Herbs(Guide)

Herbs, Uses, Poisons




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:

Used by 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:

None.




Blackberry Leaves

Description:

Leaves from the prickly blackberry bush.

Location:

Almost anywhere; they are very hardy plants.

Usage:

These leaves are chewed into a pulp.


Effect:

Eases the swelling of bee stings.





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.




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.



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 humans. 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.



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.




Celandine

Description:

Yellow flower with four petals.

Location:

Grows better in dry forests

Usage:

Juice is trickled into the eye.

Effect:

Soothes damaged eyes.




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





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.





Chickweed

Description:

Tall-stemmed plant with fat, almond-shaped leaves.

Location:

In the Forest Territories, it grew near Sunningrocks.

Usage:

Unknown.

Effect:

Treats greencough, though catmint is often preferred




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




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. It may also be used to bind broken bones





Coltsfoot

Description:

A flowering plant with yellow or white flowers resembling dandelions. Grows best in newleaf.


Location:

Grows well in moist or damp ground

Usage:

Leaves chewed into a pulp.

Effect:

Eases breathing or kitten-cough, as well as cracked or sore pads.





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.


Effect:

Repairs broken bones or soothes wounds. Also used for wrenched claws. Can be used for itching or for inflammation on stiff joints.






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 travelling herb.




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.

Effect:

Soothes scratches, though can sting when being applied. Soothes sore pads.



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.





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.





Goldenrod


Description:

A tall plant with bright, yellow flowers.

Location:

Grows well on open, fertile land.

Usage:

Chewed into a poultice.

Effect:

Good for healing wounds.




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-coloured 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, smoke-damaged or sore throats, helps cats swallow other concoctions, helps soothe coughing, and gives energy




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 and stops bleeding.




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.





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:

Unknown.

Effect:

Cures fever and chills. Also a herb used to hide the scent of death.




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.




Marigold

Description:

A low-growing flower; yellow to bright orange.

Location:

Near water.

Usage:

Petals or leaves chewed in a poultice. Juice can be used as well.

Effect:

Stops infection. Stops bleeding. Used for inflammation of stiff joints.




Mint

Description:

Downy, serrated leaves ranging from green to purple and yellow in colour. Flowers are small and white or purple in colour.


Location:

Almost anywhere

Usage:

Rubbed on a dead body.

Effect:

Hides the scent of death.




Mouse Bile

Extracted from the mouse. The only remedy for ticks, mouse bile is foul smelling, and is stored in moss. When dabbed on a tick, the tick falls off. Smell can be masked by wild garlic, or by washing paws in running water. If accidentally swallowed, can leave a horrible taste in mouth for days. Medicine cats always have to remember to wash their paws in a body of water, such as a creek or stream, after using mouse bile.




Dried Oak Leaf

Description:

Round, cartoon-like ruffled leaves.

Location:

All over the forest floor and collected in leaf-fall.

Usage:

Unknown, but it is stored in a dry place.

Effect:

Stops infection from setting in.




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 flowerhead.[91]

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.




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 and keeps a cat's strength up.




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:

Around trees

Usage:

Put on the pelt of a dead cat to prepare for burial

Effect:

Hides the scent of death.




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 poiso




Sorrel

Description:

Similar to dock, Sorrel is used as a traveling herb.

Location:

Can be found near Twoleg nests.

Usage:

Eaten.

Effect:

Traveling herb




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.



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.

Effect:

Induces vomiting, or brings down swelling, respectively. Can be mixed with comfrey to help heal broken bones. Helps with wounds.




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.





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.




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
Traveling Herbs consists of sorrel, daisy, chamomile and burnet. 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.






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.




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. The ointment will soften and help heal cracked pads.


Poisons



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.[133]

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 and foaming at the mouth.