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This info is known by medicine cats and their apprentices only. If any cats know this knowledge without having been a medicine cat at any point, it is considered metagaming, and is against the rules.

Note that this list is not 100% accurate, and is made to be brief enough where players can know what herbs they need so they can do whatever other research is required.

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Alder Bark
-Found on alder trees.
Effect: chewed; eases toothaches
Location: Along rivers, swampy areas. Can be found during the winter.

Bindweed
-white, trumpet-shaped flowers with thin, vine-like stems; grows in clusters
Effect: used as rope; when combined with sticks, helps keep a broken leg in place
Location: everywhere, usually covering other plants/the ground; dies in winter

Blackberries, Blackberry leaves
-pinkish-white flowers with five petals, light green leaves with jagged edges
Effect: leaves chewed into a poultice to ease the pain of bee stings
Location: everywhere; shed leaves in winter

Borage and Borage leaves
-small blue or pink star-shaped petals and hairy, dark green or grey-green leaves
-'zesty' scent/taste, lost when dried out
Effect: chewed and eaten; helps mothers produce more milk, soothes fevers, bad bellies
Location: near water, wooded areas; shed leaves in winter

Bright-eye
-small pink flowers with a darker pink center
Effect: crushed into poultice; mixed with lovage to help cure cough
Location: sunny areas, wooded areas, thickets; shed leaves in winter

Broom
-shrubs with small leaves and small yellow flowers, often alone, sometimes in pairs
Effect: crushed into poultice; helps broken legs heal and close-up wounds
Location: wooded areas, thickets; can be found in winter

Burdock and Burdock root
-tall-stemmed thistle with large leaves
-sharp smell and bitter taste
Effect: root is chewed into pulp; helps cure infections, but can cause bellyache if too much is eaten
Location: shaded areas, along waterways; dies in winter

Burnet
-medium-sized jagged leaves, with stems sometimes tinged red
-grows long stalks with dark purple flowers in summer
Effect: root is chewed into pulp; helps cure infections, but can cause bellyache if too much is eaten
Location: sunny areas, wooded areas; dies in winter

Catmint (Catnip)
-leafy, hairy-stemmed plant with purple flowers
-'delicious'-smelling
Effect: eaten; cures greencough and whitecough; dangerous in high doses
Location: rarely found in wild-found in two-leg places; easily dies in winter and cold weather

Celadine
-yellow flowers with four petals
Effect: crushed into juice and trickled into eye; soothed and helps damaged eyes
Location: woodlands, along waterways; dies in winter

Chamomile
-small, white flower with a large yellow center
Effect: eaten; strengthens the heart and sooth the mind. Given to traveling cats for strength.
Location: sunny areas, plains and pastures, dies in winter

Chevril
-large, fern-like leaves and small white flowers
-sweet smelling
Effect: leaves/roots chewed to extract juice; for infected wounds, bellyache
Location: wooded-areas, along waterways, dies in winter

Chickweed
-tall-stemmed plant with fat, almond-shaped leaves.
Effect: eaten; treats greencough, though catnip is preferred
Location: sunny areas, plains and pastures, rarely in forests; dies in winter

Cobwebs
-webs strung by spiders
Effect: pressed over wound; soaks up and stops, or slows, bleeding
Location: everywhere; less common in winter

Coltsfoot
-flowering plant with yellow or white flowers resembling dandelions
Effect: chewed into pulp; eases breathing and cracked pads
Location: sunny areas; dies in winter

Comfrey root
- large leaves, small bell-shaped flowers, which are pink, white, or purple, and fat, brown roots
Effect: chewed into poultice; repairs broken bones, soothes wounds, used for itching, helps sooth inflammation, soothes stiff joints, soothes burns. Also eases stiffness on wrenched shoulders when lined in a nest.
Location: damp, grassy places and riverbanks; plant dies in winter, but still collectable

Daisy leaves
- thick, dark green, oval shaped leaves
Effect: chewed into a paste; eases the pain of aching joints
Location: wooded-areas; plant dies in winter

Dandielion
-common yellow-flowered plant with long, hollow stems
Effect: leaves chewed; acts as a painkiller, white liquid placed on bee stings; soothes and heals
Location: everywhere; plant dies in winter

Dock (leaf)
-common, large-leafed plant
-"tangy" smell and taste
Effect: chewed-up and applied; soothes scratches and sore pads (stings when applied)
Location: wooded-areas; plant dies in winter

Elder (leaf)
-leaves found on elder trees
Effect: chewed into poultice; soothes sprains
Location: wooded-areas; leaves die in winter
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Fennel
-thin, spiky leaves
Effect: stalks are broken and juice is squeezed into the receiver's mouth; helps pain in hips
Location: along rivers and water, sandy areas; dies in winter

Feverfew
-small bush with flowers resembling daisies, soft leaves
-sharp, "tangy" smell
Effect: eaten; reduces body temperature for fever or chills, heals aches and pains, helps headaches.
Location: along rivers and water, sandy areas; dies in winter

Goatweed
-plant with ovate leaves
Effect: eaten; supposedly eases grief
Location: along rivers and water; dies in winter

Goldenrod
-tall plant with bright, yellow flowers
Effect: chewed into a poultice; heals wounds
Location: clearings, fields and meadows; dies in winter

Hawkweed
-small green plant with yellow and orange flowers
Effect: eaten; cures greencough and whitecough, not as strong as catmint
Location: clearings, fields and meadows; dies in winter

Heather (nectar)
-nectar found in bell-shaped flowers
Effect: included in herbal mixtures; sweetens mixture, making it easier to swallow
Location: shaded areas; dies in winter

Honey
-sweet, golden-coloured liquid made by bees
Effect: eaten; soothes infections, soothes damaged or sore throats, makes mixtures easier to swallow, helps soothe coughing, gives energy.
Location: honeycombs or bees nests up in trees; available in winter

Horsetail
-tall, bristly-stemmed plant, referred to with fleshy stalks
Effect: chewed to a poultice and applied to wounds; treats infections and stops bleeding
Location: along rivers and water; dies in winter

Juniper berries
-purple-blue berries from the dark green, spiky-leaved juniper bush
Effect: eaten; soothes bellyaches, gives strength, helps troubled breathing
Location: everywhere that is dry; dies in winter

Lamb's ear
-soft, fuzzy green plant
Effect: eaten; gives strength
Location: everywhere that is dry; dies in winter

Lavender
-small purple flowering plant
Effect: placed under a cats nose and is inhaled; cures fever and chills. Also used to hide the scent of death.
Location: sunny areas, two-leg gardens; dies in winter

Lungwort
-dark green leaves speckled with gray
Effect: eaten; cures yellowcough
Location: clearings, fields and meadows; dies in winter

Mallow leaves
-large fuzzy three-nubbed leaves from a flowering shrub
-sweet smelling
Effect: eaten; soothes bellyache
Location: along rivers and water; dies in winter

Marigold
-yellow to bright orange flower
Effect: petals or leaves chewed in a poultice; stops infection and bleeding, helps inflammation and stiff joints
Location: along rivers and water; dies in winter

Oak leaf
-round, cartoon-like ruffled leaves
Effect: chewed into poultice; stops infection from setting in
Location: forested areas around oak trees; dies in winter

Parsley
-long-stemmed plant with ragged-edged crinkly leaves
-sharp scent, tastes cold and fresh
Effect: eaten; stops queens from producing milk, cures bellyache
Location: sunny areas; dies in winter

Poppy seeds
-tiny, round black seeds that are shaken out of a dried poppy flowerhead
Effect: chewed; helps cats sleep, helps with shock or distress, acts as painkiller
Location: wooded areas, clearings, fields and meadows;dies in winter
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Ragwort
-tall shrub with yellow flowers.
-tastes foul
Effect: leaves chewed; treats aching joints, gives strength
Location: everywhere; dies in winter

Raspberry leaves
-small bush with flowers resembling daisies, soft leaves
Effect: eaten; eases pain
Location: along rivers and water, clearings;found on raspberry bushes; dies in winter

Rosemary
-tall with needle-like leaves and purple flowers
Effect: put on pelt of dead creatures; hides scent of death
Location: wooded-areas;dies in winter

Stinging Nettle
-green, spiny seeds
Effect: eaten; induces vomiting to clear poisoning | chewed into poultice; brings down swelling
Location:everywhere;dies in winter

Sweet-sedge
-thick green stem with long buds at the top
Effect: swallow its sap; eases infection
Location: along rivers and water;dies in winter

Tansy
-round, yellow leaves
very sweet and strong scent
Effect: eaten; cures coughs, heals wounds, stops cats from getting greencough, soothes throats. Fatal in large doses.
Location: forested areas, two-leg places;dies in winter

Tormentil
-thin stalk with small yellow flowers
-strong, aromatic scent to it and a sharp taste
Effect: chewed and put on the wound; treats wounds and extracts poison
Location: clearings, fields and meadows;dies in winter

Thyme
-small, delicate, thick, sticky leaves
-fresh taste
Effect: leaves chewed; calms nervousness, anxiety, shock
Location: sunny areas; dies in winter

Watermint
-green, leafy plant with purple flowers at the end of its spiky stems
Effect: leaves chewed; eases pain and bellyache
Location: along rivers and water; dies in winter

Wild garlic
-white bulb with green leaves
-extremely sharp and tangy scent
Effect: roll on top of it; draws out poison in wounds, prevents infection
Location: dug up in forested areas

Willow leaves
-thin, blade-like leaves
Effect: eaten; stops vomiting
Location: forested areas; leaves die in winter

Yarrow
-flowering plant with green, jagged leaves
-tangy scent and a bitter taste
Effect: chewed into poultice; when applied to a wound will extract poison, when eaten will induce vomiting, will heal cracked pads
Location: forested areas; leaves die in winter
Poisons

Deathberries
-red berries from the dark-leaved, poisonous yew bush
Effect: poisonous, kills in minutes
Location: forested areas; lives through winter
Cure: Yarrow, Stinging nettle

Foxglove seeds
-tiny, black seeds from the bell-shaped flower of the foxglove plant
Effect: can cause paralysis and heart failure in any dosage
Location: everywhere; plant dies in winter
Cure: unknown

Meadow saffron
-a plant with purple flowers
Effect: poisonous, kills after a day or two
Location: everywhere; plant dies in winter
Cure: Yarrow, Stinging nettle

Deadly nightshade
-a small shrub with bell-shaped flowers that are purple tinged with green in colour. Berries are shiny and black when ripe.
Effect: poisonous, kills in minutes
Location: shaded areas; plant dies in winter
Cure: Yarrow, Stinging nettle

Water hemlock
-green or white flowers with petals in umbrella-shaped clustersblack when ripe.
Effect: causes writhing, pain, and foaming at the mouth, and kills shortly afterward
Location: along rivers and water; plant dies in winter
Cure: Yarrow, Stinging nettle


Methods

Gently nip or poke with claw-test to see if bones are broken; if cats cannot feel pain, it is broken.

Licking fur the wrong way-cleans wounds, calms down from shock, warms a cold cat

Moss soaked in water-sick or weak cats can drink water from the moss

Water soaking-hold swelling wound in water to reduce swelling, also soothes sore pads


Tools/Other

Cobwebs
-webs strung by spiders
Use: pressed over wound; soaks up and stops, or slows, bleeding
Location: everywhere; less common in winter

Ivy leaf
-leaves from the ivy vine
Use: used to store and wrap up herbs
Location: forested areas; plant dies in winter

Laurel leaf
-green, glabrous leaves
Use: used to store and wrap up herbs
Location: forested areas; plant dies in winter

Mint
-downy, serrated leaves ranging from green to purple and yellow in color. Flowers are small and white or purple in color
Use: hides scent of death
Location: forested areas; plant dies in winter

Moss
-spongy, soft green shrub found on rocks and trees
Use: used to soak up l
Location: forested and shaded areas; plant dies in winter

Mouse bile
-foul smelling, yellowish-green liquid
Use: soaked up with moss; kills ticks
Location: around mice

Rush
-long narrow leaves and lavender-colored head stalks
Use: used to bind broken bones
Location: clearings, fields and meadows; plant dies in winter

Sticks
-thin wooden protrusions that grow on and fall from trees
Use: to make splints, to bite on to distract from pain
Location: anywhere there are trees

Travelling Herbs
-includes Sorrel, Daisy, Chamomile and Brunet
Use: eaten; suppress hunger pains and give a cat strength
Tips and Herb Care
  • Wrap herbs in leaves (Ivy or Laurel) to keep them organized. Place bark or rocks on top of leaf wraps to prevent them from blowing away and to keep them fresh.
  • If herbs get wet, leave them out in the sun to dry.
  • Gather fresh herbs when stock is short.
  • Leave enough leaves on plants to let them grow again.
  • Throw out old and weak herbs.
  • Wrap honey in dock leaves to keep it fresh.