Important Medicines and Their Uses

These are to be used ONLY by a medicine cat. Usage by any other could be fatal.

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 down 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 the pulp, which can be applied to rat bites. Cures infection.

Catmint (Also known as catnip)

A delicious-smelling, leafy plant that's hard to find in the wild; often found growing in Twoleg gardens. The best remedy for greencough.

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 careful not to bring along the spider when you take the web! Medicine cats wrap it around an injury to soak up the blood and keep the wounds clean. Stops bleeding.

Coltsfoot

A flowering plant, a bit like dandelion, with yellow or white flowers. The 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 of this plant can be chewed into a poultice to mend broken bones or soothe wounds.

Dock

A plant similar to sorrel. 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 bush 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 without getting stung, but great for soothing infections or the throats of cats who have breathed in 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 applied as a poultice.

Juniper Berries

A bush with spiky dark green leaves and purple berries soothe bellyaches and help cats who are having trouble breathing.

Lavender

A small purple flowering plant. Cures fever.

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.

Poppy Seed

Small black seeds shaken from a dried poppy flower, these are fed to cats to help them sleep. Soothes cas suffering from shock and distress. Not recommended for nursing queens.

Stinging Nettle-

The spiny green seeds can be administered to a cat who's swalloed 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 a bellyache.

Wild Garlic

Rolling in a patch of wild garlic can help prevent infection, especially for wounds like rat bites.

Yarrow

A flowering plant whose leaves can be made into a poultice and applied to wounds or scratches to expel poison.

Deathberries

Red berries that can be fatally poisonous to kits and elders. They are NOT a medicine. Known to Twolegs as yew berries. BEWARE!




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