Herb List

Total List of Herbs

This is the total list of herbs, and maybe if you're lucky, you could find a new remedy or two.

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Alder Bark - When this thin, papery bark is ripped from the tree, it can be chewed and applied to the mouth to help with tooth pain, swelling, and prevents further complications. It can also be chewed to a poultice and applied to wounds to help prevent infection.


Borage Leaves - To be chewed and eaten; the plant can be distinguished by it's small blue or pink star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves. Great for nursing queens as it helps increase their supply of milk, and also brings down fever.


Broom - Large, small leaved bushes with tons of tiny yellow flowers, the roots when chewed can be used to help with the mending of broken bones and keeps out infection.


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. Cures infection and rat bites.


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


Celandine - A tall plant with broad leaves and large, long yellow flowers, the leaves can help with the ailment of eye injuries, while the petals help with stomach ache.


Chamomile - This tall and spindly plant with few long leaves and a large yellow flower with white/yellow petals, it can be given to soothe for shock and add to a cat's strength.


Chervil - A sweet-smelling plant with large, spreading leaves and small white flowers. The juice of the leaves can be used for infected wounds, and chewing the roots helps bellyache.


Chickweed - A small, spindly plant with thick, fuzzy leaves and small white, star-shaped flowers. Used to help with whitecough and fever.


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 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.


Comfrey - Identifiable by its large leaves and 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.


Daisy - These tall plants look a lot like chamomile, but they smell much more bitter. The petals can be chewed into a poultice and applied to aching joints, while the leaves can help bring down nausea.


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 infection.

Echinacea - Often found around chamomile, they look exactly the same except for the fact that echinacea flowers are pink with long leaves. The petals are chewed into a poultice to help stop infection.

Feverfew - A small bush with flowers like daisies. The leaves can be eaten to cool don 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 smoke.

Horsetail - A tall plant with bristly stems that grows in marshy areas; usually chewed up and applied as a poultice. The leaves can be used to treat infected wounds.

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

Lavender - A small purple flowering plant. Cures fever and pains in the throat and head. Their sweet smell can also calm frayed nerves.

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 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.

Parsley - This small, vibrant green and well-leaved plant is used to stop the flow of a queen's milk.

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 stress. Not recommended for nursing queens.

Ragwort - This spindly, well-flowered plant can be used alongside juniper berries to help with aching joints. Chew but do not eat the long, yellow petals, into a poultice and apply to the sore area.

Stinging Nettle - The spiny seeds 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 found in streams or damp earth. Usually chewed into a pulp and then fed to a cat suffering bellyaches.

Wild Garlic - Rolling in a patch of wild garlic can help prevent infection, especially for dangerous 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.


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!