Medicine Cat Herb Guide

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MEDICINAL HERBS

Without the aid of Twoleg medicine, the cats have learned of almost equally effective treatment for their maladies. Here is a fairly comprehensive list, though more details can be found here, and this is essentially an abridged version of that.

TREATMENTS

• ALDER BARK - eases toothache
• BEECH LEAVES - helpful for carrying other herbs, no medical effect
• BINDWEED - fastens sticks to broken legs to act as a kind of cast
• BLACKBERRY LEAVES - chewed into a pulp to be put on bee stings to reduce the swelling
• BORAGE LEAVES - improves milk quality and quantity of nursing queens, also reduces fevers
• BROOM - poultices for broken legs and wounds, not used alone
• BURDOCK ROOT - painkiller and healer for infected rat bites, prevents infection from rat bites
• BURNET - traveling herb, keeps a cat's strength up
• CATCHWEED - burrs put on poultice areas to stop it from being rubbed off
• CATMINT - drugs cures greencough and whitecough
• CELADINE - soothes damaged eyes
• CHAMOMILE - traveling herb to soothe and strengthen
• CHERVIL - for infected wounds, bellyaches, and kitting
• CHICKWEED - treats greencough, less preferable when compared to catnip
• COB NUTS - used to make ointments
• COBWEBS - helps bleeding, can also be used for broken bones, essentially a bandage
• COLTSFOOT - helps breathing and kitten-cough, treats cracked and sore pads
• COMFREY ROOT - helps broken bones and soothes wounds, pulled claws, itchiness, and inflammation and stiffness
• DAISY LEAF - traveling herb, eases aching pains
• DANDELION - helps with bee stings, also a minor painkiller
• DOCK - soothes scratches, sore pads, and pain from wounds (stings when applied)
• FENNEL - helps hip pain, can be used in kitting
• FEVERFEW - helps stabilize temperature, heal pain, and is good for headaches
• GOATWEED - helps with anxiety and grief
• GOLDENROD - made into poultices for healing wounds
• HAWKWEED - treats greencough and whitecough, not as powerfully as catmint
• HEATHER NECTAR - sweetens medicinal mixtures
• HONEY - soothes infections and coughing, sweetens medicinal mixtures, heals sore or damaged throats
• HORSETAIL - when applied as a poultice, treats infections and stops bleeding
• IVY LEAF - helps with herb storage
• JUNIPER BERRIES - soothing for bellyaches, anxiety, and troubled breathing, gives strength
• LAMB'S EAR - gives cat strength, mostly Tribal medicine
• LAVENDER - cures fevers and chills, hides the scent of death
• MALLOW LEAVES - soothes bellyache
• MARIGOLD - stops infection and bleeding, soothes inflammation of stiff joints
• MINT - hides scent of death
• MOUSE BILE - removes fleas and ticks
• DRIED OAK LEAF - stops infection
• PARSLEY - slows down and prevents the production of milk, cures bellyache
• POPPY SEEDS - calming, painkilling, sleep-inducing
• RAGWORT LEAVES - helps aching joints, gives strength
• RAGWEED - gives extra strength and energy
• RASPBERRY LEAVES - eases pain, stops bleeding
• ROSEMARY - hides scent of death
• RUSH - helps hold broken limb in place
• SNAKEROOT - heals poison
• SORREL - traveling herb, builds appetite
• STICK - when bitten, can distract from pain
• STINGING NETTLE - induces vomit and reduces swelling, helps with wounds, infections, and broken bones
  
• SWEET-SEDGE - eases infection
• TANSY - cures coughs, treats wounds and poisons, prevents greencough, soothes throats
• TORMENTIL - treats wounds, extracts poisons
• THYME - calms nervousness, anxiety, and shock
• TRAVELING HERBS - sorrel, daisy, chamomile, and burnet, mostly used for strength and stamina
• WATERMINT - eases bellyache-induced pain
• WILD GARLIC - prevents infection, especially rat bites, can hide scent
• WILLOW BARK - eases pain
• WILLOW LEAVES - stops vomiting
• WINTERGREEN - treats wounds and some poisons
• YARROW - extracts poison, used to make a cat vomit, can help cracked pads

POISONS

• DEATHBERRIES/NIGHT SEEDS - kills within minutes, red berries from yew bush
• FOXGLOVE SEEDS - used to treat the heart, but can cause paralysis and heart failure, tiny black seeds that are almost identical to poppy seeds
• HOLLY BERRIES - red berries from holly bushes
• NIGHTSHADE - "deadly nightshade," kills quickly, berries are shiny and black
• WATER HEMLOCK - causes writhing, pain, and foaming at the mouth