Medicine Cat Herbs.

[DANNIMARIE ♊]

ALDER

Reduces swelling and prevents infection when chewed and applied to a wound. May also be chewed by a cat with a toothache to reduce pain, swelling, and aid in preventing complications.

ALFALFA

Used to prevent tooth decay.

ALOE VERA

Use the gel inside of leaves to cure skin problems or burns.

ASH (TREE)

New shoots are to be eaten, and chewed and applied to the bit of an Adder or Viper to stave off the effects of its poisoned bite. Keys (seeds) of the Ash tree may also be consumed to fight the pain caused by a stitch in the side.

BASIL

Used to treat paw problems.

BEECH LEAVES

Used by Thunderclan Medicine cats for carrying herbs.

BINDWEED

Fastens sticks to broken legs to keep them in place.

BLACKBERRY LEAVES

Chewed and eaten by nursing queens to produce better milk, can also be used to being down fevers.

BLESSED THISTLE

Increases circulation of blood.

BORAGE

Leaves and Roots should be consumed to stave off fevers. Seeds and leaves should be consumed by the nursing Queen to increase available milk. Borage should never be used dried, only green.

BRAMBLE TWIGS

Chew this to a fine syrup. It helps to sleep.

BROOM

Used in poultices for broken legs and wounds.

BURDOCK

Leaves may be chewed and applied to wounds that are clear of infection to speed healing. Roots may be chewed and applied to a wound to draw infection from it.

BURNET

A traveling herb.

CATNIP

Leaves and Flowers can be used to relive congestion and coughs.

CATCHWEED

Burrs can be used to hold treatments.

CELADINE

Used to strengthen weak eyes.

CHAPARRAL

Helps clean faces. Good for when cats get feline acne (Feline acne occurs when a cats' face is dirty for long periods of time. Bumps appear, and are red and sore. Bumps will appear all over muzzle and cheeks, sometimes spreading across nose.)

CHERVIL

The juice of the leaves can be used for infected wounds, and chewing the roots helps with bellyache.

CHAMOMILE

Leaves and Flowers may be consumed to sooth a cat and add to their physical strength.

CHICKWEED

Substitute for Catmint

CLOVER

Relieves anger.

COB NUTS

Made into ointment, suggested for traveling.

COBWEBS

Gathered and pressed into wounds to stop bleeding. Generally only used with wounds that risk bleeding heavily as they can cause increased risk of infection.

COLTSFOOT

The leaves can be chewed into a pulp, which is eaten to help shortness of breath.

COMFREY

Used when healing broken bones.

DAISY LEAVES

Chewed to a paste for aching joints. Can also be used for traveling.

DANDELION

The white liquid is applied to bee stings, leaves can be chewed to act as a painkiller.

DEATHBERRY (DEADLY NIGHT SHADE)

Berries, or any other part of the plant, when consumed will kill the cat who swallows if they are not given immediate help, and even then they may not always be saved. Roots & leaves may be chewed together and applied to sore places, but must NEVER be applied to open wounds. This is a poison in addition to a healing plant.

DOCK

A plant similar to sorrel. The leaf can be chewed up and applied to soothe scratches.

DRIED OAK LEAVES

Collected in the autumn and stored in a dry place. Stops infections.

ELDER LEAVES

Used to treat sprains.

ECHINACIA

Used to ease infection.

FENNEL

Used to ease pain in hips.

FERNS

Used to clean out wounds.

FEVER-FEW

Leaves can be used to reduce fever, in addition to being consumed to aid against colds and stomach ailments.

GINGER

Used to help asthma and coughs.

GOLDENROD

A poultice of this is terrific for healing wounds.

GOOSEGRASS

Used to stop bleeding from wounds.

GRASS

Helps bellyaches

GUMWEED

Helps seal wounds from infection and helps to heal the wound quicker.

HAWTHORN BERRIES

Used for indigestion.

HEATHER NECTAR

Makes swallowing easier and sweetens herbal mixtures.

HEDGEHOG BUDS

Used to treat/cure runny noses.

HOLLY BERRIES

Poison.

HONEY

Used to sooth the throat. Particularly good for smoke inhalation.

HORSETAIL

Sap can be combined with Cobweb to stop bleeding.

IRIS

Used to stimulate breathing during the birthing process; can also be used for kit's sore throats. Everything but the petals is poisonous.

IVY LEAVES

Used by Shadowclan medicine cats to store herbs.

JUNIPER

Berries ease the stomach and can serve as a counter poison, can also help ease breathing. Leaves are used to ease coughs and other respiratory problems.

LAMB'S EAR

Used to strengthen body for traveling.

LAVENDER

Leaves & flowers are particularly good when eaten for easing pains in head and throat, can also help cure fevers or chills. Inhaling the sent of fresh flowers can also calm the nerves.

LOTUS

Used as an energizer to help keep you awake.

MALLOW

Used to soothe bellyaches.

MARIGOLD

Leaves and Flowers should be consumed to relieve chills. Leaves and Petals can be chewed and placed on wounds to prevent infection.

MINER'S LETTUCE

Sore pads, prevents infection, traveling herb. Leaves should be chewed to a fine pulp and juice spread on pads.

MILKWEED

Use to treat sores or burns. Do not use around ears or eyes. Poisonous when eaten.

MINT

Hides the scent of death.

MOUSEBILE

Bile from the liver of the common mouse may be harvested and used to kill stubborn fleas and ticks.

MUD

Smeared over bee and hornet stings to soothe the sting. Should be applied wet and left to dry and fall off on its own. The stings should fall off with it, leaving a small mark which goes away quickly by itself.

NARCISSUS

Soothes a cat when she is having contractions.

PARSLEY

Used to stop flow of a queens milk.

PAWPAW

Used to treat kittencough.

POPPY (WILD)

Seeds can be consumed to remove pain and aid is sleep. Flower heads should be consumed together to relive continuous coughs. Petals and Leaves should be chewed to aid in sleep and improve resting.

RAGWEED

Similar to Lambs Ear

RAGWORT

Crushed, chewed, and mixed with Juniper Berries, treats aching joints and keeps a cats strength up.

RASPBERRY LEAVES

Used to ease pain and stop bleeding, commonly used during kitting.

ROBINWEED

Used to clean out the system when poisons have been digested.

ROSEMARY

Hides scent of death.

ROSE WATER

Revives an unconscious patient--; Soak moss in, then lay on forehead.

RUSH

Used to bind broken bones.

SAGE ROOTS

Use for cracked pads, use with poppy seeds.

SHOCK ROOTS

Uses to stimulate the nerves system. Use after a cat has been knocked out, poisoned, or head trauma.

SKULLCAP SEEDS

Used to give a cat extra strength.

STINGING NETTLE

The spiny green seeds can be administered to a cat who's swallowed poison, while the leaves can be applied to a wound to bring down swelling.

SNAKEROOT

Used to counter poison.

SORREL

Traveling herb.

STICK

Used for kitting, queens bite the stick to distract from pain.

TANSY

Leaves, flowers, and stems should be eaten together to remove worms. Leaves may be chewed to relive joint aches. Flowers should be consumed to remove coughs. Pregnant Queens should NEVER be given Tansy, for it causes miscarriages.

THYME

Should be consumed to calm the anxious cat, or to aid in bringing restful sleep.

TOI-TOI

Relieves stress

TORMENTIL

A good remedy for all wounds and for poison ingestion.

WATER MINT

Used to help cure bellyaches.

WILD GARLIC

Rolling in a patch of wild garlic can help prevent infection, especially for dangerous wounds like rat bites.

WILLOW TREE

Water from beneath the bark of the flowering willow may be dripped into the eyes to help clear blurriness of vision. It may also be applied to dry patches of skin to sooth itches. Small amounts of Willow Bark may be consumed to ease pain, act against inflammation, and to ease diarrhea or fevers.

WINDFLOWER

Used to treat stomach cramps, such as when a she-cat becomes pregnant.

WITCH HAZEL

Used to give you an extra boost, this will wake you up (energizer).

WINTERGREEN

Treats wounds and some poisons.

YARROW

Entire plant should be consumed to induce vomiting. Entire plant should be chewed and applied to wounds to relive pain and prevent infection.

YEW

To make a cat vomit up poisons.

VERA

Helps with Burns Rashes or scratches (when given you must chew, swallow liquid, then spit out the pulp).

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ILLNESSES

COUGH

A sickness that is like a human cold. Symptoms are just coughs and sneezes, though it can be dangerous to kits or young cats. The best Treatment is Tansy.

GREENCOUGH

A sickness similar to pneumonia that is often rampant among the Clans in leaf-bare. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, puss excreted from the eyes, sneezing, fever, and green phlegm streaming from the nose. The best treatment is Catmint and Feverfew.

WHITECOUGH

A mild sickness like a cold. More common than greencough, but can become greencough or even the fatal blackcough. Symptoms include  sneezing, coughing, white phlegm streaming from the nose, and a slightly high temperature. The best treatment is Catmint.

BLACKCOUGH 

A fatal sickness that spells certain death for any cat who catches it. Symptoms are intense chest pain, wheezing, and coughing. It is a rare sickness for the cats, and the best treatment is Catmint.

CHILL

A very mild ailment usually caused by very cold weather or falling into icy water. Much like whitecough, but with cold chills instead of fever. The best treatment would be Catmint, feverfew, and lavender.

CRACKED PADS

A painful ailment usually seen in elderly cats. The paw pads crack from cold or dryness, and if untreated can lead to infection. Symptoms include swelling of the paws and pain. The best treatment is Marigold, Dock, and poppy seed if there is pain.

ACHING JOINTS

Basically arthritis in cats. Caused by age or damp weather. Symptoms include pain and stiffness. The best treatment is anything that cures pain other than poppy seeds.

BLEEDING 

Blood loss due to injury, such as a wound sustained in battle. Severity depends on injury. The best treatment is cobwebs pressed onto the wound.

POISONING

The case of eating deathberries, poisoned fresh-kill, or a snakebite. The best treatment is yarrow, stinging nettle, and in the case of getting bite by a snake Snake root.

KNOWN POISONS

APPLE SEEDS

The seeds are mildly poisonous, containing amygdalin. Could kill kits.

CHOCOLATE

Contains theobromine at levels toxic to cats and dogs.

DEATH BERRIES 

Deathberries are an extremely poisonous species of red berries, and are known to Twolegs as yew berries.

HOLLY BERRIES

Holly berries, while not as dangerous as deathberries, are still a danger to kits.

FOXGLOVE SEEDS

Foxglove seeds are known to be a dangerous medicine. While they can help the heart, they can easily cause paralysis and heart failure. Can be mistaken for poppy seeds.

NIGHTSHADE

Twenty berries consumed can kill you, cause memory loss, or incapability of learning. Used to kill a cat who cannot be saved quickly, it is poisonous.

WHITE SNAKEROOT

All parts are poisonous, causing nausea and vomiting.

YEW

Can be used to contract poison as a medicine, or causing to vomit if consumed.

HEALING TREATMENTS

ACHING JOINTS

Ragwort leaves, Juniper berries, Goldenrod, or Daisy leaves.

BEE STINGS

Blackberry leaves and mud.

BROKEN BONES

Wrap in cobwebs, put on comfrey pulp, use poppy seeds to dull pain.

BELLYACHE

Chervil, Watermint, or Juniper berries. Also, try a trip to the dirtplace

COUGHS

Use either Catmint, Honey, or Tansy, and keep the cat away from other cats.

CUTS IN EYES

Trickle Celandine juice into the eye to ease the pain.

DEEP WOUNDS

Cobwebs, Marigold, or Horsetail.

DISPLACED BONES 

Give poppy seed, wait for effect, then have cat bite stick while you give the leg a tug and hear it click into place, give them another poppy seed so they sleep.

DULL PAIN 

Use poppy seed, then when it takes effect preform treatment, give them another to sleep.

HURTING THROAT

Honey, or water.

NETTLE STINGS 

Dock leaf pulp, give poppy seed so it dulls the pain and helps cat sleep.

POISON

If poison is in stomach, give cat yarrow leaves so they vomit the poison, have them vomit onto dock leaves

PREVENTION OF INFECTION

Comfrey, honey

POULTICE FOR ACHING BONES

Ragwort leaves and juniper berries.

POULTICE FOR BROKEN BONES 

Stinging nettle and comfrey.

RAT BITES

A poultice of burdock root with cobwebs on top, and horsetail if it is available

SCRATCHES

Marigold, horsetail.

SHOCK

Thyme or Chamomile. Lick fur to comfort, give water and poppy seeds.

STIFFNESS

Crushed poppy seeds, marigold or comfrey.

STRENGTHENING HERBS

Tansy, watermint, or feverfew.

TOOTHACHE

Use alder bark.

TRAVELING HERBS

Chamomile, burnet, daisy leaves or sorrel. Lambs ear and ragweed also work.

WRENCHED MUSCLES

Comfrey, nettle and/or water therapy.

NON-HERB REMEDIES

NIP SPINE OR POKE WITH CLAW

This tests to see if the backbone is broken, if they don't feel it, then it is broken.

LICK FUR

It clean wounds, brings down shock, and warms a cold cat (lick fur the wrong way).

MOSS SOAKED IN WATER 

Sick or injured or weak cats can drink, and can be used to cool feverish cats. It is also helpful in kitting.

DEATH HERBS

This is used to lighten the death-scent of a dead cat before burial. It is also respectful.

SWEETEN HERBS

Use necter, honey or mouse blood.

WATER SOAKING

Hold swelling wound in cold water, it takes down swelling and also soothes scraped pads.

WATER THERAPY

Have a cat with weak or hurting muscles or bone wade in water, eventually they'll get stronger.

WAILING, YOWLING

If the cat does not have a sore throat, it keeps lungs and chest clear.

HERB CARE

If herbs are wet, leave them out in the sun to dry.  Gather fresh herbs when stock gets short.  Leave enough of the herb on its plant so it can reproduce when in season. Check herb store often, and throw out old or weak herbs. Wrap honey in dock leaves, with rhubarb to keep fresh. Use bark strips to finish the leaf wrap, or keep the herbs together so they can be fresh.

Medicine Cat Code:

† Medicine Cats are allowed to cross territorys.
† Medicine Cats can't have a mate,or kits.
† Medicine Cats may cross territorys to help another Clan.
† Medicine Cats must learn battle moves.
† Medicine Cats must do everything they can to help a cat or kit in need.