Medicine Cat Herbs and Plants Quick List

[Fernpool]

List

Poppy seeds- used to numb pain and make a cat very sleepy
Catmint - For whitecough and Greencough. Also exceptionaly tasty to cats that are not sick
Cobwebs - used to stop bleeding
Feaverfew - used to cool feverish cats and treat head pain
Borage Leaves - used to treat fevers and helps nursing mothers with their milk supply
Marigold - used to treat infection and heal wounds and sores
Horse Tail - used to treat infected wounds
Burdock root - used to treat infections, especially rat bites
Chervile Root - used to treat infections
Wild Garlic - rolling in this can help to keep out infection
Coltsfoot- used to treat kittencough
Catmint(also called catnip) - used to treat whitecough and greencough; can help to relax a cat
Chickweed- used to help treat greencough
Tansy - used to treat coughs
Thyme - used to calm a cat
Camomile - used to calm a cat
Dandelion Leaves- used to calm a cat
Juniper Berries - used to treat bellyache
Chervile- used to treat bellyache
Watermint - used to treat bellyache
Daisy Leaves - used to treat aching joints
Goldenrod- used in a poultice to treat aching joints and stiffness; can also be used for severe injuries.
Ragwort Leaves- used alongside juniper berries in a poultice to treat aching joints
Comfrey - used to treat broken bones
Nettle (leaves) - used to treat swelling
Nettle (seeds) - used to counter poison
Celadine - used to treat ailments of the eyes
Snake Root - used to counter poison
Honey - used to treat sore throats
Mouse bile - used to remove ticks from a cat's coat
Yarrow - used to make a cat vomit and expel poisons from the body
Adder barrack – Good for toothaches
Alfalfa – Used to prevent tooth decay
Aloe Vera – Use the leaves; treat burns and skin problems (insect bites, etc.)
Blessed Thistle – Helps strengthen the heart & lungs; increases circulation
Borage - Leaves and Roots should be consumed to stave off fevers. Seeds and leaves should be consumed by the nursing Queen to increase available milk.
Borage should never be used dried, only green.
Bramble twigs (chewed to a fine syrup) – Helps an insomnic cat sleep
Broom Malice Poultices – used like cobwebs but not to stops blood; it is for helping wounds heal
Burdock Root – Used to relieve joint pains (like arthritis)Good for rat bites and infected wounds
Catnip [extension] - Used to ease pain and help to cure Greencough, Blackcough and Whitecough, very important to have! Gathered and pressed into wounds to stop bleeding. Generally only used with wounds that risk bleeding heavily as they can cause increased risk of infection.
Celandine - Used to strenghten weak eyes.
Chamomile [extension] - Used to relax, leaves and flowers sooths heart & gives physical strength
Chervil Juice - Best for infected wounds to help them heal and get rid of bacteria.
Chervil Root - Used to cure bellyache
Comfrey - Used to help cure for broken bones
Deathberry (Deadly Nightshade) [extension] - Berries, or any other part of the plant, when consumed will kill the cat who swallows if they are not given immediate help, and even then they may not always be saved. Roots & leaves may be chewed together and applied to sore places, but must NEVER be applied to open wounds. This is a poison in addition to a healing plant.
Echinacia - Used to ease infection.
Ferns – Helps to clean out wounds by just the inside part after crunching off the outer shells
Fever leaves - used to reduce fever, in addition to being consumed to aid against colds and stomach ailments.
Feverfew - Used to reduce head pain
Garlic – good for Ear infections and wounds
Ginger – Used for asthma and coughs
Goldenrod - A muscle pain reliever
Hawthorne Berries – Treats heart burns and indigestion
Honey - Used to sooth irritated throats and other things, particularly good for smoke inhalation near thunderpaths
Horsetail – Chew the leaves and spit into wounds; stops infections
Huckleberry – A muscle pain reliever
Ivy – good to sooth a cat and calm them
Juniper berries - Good for belly ache and whitecough. Berries ease the stomach and can serve as a counter poison. Leaves are used to ease coughs and other respiratory problems.
Lavender - Leaves & flowers are particularly good when eaten for easing pains in head and throat, and good for a chill.
Inhaling the sent of fresh flowers can also calm the nerves.
Marigold - Leaves and Flowers should be consumed to relieve chills. Leaves and Petals can be chewed and placed on wounds to prevent infection.
Mouse Bile - bile from the liver of the common mouse may be harvested and used to kill stubborn fleas and ticks.
Nettle leaves - can be used to heal nasty rashes especially useful on poison ivy
Poppy (wild) - Seeds can be consumed to remove pain and aid is sleep.Flower heads should be consumed together to relive continuous coughs.Petals and Leaves should be chewed to aid in sleep and improve resting.
Ragweed Leaves - Relives stiff joints
Tree Roots - Good for belly-aches
Sacred bark – Used for upset stomach
Tansy [extension]- Leaves, flowers, and Stems should be eaten together to remove worms. Leaves may be chewed to relive joint aches. Flowers should be consumed to remove coughs. Pregnant Queens should NEVER be given Tansy, for it causes miscarriages.
Thyme -extension]- Should be consumed to calm the anxious cat, or to aid in brining restful sleep.
Water mint - Used to cure bellyache
Willow (Tree) - Water from beneath the bark of the flowering willow may be dripped into the eyes to help clear blurriness of vision. It may also be applied to dry patches of skin to sooth itches. Small amounts of Willow Bark may be consumed to ease pain, act against inflammation, and to ease diarrhea or fevers.
Yarrow Leaves - Makes a cat throw-up; good for poison extraction
Yarrow Ointment – Scraped paws
Pond apples [only found near waterfall] - Cures bellyaches
Alestris - Helps cats with troubled digestive systems to digest food.
Boneset - Also Lowers fever.
Deer-tongue [herb] - Helps flavor poultices.
Fringe tree - Kills germs and stops infections.
Gentian - A tonic that stimulates cats.
Passionflower - Is used to ease cats who have recently experienced tragedy or a great emotional shock or loss.
Pleurisy root - Makes a cat discharge phlegm or other fluids from the respiratory track.
Wild cherries - helps relive coughs
Witch Hazel - Anti-inflammatory.
Pokeweed - Anti-viral and anti-bacterial.
Palm fronds - Used as a splint for injured paws/claws.
Fresh squeezed lime juice - Used to heal injured paws; not to be used unless freshly squeezed due to bacteria growth.
Alder bark - Used to cure tooth aches (grind with water until fine paste then lightly spread on tooth)

Other Plants

Dock leaves - used to make a cat's coat slippery; also can be used as a surface for vomiting.
Deathberries (Yew) - of no medicinal value; bright scarlet berries that can kill a cat if they are not expelled quickly enough; use yarrow (called night-seeds by the Tribe)
Nightshade - of no medicinal value; is poisonous
Holly (berries) - of no medicinal value; poisonous like deathberries

[Dawnpaw, be sure you refer to this alright? OUr first "lesson" will be on this list. And PM Fern, me, if you have anyquestions. Some are repeated for extensions as I come across them. This took forever to do; I went to diffrent sites and got one here and one there, ugh. This is not to be redistributed or posted else where unless approved by Fernpool!]

[Fernpool]

Sicknesses

Cough - a sickness that is like a human cold. Symptoms are just coughs and sneezes, though it can be dangerous to kits or young cats.
Cascade Clan Cat Deaths: none yet
Best Treatment: Tansy

Greencough - a sickness similar to pneumonia that is often rampant among the Clans in leaf-bare. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, pus excreted from the eyes, sneezing, fever, and green phlegm streaming from the nose.
Cascade Clan Cat Deaths: none yet
Best Treatment: Catmint, feverfew, and lavender

Whitecough - a mild sickness like a cold. More common than greencough, but can become greencough or even the fatal blackcough. Symptoms include sneezing, coughing, white phlegm streaming from the nose, and a slightly high temperature. This is similar to kittencough, which is the least harmful of all coughs and is mostly caught by kits.
Cascade Clan Cat Deaths: none yet
Best Treatment: Catmint

Blackcough - a fatal sickness that spells certain death for any cat who catches it. Symptoms are unknown, but the "black" might be blood.
Cascade Clan Cat Deaths: none yet
Best Treatment: None but can be given otherthings to help relive pain

Chill - a very mild ailment usually caused by very cold weather or falling into icy water. Much like whitecough, but with cold chills instead of fever.
Cascade Clan Cat Deaths: none yet
Best Treament: Catmint, feverfew, and lavender

Cracked pads - a painful ailment usually seen in elderly cats. The pawpads crack from cold or dryness, and if untreated can lead to infection. Symptoms include swelling of the paws and pain.
Cascade Clan Cat Deaths: None - ever.
Best Treatment: Marigold, and poppy seed if there is pain

Aching joints - basically arthritis in cats. Caused by age or damp weather. Symptoms include pain and stiffness.
Cascade Clan Cat Deaths: None yet [e;ders mostly will die from this or newborn kits]
Best Treatment: Anything that cures pain other than poppy seeds

Bleeding - blood loss due to injury, such as a wound sustained in battle. Severity depends on injury.
Cascade Clan Cat Deaths: None yet
Best Treatment: Cobwebs pressed onto the wound

Poisoning - the case of eating deathberries, poisoned fresh-kill, or other kinds of harmful things.
Cascade Clan Cat Deaths: none yet
Cascade Clan survivals: Shadekit
Best treatment: Yarrow and stinging nettle

Freezing - a case where a cat is too cold and might die.
Cascade Clan Cat Deaths: None yet
Best Treatment: Grooming fur the wrong way to get the blood flowing.

Starvation - a case where a cat is too hungry.
Cascade Clan Cat Deaths: none yet
Best treatment: Fresh kill or queen's milk.

Weakness - a case where a cat is exhausted.
Cascade Clan Cat Deaths: no elders have died from this yet
Best treatment: Rest

[This is an adaption to the herbs post with many more edits by me, Fernpool]

[Fernpool]

A few Things that cause Ailments
[best for ALL Cascade Clan cats to read!]

Coast spice bush - causes a rashes
Posion Ivy - causes rashes
Thorn apple - poisonous and not for ingestion
Orange angels trumpet herb - poisonous and not for injestion
Bael - poisonous and not for ingestion
Cashew apple - poisonous and not for ingestion
Sweet acaica - poisonous and not for ingestion

[Fernpool]

~ Helpful Information ~

Techniques
How to Stop Heavy Bleeding: First the area that is bleeding must be cleaned of all large objects, such as twigs and leaves. Then cobwebs must be pressed heavily against the bleeding area. Pressure must be applied and kept on the wound until it stops bleeding. Once the bleeding has stopped, ease pressure gradually and apply any herbs necessary for fighting infection or healing the wound efficiently. Then apply more cobwebs and have injured cat rest for a day or more.

Making a sick cat comfortable: Ill or Injured cats must be taken care of very carefully. Always make sure that the bedding they lay on is dry and free of sharp stones or sticks. Bedding should be moss or soft pine needles, and should be changed daily. Be sure that the cat is out of the line of harsh sunlight, rain, and snow fall. Injured and ill cats are extremely sensitive to noise, so keep the worst cases far back in the den to avoid any disturbances. Moss soaked in water should be offered twice daily to cats who can drink.

Feeding a sick cat: If a cat is only injured, they should be able to eat for themselves. Bring one piece of fresh-kill daily to all injured cats. Cats who are ill may have more trouble. Cats who cannot keep down food should not be fed. They will need to be carefully monitored for signs of malnutrition and dehydration. Cats who can eat should be given only small, easy eaten pieces of fresh-kill. This includes mice, voles, and fish. Rabbits are too large, and birds must be de-feathered carefully. Small pieces are the key to a sucessful feeding. Do not let sick cats over eat, as it will make them sicker.

Treating an unknown illness: Cats who are found to have an unknown illness must be immediantly quarentined from the population. Only the medicine cat may see them. All others must be kept away until the cat is declared safe again. The same care must be given to the cats as normal ill cats, and treatments that may promise to heal must be tried. If the case becomes severe, it may serve well to meet with other medicine cat to discuss the problem

Helpful Hints
Storing herbs in Winter: Storing herbs in winter can often be quite difficult. Herbs will spoil quickly after being gathered unless dryed. While drying is possible in the seasons of leaf-green, green-leaf, and leaf-fall, it is rarely an option in leaf-bare. A recommended technique is pressing. This methods works only with large, leafy herbs. Take a flay roak and place it near the den. Place the herb on the rock and place another flat rock onto that. The herb will soon be flat and dry. Herbs that cannot be dryed or pressed should be stored immediantly after gathering. Dig a hole inside of your den. Line the hole with dry leaves and twigs. Then place all herbs into the hole and cover with snow. The herbs will keep for several moons.

[glow=red,2,300]Organization in the Cascade Clan den:[/glow] Organization is very important. An unorganized den may lead to a cat's death. All herbs are contained in special hollows in the dirt at the den's entrence or lined on a self near the back. These hollows have been scooped and shaped, and lie off to the side. The main den area has been covered with a layer of dry moss. The moss is changed every three days to ensure comfort and cleanliness. [Apprentices may sometimes do this as punishment from their mentors.] A two flat stones are placed near the herb hollows for easy grinding acess. Note to Dawnpaw:Keep the rock cleared off and do not pile herbs or prey onto the rock. Be sure to leave a clear path through the den so cats can move freely withour stepping on the injured or ill.

Dealing with multiple wounded at one time: Often, after a battle or skirmish, many cats will be wounded at once. It is important to prioritize the wounded quickly and efficiently. First, check to see if any very young or very old cats were injured. Tend to these cats first. Then go and tend to the heavily bleeding or bitten. These must be treated quickly to prevent infection. Next comes any cat whose paws or eyes were injured. Finally, all minor injuries can be dealt with as necessary.

[Fernpool]

Cascade Clan Herb Inventory

Any warrior that feels like helping out may go out after direction from Fernpool to gather low supply herbs. The help is much appreciated! Things in low supply or missing/disturbed are bolded.

Poppy seeds ~ 10 seeds
Catmint ~ 10 stalks
Cobwebs ~ 10 webs
Feaverfew ~ 10 leaves
Borage Leaves ~ 10 leaves
Marigold ~ 10 stalks
Horse Tail ~ 10 stalks/leaves
Burdock root ~ 10 roots
Chervile Root ~ 10 roots
Wild Garlic ~ 10 cloves
Catmint ~ 10 stalks
Chickweed ~ 10 leaves
Tansy ~ 10 leaves
Thyme ~ 09 leaves
Camomile ~ 10 leaves
Dandelion Leaves ~ 10 leaves
Juniper Berries ~ 20 berries
Chervile ~ 10 leaves
Watermint ~ 10 stalks
Daisy Leaves ~ 10 leaves
Goldenrod ~ 10 leaves
Ragwort Leaves ~ 10 leaves
Comfrey ~ [being gathered]
Nettle ~ 10 leaves
Nettle ~ 19 seeds
Celadine ~ 10 leaves
Snake Root ~ 5 roots
Honey ~ 3 "jars"
Mouse bile ~ 7 "jars"
Adder barrack ~ 10 stems
Alfalfa ~ 10 bunches
Aloe Vera ~ 10 stems, 20 leaves
Blessed Thistle ~ 10 leaves
Borage ~ 10 leaves
Bramble twigs ~ 10 twigs
Broom Malice Poultices
Burdock Root ~ 5 roots
Celandine ~ 10 leaves, 12 flowers
Chervil Juice ~ 3 "jars"
Chervil Root ~ 5 roots
Deathberry (Deadly Nightshade) ~ EXACTLY 20.
Echinacia ~ 5 stems, 10 blossoms
Ferns ~ 10 ferns
Fever leaves ~ 15 leaves
Feverfew ~ 10 leaves
Garlic ~ 10 cloves
Ginger ~ 5 roots
Goldenrod ~ 10 stems
Hawthorne Berries ~ 20 berries
Honey ~ 4 "jars"
Horsetail ~ 10 stems
Huckleberry ~ 10 leaves, 1 stem
Ivy ~ 15 leaves
Juniper berries ~ 20 berries
Lavender ~ 15 leaves
Marigold ~ 10 leaves
Poppy ~ 30 seeds, one plant - grown in Fernpool's den
Ragweed Leaves ~ 10 leaves
Tree Roots ~ 5 roots
Sacred bark ~ 5 clumps
Water mint ~ 10 leaves
Willow ~ water "jugs" 5, bark splits 10
Yarrow Leaves ~ 09.5 leaves
Yarrow Ointment ~ 3 "jars"
Pond apples [only found near enterance waterfall] ~ 15 apples
Alestris ~ 10 leaves
Boneset ~ 10 leaves, 3 stalks
Deer-tongue ~ 10 leaves, 4 stalks
Fringe ~ 10 leaves, 5 branches
Gentian ~ 3 "jars"
Passionflower ~ 10 leaves
Pleurisy root ~ 5 roots
Wild cherries ~ 15 cherries
Witch Hazel ~ 10 clumps
Pokeweed ~ 20 berries, 5 branches with ferns
Palm fronds ~ 10 leaves
Lime juice ~ 0 "jars" [20 limes to be squeezed if need be]
Alder bark ~ 5 clumps

[Fernpool]

~ A Few Good Links ~

[Note: I DID NOT take any information from these links and am not crediting them]

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[Good for Apprentices to test themselevs]