers
Location: Best grown in shady areas
Usage: Included in herbal mixtures
Effect: Makes swallowing easier and sweetens mixtures
➣ Honey
Description: A sweet, golden-colored liquid made by bees
Location: In honeycombs or bees nests up in trees
Usage: Eaten, or given by moss soaked in it
Effect: Soothes infections, is a great remedy for smoke-damaged or sore throats, helps cats swallow other concoctions, helps soothe coughing, and gives energy
➣ Ivy Leaf
Description: Leaves from the ivy vine
Location: Grows in the ThunderClan medicine den
Usage: By ShadowClan medicine cats to store other herbs
Effect: None
➣ Juniper Berries
Description: Purple-blue berries from the dark green, spiky-leaved juniper bush
Location: Grows in places that are not wet
Usage: Chewed and eaten
Effect: Soothes bellyaches, gives strength, and helps troubled breathing. It is also used to help calm cats
➣ Lamb's Ear
Description: Soft, fuzzy green plant
Location: Commonly found in the mountains
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Gives a cat strength
➣ Mallow Leaves
Description: Large fuzzy three-nubbed leaves from a flowering shrub; sweet rose scent
Location: Grows best near shore, but best collected at sunhigh, when they are dry
Usage: Eaten
Effect: Soothes bellyache
➣ Mint
Description: Downy, serrated leaves ranging from green to purple and yellow in color. Flowers are small and white or purple in color
Location: Patch beside ThunderClan nursery in the Forest Territories
Usage: Rubbed on a dead body
Effect: Hides the scent of death
➣ Mouse Bile
Description: Foul smelling, yellowish-green liquid
Location: Can be found anywhere there are mice present
Usage: The liquid is stored in moss and dabbed onto ticks embedded in pelt
Effect: The ticks fall off
➣ Parsley
Description: A long-stemmed plant with ragged-edged crinkly leaves, Sharp scent, tastes cold and fresh, tastes the same fresh or dried
Location: Grows best in moist, well drained soil, with full sun
Usage: Eaten.
Effect: Stops a queen from producing milk if her kits die, don't need milk anymore, or are producing too much milk. Also used to cure bellyache
➣ Poppy Seeds
Description: Tiny, round black seeds that are shaken out of a dried poppy flower head
Location: All over forest
Usage: Chewed on
Effect: They can help a cat sleep, soothe shock or distress, or ease pain. Not recommended for nursing queens
➣ Ragweed
Description: Ragged-leaved plant resembling a fern
Location: Thought to be commonly found in the mountains
Usage: Thought to give cats extra strength
Effect: Like lamb's ear, ragweed gives a cat extra strength and energy
➣ Raspberry Leaves
Description: Soft to the touch, but with jagged edges
Location: Found on raspberry bushes
Usage: It could be a painkiller, or help stop bleeding during kitting
Effect: Could possibly ease pain, or stop bleeding
➣ Rosemary
Description: Tall with needle-like leaves and purple flowers
Location: Near the ThunderClan warriors' den in the forest territory
Usage: Put on the pelt of a dead cat to prepare for burial
Effect: Hides the scent of death
➣ Sorrel
Description: Similar to dock, sorrel is used as a traveling herb
Location: Can be found near Twoleg nests
Usage: Eaten
Effect: Traveling herb, can also build up appetite
➣ Stick
Description: Thin wooden protrusions that grow on and fall from trees
Location: Can be found anywhere there are trees
Usage: Cats in pain bite it when other medicine is either unavailable or not recommended. Also used to help broken legs heal
Effect: Distracts cats from pain. Recommended for queens giving birth
➣ Thyme
Description: Small, delicate, thick, sticky leaves with a fresh tang
Location: Best in hot, sunny locations
Usage: Leaves can be chewed on
Effect: Calms nervousness, anxiety, and cats who are in shock
➣ Traveling Herbs
Description: Traveling Herbs consist of sorrel, daisy, chamomile and burnet
Location: Created in medicine cat dens
Usage: Eaten
Effect: Used to give a cat more energy and strength, and it keeps the cat from getting hungry for a long time
➣ Watermint
Description: A green, leafy plant
Location: Usually found in streams or damp earth
Usage: It is usually chewed into a pulp, and then eaten
Effect: Eases the suffering that originates from a bellyache
➣ Willow Leaves
Description: Leaves of the willow tree
Location: Unknown
Usage: Eaten
Effect: Stops vomiting
➣ Wintergreen
Description: Easily identifiable by its red berries
Location: Oak-pine woods and sandy habitats to sub-alpine places
Usage: Unknown.
Effect: Treats wounds and some poisons
➣ Yarrow
Description: A flowering plant
Location: Snakerocks, in the Forest Territories
Usage: Its leaves are chewed into a poultice that can be given to cats or applied to a wound depending on the situation
Effect: Extracts poison from wounds. Will make a cat vomit up toxins.[129] The ointment will soften and help heal cracked pads
P O I S O N S
➣ Deathberries
Description: Red berries from the dark-leaved, poisonous yew bush
Location: The ravine in the ThunderClan forest territory
Usage: Sometimes used to kill other cats by making them eat the berry
Effect: Kills a cat within minutes when consumed
➣ Foxglove Seeds
Description: Tiny, black seeds from the bell-shaped flower of the foxglove plant
Location: Almost everywhere, especially in temperate regions
Usage: They are used to treat the heart
Effect: They can easily cause paralysis and heart failure
➣ Holly Berries
Description: Plant with spiny leaves that produces red berries with no medicinal value
Location: Forests
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Unknown
➣ Deadly Nightshade
Description: A small shrub with faintly scented, bell-shaped flowers that are purple tinged with green in colour. Berries are shiny and black when ripe
Location: Moist, shady places. Often grows in places where the soils are rich in limestone
Usage: To kill a cat who cannot be saved quickly
Effect: Poisonous
➣ Water Hemlock
Description: Green or white flowers with petals in umbrella-shaped clusters
Location: Wet, marshy areas
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Causes writhing, pain, and foaming at the mouth
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