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Post by GlitterFlame89 on Jun 23, 2013 15:07:02 GMT -5
This is an incomplete list of herbs the Healers and Medicine Cats use to treat infections and illnesses.
*Please do NOT use these on a real living cat, EVER! If you know a cat who is sick, take it to a qualified Veterinarian.
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 with the supply of milk. Also brings down fever.
Broom - Shrub with bright yellow flowers with rounded petals. Used in poultices for broken bones and teeth.
Burdock Root - A tall-stemmed, sharp-smelling thistle with dark purple leaves. The roots are to be dug up, the dirt washed off, and chewed into a pulp, which can be applied on rat bites, especially infected ones, and other severely infected wounds.
Catchweed - Long weak-stemmed plants with tiny blue or purple flowers. Stems tend to fall over so they collect in a pile. Leaves and stems are covered in bristly hairs that catch on fur, and can sometimes trap very small animals. Used to help protect freshly-applied poultices by sticking them over the area. Green and fluffy seeds.
Catmint - Leafy strong-smelling plant with many small blue or purple flowers, normally found in Two-leg gardens. The best remedy for Green Cough, and the only remedy for Pink Cough and Red Cough. Also called Catnip.
Celandine - Low-growing plants with broad leaves and four-petaled yellow flowers that resemble clovers. Used to treat ailments of the eyes.
Chamomile - White-petaled flowers with yellow pollen-filled centers that grow as bushes or grass. The petals and leaves can be eaten to calm nerves and help with shock or as a mild pain reliever and sleep aid.
Chervil - Sweet-smelling plant with spreading, fern-like leaves and small white flowers. Juice of leaves can be used for infected wounds, and chewing the roots helps with bellyache.
Chickweed - A low growing spreading weed-like plant with tiny star-like white flowers. Used to treat Green Cough, Yellow Cough, and White Cough.
Cobweb - Spiderwebs that are wrapped around an injury to soak up blood and to keep the wound clean. Helps stop bleeding.
Coltsfoot - A flowering plant, a bit like a dandelion, with yellow or sometimes white flowers. 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 can be chewed into a poultice to mend broken bones or soothe wounds.
Dock - A plant similar to sorrel, with large broad green leaves. The leaf can be chewed up and applied to soothe scratches.
Dried Oak Leaf - The fallen yellow, red, and orange leaves of the Oak Tree. Collected in the autumn/leaf-fall and stored in a dry place. Helps stop infections.
Feverfew - A small bush with flowers like daisies, with rounded white leaves and yellow centers. The leaves can be eaten to cool down body temperature, particularly for cats with fever or chills. Regulates body temperature.
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 throat infections or the throats of cats who have breathed smoke. Also provides good nourishment and hunger stimulant for ill cats, very young kits, and Elders.
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 applied as a poultice.
Juniper Berries - A bush with spiky pine-like dark green leaves and dark blue or purple berries. The berries soothe bellyaches and help cats who are having trouble breathing.
Lamb's Ear - Tall plant with broad green leaves at the bottom and long thistle-like purple flowers at the top. Used along with Ragwort to help strengthen exhausted or weakened cats.
Lavender - A small purple flowering plant. Cures fever, calms nerves, and helps with shock.
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 infections.
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.
Nettle - A star-shaped leafy green plant with saw-edged leaves. The leave are used to treat swelling while the spiny seeds can be swallowed to counter-act ingested poison.
Poppy Seed - Small black seeds shaken from a dried poppy flower, these are fed to cats to help them sleep. Soothes cats suffering from shock and distress. Not recommended for nursing queens or very thin, young, or old cats.
Ragwort leaves -Plant with small fern-like leaves and dandelion-like yellow flowers. Used alongside Juniper Berries in a poultice to treat aching joints, sores, or most other skin, bone or muscle injuries, such as scratches, bruises, and broken bones.
Snakeroot - Bush with heart-shaped leaves and tiny white flowers. Used to counter poisons. Works best with venom, such as snake bites, wasps, and bees.
Tansy - A strong-smelling plant with round yellow flowers. Good for curing coughs, but must be eaten in small doses.
Thyme - Shrub with star-shaped green leaves edged in white. 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, then fed to a cat suffering from bellyache.
Wild Garlic - Rolling in a patch of wild garlic can help prevent infection, especially for dangerous wounds like rat bites. Cats must be careful not to ingest the Garlic, as it can lead to severe anemia, and sometimes hemorrhaging.
Yarrow - A flowering plant whose leaves can be made into a poultice and applied to wounds or scratches to expel poison, or to make cats who've ingested poison vomit.
*Please do NOT use these on a real living cat, EVER! If you know a cat who is sick, take it to a qualified Veterinarian.
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 with the supply of milk. Also brings down fever.
Broom - Shrub with bright yellow flowers with rounded petals. Used in poultices for broken bones and teeth.
Burdock Root - A tall-stemmed, sharp-smelling thistle with dark purple leaves. The roots are to be dug up, the dirt washed off, and chewed into a pulp, which can be applied on rat bites, especially infected ones, and other severely infected wounds.
Catchweed - Long weak-stemmed plants with tiny blue or purple flowers. Stems tend to fall over so they collect in a pile. Leaves and stems are covered in bristly hairs that catch on fur, and can sometimes trap very small animals. Used to help protect freshly-applied poultices by sticking them over the area. Green and fluffy seeds.
Catmint - Leafy strong-smelling plant with many small blue or purple flowers, normally found in Two-leg gardens. The best remedy for Green Cough, and the only remedy for Pink Cough and Red Cough. Also called Catnip.
Celandine - Low-growing plants with broad leaves and four-petaled yellow flowers that resemble clovers. Used to treat ailments of the eyes.
Chamomile - White-petaled flowers with yellow pollen-filled centers that grow as bushes or grass. The petals and leaves can be eaten to calm nerves and help with shock or as a mild pain reliever and sleep aid.
Chervil - Sweet-smelling plant with spreading, fern-like leaves and small white flowers. Juice of leaves can be used for infected wounds, and chewing the roots helps with bellyache.
Chickweed - A low growing spreading weed-like plant with tiny star-like white flowers. Used to treat Green Cough, Yellow Cough, and White Cough.
Cobweb - Spiderwebs that are wrapped around an injury to soak up blood and to keep the wound clean. Helps stop bleeding.
Coltsfoot - A flowering plant, a bit like a dandelion, with yellow or sometimes white flowers. 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 can be chewed into a poultice to mend broken bones or soothe wounds.
Dock - A plant similar to sorrel, with large broad green leaves. The leaf can be chewed up and applied to soothe scratches.
Dried Oak Leaf - The fallen yellow, red, and orange leaves of the Oak Tree. Collected in the autumn/leaf-fall and stored in a dry place. Helps stop infections.
Feverfew - A small bush with flowers like daisies, with rounded white leaves and yellow centers. The leaves can be eaten to cool down body temperature, particularly for cats with fever or chills. Regulates body temperature.
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 throat infections or the throats of cats who have breathed smoke. Also provides good nourishment and hunger stimulant for ill cats, very young kits, and Elders.
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 applied as a poultice.
Juniper Berries - A bush with spiky pine-like dark green leaves and dark blue or purple berries. The berries soothe bellyaches and help cats who are having trouble breathing.
Lamb's Ear - Tall plant with broad green leaves at the bottom and long thistle-like purple flowers at the top. Used along with Ragwort to help strengthen exhausted or weakened cats.
Lavender - A small purple flowering plant. Cures fever, calms nerves, and helps with shock.
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 infections.
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.
Nettle - A star-shaped leafy green plant with saw-edged leaves. The leave are used to treat swelling while the spiny seeds can be swallowed to counter-act ingested poison.
Poppy Seed - Small black seeds shaken from a dried poppy flower, these are fed to cats to help them sleep. Soothes cats suffering from shock and distress. Not recommended for nursing queens or very thin, young, or old cats.
Ragwort leaves -Plant with small fern-like leaves and dandelion-like yellow flowers. Used alongside Juniper Berries in a poultice to treat aching joints, sores, or most other skin, bone or muscle injuries, such as scratches, bruises, and broken bones.
Snakeroot - Bush with heart-shaped leaves and tiny white flowers. Used to counter poisons. Works best with venom, such as snake bites, wasps, and bees.
Tansy - A strong-smelling plant with round yellow flowers. Good for curing coughs, but must be eaten in small doses.
Thyme - Shrub with star-shaped green leaves edged in white. 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, then fed to a cat suffering from bellyache.
Wild Garlic - Rolling in a patch of wild garlic can help prevent infection, especially for dangerous wounds like rat bites. Cats must be careful not to ingest the Garlic, as it can lead to severe anemia, and sometimes hemorrhaging.
Yarrow - A flowering plant whose leaves can be made into a poultice and applied to wounds or scratches to expel poison, or to make cats who've ingested poison vomit.
