Post by *Seaclaw* on Jul 26, 2007 19:36:15 GMT -5
Medicine Cat Herbs
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 fown 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 appliead to rat bites. Cures infection.
Catmint{also known as catnip}: A delicious-smelling, leafy plant that's hard to find in the wildoften found growing in Twoleg gardens. The best remedy fir Green cough.
Chervil: A sweet-smelling plant with large, spreading, fernlike 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 caregul not to bring along the spider when you take the web! Medicine cats wrap it arounf and 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.
Dock: A plant similar to soreel. 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 buch 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 with out getting stung, but great for sooting infections or the throats of cats who hae breathed smoke.
Horsetail: A tall plant with bristly stems that grows in marshy areas.The leaves can be used to treat infected wounds. Usually chewed up and appliead as a poultice.
Juniper Berries: A bush with spiky dark green leaves and purple berries. The berries soothe bellyaches and help cats who are haveing trouble breathing.
Lavender: A msall purple flowering plant. Cures fever.
Marigold: A bright orange or yellow flower taht 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 bile on a tick and it'll fall right off. Wash paws thoroughly in running water afterward.
Poppy Seed: Small black seeds shaken from a dried poppy flower, these are fed to cats to help them sleep. Soothes cats suffering from the shock and distress. Not recommended for nursing queens.
Stining Nettle: The spiny green seens 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 or 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 whise leaves can be made into a poultice and applied to wounds or scratches to expel poison.
NOTE:
Deathberries: Red berries that can be fatally poisonous to kits and elders. They are NOT a medicine. Known to Twolegs as yew berries. BEWARE!