Post by LOST on Dec 8, 2014 1:46:10 GMT
herbs
healing the weak
Borage Leaves:
To be chewed and eaten. The plant can be distinguished by its small blue or pink star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves. Great for nursing queens as it helps increase their supply of milk. Also brings down fever.
Burdock Root:
A tall-stemmed, sharp-smelling thistle with dark leaves. A medicine cat must dig up the roots, wash off the dirt, and chew them into a pulp, which can be applied to rat bites. Cure infection.
Camint (also known as catnip):
A delicious-smelling, leafy plant that's hard to find in the wild; often found growing in Twoleg gardens. The best remedy for greencough.
Chervil:
A sweet-smelling plant with large, spreading, fern-like leaves and small white flowers. The juice of the leaves can be used for infected wounds, and chewing the roots helps with bellyache.
Cobweb:
Spiderwebs can be found all over the forest; be careful not to bring along the spider when you take the web ! Medicine cats wrap it around an injury to soak up the blood and keep the wound clean. Stops bleeding.
Coltsfoot:
A flowering plant, a bit like a dandelion, with yellow or white flowers. The leaves can be chewed into a pulp which is eaten to help shortness of breath.
Comfrey:
Identifiable by its large leaves and small bell-shaped flowers, which can be pink, white, or purple. The fat black roots of thins plant can be chewed into a poultice to mend broken bones or soothe wounds.
Dock:
A plant similar to sorrel. The leaf can be chewed up and applied to soothe scratches.
Dried Oak Leaf:
Collected in the autumn and stored in a dry place. Stops infections.
Feverfew:
A small bush with flowers like daisies. The leaves can be eaten to cool down body temperature, particularly for cats with fever or chills.
Goldenrod:
A tall plant with bright yellow flowers. A poultice of this is terrific for healing wounds.
Honey:
A sweet, golden liquid created by bees. Difficult to collect without getting stung, but great for soothing infections or the throats of cats who have breathed smoke.
Horsetail:
A tall plant with bristly stems that grow in marshy areas. The leaves can be used to treat infected wounds.
Juniper Berries:
A bush with spiky dark green leaves and purple berries. The berries soothe bellyaches and help cats who are having trouble breathing.
Lavender:
A small purple flowering plan. Cures fever.
Marigold:
A bright orange or yellow flower that grows low to the ground. The petals or leaves can be chewed into a pulp and applied as a poultice to wounds. Stops infection.
Mouse Bile:
A bad-smelling liquid that is the only remedy for ticks. Dab a little moss soaked in the bile on a tick and it'll fall right off. Wash paws thoroughly in running water afterward.
Poppy Seed:
Small black seeds taken from a dried poppy flower, these are fed to cats to help them sleep. Soothes cats suffering from shock or distress. Not recommended for nursing queens.
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.
Tansy:
A strong-smelling plant with round yellow flowers. Good for curing coughs, but must be eaten in small doses.
Thyme:
This herb can be eaten to calm anxiety and frayed nerves.
Watermint:
A leafy green plant found in streams of damp earth. Usually chewed into a pulp and then fed to a cat suffering bellyache.
Wild Garlic:
Rolling in a patch of wild garlic can help prevent infection, especially for dangerous wounds like rat bites.
Yarrow:
A flowering plant whose leaves can be made into a poultice and applied to wounds or scratches to expel poison.
Deathberries:
Red berries that can be fatally poisonous to kits and elders. They are NOT medicine. Known to twolegs as yew berries. BEWARE!
