Bleeding and Wounds
Cobwebs
Very common in the forest, just be careful not to bring the spider along with you! Put it on a wound to soak up and stop (or slow) the bleeding. It may also be used to bind broken bones.
Comfrey
Large leaves and small shaped flowers, which range in color from pink, white, or purple. Its fat, black-colored roots, when chewed into a poultice, can be used to repair broken bones or to soothe wounds.
Dewpot
A herb for wounds and bleedings; especially kitting bleeding.
Dock
Similar to sorrel, the leaves can be chewed up and applied to soothe scratches, although it may sting when being applied to a wound, and it has a very tangy scent and taste.
Goldenrod
A tall, plant with bright, yellow flowers. When chewed into a poultice, it is good for healing wounds.
Raspberry Leaves
A herb used in kittings, Featherwhisker used it at Leopardfoot's kitting in Bluestar's Prophecy. It could be a painkiller, or to help stop bleeding during the kitting.
Sorrel
Green leaves that are used for scratches.
Stinging Nettle
The leaves, when applied to a wound, can bring down swelling. The spiny green seeds can be given to a cat who has been poisoned by crowfood, Twoleg waste, or other toxic objects.
Wormwood
Good for very light pain, also puts cat in sleep in about twenty minutes. Poisonous, when more than two plants
are consumed.
Painkillers
Dandelions
The white liquid inside the stem is used for bee stings. Its roots can also be chewed to act like poppy seeds.
Poppy Seeds
Small black seeds that are shaken out of a dried poppy flower head. They can put a cat to sleep, or soothe shock and distress, but is not recommended for nursing queens. They are given by wetting the paw, pressing on them, causing them to stick to the paw, and then having the sick or injured cat lick them off. Another method is to place them on a leaf, and have the sick or injured cat lick them off there. They also help soothe pain.
Raspberry Leaves
A herb used in kittings, Featherwhisker used it at Leopardfoot's kitting in Bluestar's Prophecy. It could be a painkiller, or to help stop bleeding during the kitting.
Willow Bark
This bark serves as a painkiller.
Wormwood
Good for very light pain, also puts cat in sleep in about twenty minutes. Poisonous, when more than two plants
are consumed.
Bee Stings
Dandelions
The white liquid inside the stem is used for bee stings. Its roots can also be chewed to act like poppy seeds.
Blackberry Leaves
These leaves are chewed into a pulp to treat bee stings. Such as in SkyClan's Destiny when Echosong and Frecklewish used it to treat Clovertail, Shrewtooth, and Ebonyclaw.
Smoke
Honey
A tasteless, golden-colored liquid that is created by bees. While difficult to obtain without being stung, it is great for soothing infections, sore throats, or cats who have breathed smoke. Also helps cats swallow other medicine. It is given to cats using wads of moss soaked in it.
Poison Treatments
Snakeroot
The best remedy for poison, especially for snake bites.
Stinging Nettle
The leaves, when applied to a wound, can bring down swelling. The spiny green seeds can be given to a cat who has been poisoned by crowfood, Twoleg waste, or other toxic objects.
Nettle Seed
Green, spiny seeds. Like yarrow, can be used if a cat has swallowed poison.
Yarrow
A flowering plant whose leaves can be made into a poultice, and applied to wounds to extract poison. Also will make a cat vomit. This was used on Sorrelkit by Cinderpelt when Darkstripe fed her deathberries. The ointment of yarrow can also be used to soften and help heal cracked paw pads. In the old forest, the best place to find yarrow was Snakerocks.
Poison Plants
Deathberries/Yew berries/Night Seeds
They are first seen in Forest of Secrets when Cloudkit, Fireheart, and Cinderpaw are looking for medicine. Cloudkit finds them and attempts to eat them but Cinderpaw tackles him and tells him if he had eaten those berries he would be dead. Later used by Yellowfang to kill Brokentail in the same book. Deathberries are an extremely poisonous species of red berries, and are known to Twolegs as yew berries. They almost killed Sorrelkit when Darkstripe fed them to her in The Darkest Hour, though luckily Cinderpelt was able to save her. The Tribe calls them Night Seeds, when they are used in a plan to kill the mountain lion, Sharptooth, in the book Moonrise. Deathberries were used to tempt the snake that killed Honeyfern in Sunrise. They were also used by Hollyleaf to threaten Leafpool.
Foxglove Seeds
Foxglove seeds are known to be a dangerous medicine. While they can help the heart, they can easily cause paralysis and heart failure. They are often mistaken for poppy seeds. Mentioned when Yellowfang says to Cinderpelt, "You're a dangerous medicine cat! You could kill a cat by confusing foxglove seeds and poppy seeds!"
Holly Berries
Holly berries, while not as dangerous as deathberries, are still a danger to kits. They make an appearance in Twilight; after Leafpool talks to Crowfeather, Sorreltail finds her hiding in a holly bush. Leafpool says she is looking for berries and Sorreltail asks, "Aren't they poisonous?"
Nightshade
Mentioned when Fireheart and Cinderpaw are with Cloudkit. Cloudkit almost eats some deathberries (see below), but is quickly stopped by Cinderpaw. When Cloudkit runs off and calls them to see what he found, she jokes in response that "Maybe it's deadly nightshade this time." Nightshade is extremely toxic to cats and Twolegs, being capable of killing a full-grown human in under forty-five minutes.
Wormwood
Good for very light pain, also puts cat in sleep in about twenty minutes. Poisonous, when more than two plants
are consumed.
Helping Herbs
Beech Leaves
Most medicine cats use beech leaves to carry herbs.
Heather Flower
It can be included in herbal mixtures, to make it easier to swallow.
Ivy Leaf
ShadowClan medicine cats use ivy leaves to store herbs.
Other
Parsley
Stops a queen from producing milk if her kits die, don't need milk anymore, or are producing too much milk. It is what leads Jayfeather to figure out that Leafpool is their real mother.
Healing Treatments and Mixtures
Aching Joints - ragwort leaves, juniper berries, goldenrod, daisy leaves
Bee Stings - use blackberry leaves
Broken Bones - wrap in cobwebs, put on comfrey pulp, usepoppy seeds to dull pain
Bellyache - trip to dirtplace, chervile, watermint, juniper berries
Coughs (whitecough or greencough) - use either catmint, honey, or tansy, and keep the cat away from other cats
Cuts in Eye - trickle celandine juice in to ease the pain
Deep Wounds - cobwebs, marigold, horsetail
Displaced Bones - give poppy seed, wait for effect, then have cat bite stick while you give the leg a tug and hear it click into place, give them another poppy seed so they sleep
Dull Pain - use poppy seed, then when it takes effect preform treatment, and give them another to sleep
Hurting Throat - honey, water
Nettle Stings - dock leaf pulp, give poppy seed so it dulls the pain and helps cat sleep
Poison - if poison is in stomach, give cat yarrow leaves so they vomit the poison, have them vomit onto dock leaves
Prevent Infection and Soothe Pain for Burns - comfrey, honey
Rat Bites - a poultice of burdock root with cobwebs on top, and horsetail if it is available
Scratches - marigold, horsetail
Shock - thyme, chamomile, lick fur, give water and poppy seeds
Stiffness - crushed poppy seeds, marigold, comfrey
Strengthening Herbs - tansy, watermint, feverfew
Toothache - use alder bark
Traveling Strengthening Herbs - chamomile, burnet, daisy leaves, sorrel
Wretched Muscles - comfrey, nettle, water therapy
Whispers' note on applying: You do not ever eat a poultice. It is to be applied outside of the body.
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