Post by Dreams on Jan 2, 2010 20:12:27 GMT -5
Medicine Cat Herb List
Made by Dreams.
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Alder Bark: Used for toothaches.
Borage Leaves: To be chewed and eaten. Has small pink or blue star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves. Increases a nursing queen's milk supply and brings down fevers.
Broom: Made into poultices for broken legs and wounds.
Burdock Root: Tall-stemmed, sharp-smelling thistle with dark leaves. To use properly, you must dig up the roots, wash off the dirt, and chew root into pulp. Can apply to rat bites. Cures infection.
Catmint (catnip): Delicious-smelling, leafy plant. Hard to find in wild. Best for greencough.
Chervil: Sweet-smelling plant with large, spreading, fern-like leaves and small white flowers. Juice is used for infected wounds. Chewing the root helps with bellyaches.
Cobweb: Wrap around injury to soak up blood and to keep the wound clean. Also stops the bleeding.
Coltsfoot:Plant with yellow or white flowers. Leaves are chewed into pulp, which is eaten to help shortness of breath.
Comfrey: Has large leaves and small, bell-shaped flowers (color=pink, white, or purple). Fat black roots can be chewed into poultice to mend broken bones or soothe wounds.
Dock: Leaf can be chewed up and applied to soothe scratches.
Dried Oak Leaf: Collect in leaf-fall. Store in dry place. Stops infection.
Feverfew: Small bush with flowers like daisies. Leaves are to be eaten to cool down body temperature. (I.E. cats with fever or chills).
Goldenrod: Tall plant with bright yellow flowers. Chew into poultice. Terrific for healing wounds.
Honey: Sweet, golden liquid created by bees. Soothes infections or the throats of cats who breathed smoke. Difficult to get without getting stung by bees.
Horsetail: Tall plant with bristly stems. Grows in marshy areas. Leaves used to treat infected wounds. Usually chewed up and applied as poultice.
Juniper Berries: Bush with spiky dark green leaves and purple berries. Berries soothe bellyaches and helps with breathing problems.
Lavender: Small purple flowering plant. Cures fever.
Marigold: Bright orange or yellow flower. Grows low to ground. Petals or leaves can be chewed into pulp and applied as poultice to wounds. Stops infection.
Mouse Bile: Bad-smelling liquid. Only remedy for ticks. Dab some moss (that had been dipped in mouse bile) on the tick and the tick will fall off. Wash paws in water, DO NOT LICK!
((Bile is the liquid found in the mouse's liver.))
Poppy Seeds: Small black seeds shaken from a dried poppy flower. Fed to cats to help them sleep. Soothes from shock and distress. Not recommended for nursing queens.
((See the black seeds inside the flower?))
Stinging Nettle: Spiny green seeds. Given to cats who swallowed poison. Leaves can be applied to wound to bring down swelling.
Tansy: Strong-smelling plant with round yellow flowers. Good for curing cough, but must be eaten in small doses.
Thyme: Eaten to calm anxiety and frayed nerves.
Watermint: Leafy green plant. Found in streams or damp earth. Usually chewed into pulp and then fed to cats for bellyaches.
Wild Garlic: To prevent infection, roll in patch of wild garlic.
Yarrow: Flowering plant. Leaves can be made into poultice and applied to wounds or scratches to expel poison. Also can be eaten to expel poison from stomach.
WARNING!
Deathberries (yew berries): Red berries. Fatally poisonous to kits and elders. DO NOT EAT!