Herbs

Alder Bark
Description:Bark of the alder tree.
Location:Grows mainly in boggy, wet terrain.
Usage:For tooth pain.
Effect:Eases toothaches.

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Beech Leaves
Description:Large, broad leaves that can be serrated, entire or sparsely toothed.
Location:Grows in almost any soil that is not waterlogged.
Usage:By clan medicine cats for carrying other herbs.
Effect: None.

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Bindweed
Description:Arrow-head shaped leaves with pale white or pink trumpet shaped flowers.
Location:Grows almost anywhere.
Usage:Fastens sticks to broken legs to keep them in place.
Effect:Unknown.

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Blackberry Leaves
Description:Leaves from the prickly blackberry bush.
Location:Almost anywhere; they are very hardy plants.
Usage:These leaves are chewed into a pulp.
Effect:Eases the swelling of bee stings.

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Borage Leaves
Description:It is easily distinguished by its small blue or pink star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves.
Location:Grows best in forests.
Usage:It is chewed and eaten by nursing queens
Effect:It produces more and better milk. It also brings down fevers.

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Broom
Description:Shrubs with small leaves and small yellow flowers.
Location:Grows in ThunderClan's old territory.
Usage:It is used to make poultices for broken legs and wounds.
Effect:Unknown

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Burdock Root
Description:Tall-stemmed thistle with a sharp smell and dark leaves.
Location:Best in dry areas.
Usage:The root is dug up, the soil is washed off, and then it is chewed into a pulp.
Effect:Lessens and heals the pain of infected rat bites, used to prevent infection of rat bites.

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Celandine
Description:Yellow flower with four petals.
Location:Grows better on forest territory, though it also grows on river banks territory.
Usage:Juice is trickled into the eye.
Effect:Soothes damaged eyes.

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Chamomile
Description:A small, white flower with a large, yellow center.
Location:Can be found in Twoleg gardens.
Usage:Eaten.
Effect:Strengthens the heart and soothes the mind. Also given to traveling cats for strength.

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Chervil
Description:A sweet-smelling plant with large, leafy, fern-like leaves and small white flowers. The roots are described as being knobby and brown.
Location:In the Forest Territories, it was found at large clusters of rocks.
Usage:Chewed to extract the juice of the leaves or the root.
Effect:For infected wounds and bellyache, respectively. Can also be used during kitting.

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Chickweed
Description:Tall-stemmed plant with fat, almond-shaped leaves.
Location:In the Forest Territories.
Usage:Eaten, such as catmint/catnip.
Effect:Treats greencough, though catmint is often preferred.

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Cob Nuts
Description:A smooth brown nut with a hard outside shell. A type of hazelnut.
Location:In, under or near hazel trees that grow in sunny spots.
Usage:Made into ointments.
Effect:Unknown

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Cobwebs
Description:Long, thin, shiny strands spun into a web by spiders. Very common.
Location:All around the forest.
Usage:Press over wound.
Effect:To soak up and stop (or slow) the bleeding. It may also be used to bind broken bones.

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Coltsfoot
Description:A flowering plant with yellow or white flowers resembling dandelions. Grows best in newleaf.
Location:Grows by a waterfall in RiverClan's forest territory. It also grows well in ShadowClan's lake territory.
Usage:Leaves chewed into a pulp.
Effect:Eases breathing or kitten-cough, as well as cracked or sore pads.

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Comfrey Root
Description:It has large leaves, small bell-shaped flowers, which are pink, white, or purple, and fat, black roots. Tangy smell.
Location:Damp, grassy places.
Usage:Roots are chewed into a poultice.
Effect:Repairs broken bones or soothes wounds. Also used for wrenched claws. Can be used for itching or for inflammation on stiff joints.

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Daisy Leaf
Description:Thick, dark green, oval shaped leaves.
Location:Almost everywhere.
Usage:Chewed into a paste.
Effect:Eases the pain of aching joints. It is also a travelling herb.

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Dandelion
Description:Common yellow-flowered plant with long, hollow stems. After flowering is finished, the flower transforms a sphere made out of hundreds of smaller white florets with seed heads at the bottom that connect to the flower head.
Location:Almost everywhere.
Usage:The white liquid is thought to be applied to bee stings. Leaves can be chewed.
Effect:Thought to soothe and heal bee stings. Its leaves can also be chewed to act like a painkiller.

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Dock
Description:Common, large-leafed plant with a tangy smell and taste.
Location:Doesn't grow well in mountains, best in leafy areas.
Usage:Chewed up and applied to scratches. Similar to sorrel.
Effect:Soothes scratches, though can sting when being applied. Soothes sore pads.

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Fennel
Description:Thin, spiky leaves.
Location:Found in numerous places, especially on dry soils near the sea/coast and on riverbanks.
Usage:Stalks are broken and juice is squeezed into the receiver's mouth.
Effect:Helps pain in the hips.

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Feverfew
Description:Small bush with flowers resembling daisies. Has a sharp tangy smell and small soft leaves.
Location:Grows best along the water.
Usage:Eaten.
Effect:Reduces body temperature for cats with fever or chills. Also heals aches and pains, especially good for headaches.

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Goldenrod
Description:A tall plant with bright, yellow flowers.
Location:Grows well on wide grassy stretches and moors.
Usage:Chewed into a poultice.
Effect:Good for healing wounds.

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Heather Nectar
Description:Nectar found in bell-shaped flowers.
Location:Best grown in shady areas.
Usage:Included in herbal mixtures.
Effect:Makes swallowing easier and sweetens mixtures.

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Honey
Description:A sweet, golden-coloured liquid made by bees.
Location:In honeycombs or bees nests up in trees.
Usage:Eaten, or given by moss soaked in it.
Effect:Soothes infections, smoke-damaged or sore throats, helps cats swallow other concoctions, helps soothe coughing, and gives energy.

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Horsetail
Description:A tall, bristly-stemmed plant, referred to with fleshy stalks.
Location:Any marshy area.
Usage:Chewed to a poultice, and applied to wounds.
Effect:Treats infections and stops bleeding.

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Ivy Leaf
Description:Leaves from the ivy vine.
Location:Grows in and on the walls of the medicine den.
Usage: used by medicine cats to store other herbs.
Effect:None.

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Juniper Berries
Description:Purple-blue berries from the dark green, spiky-leaved juniper bush.
Location:Grows in places that are not wet.
Usage:Chewed and eaten.
Effect:Soothes bellyaches, gives strength, and helps troubled breathing. It is also used to help calm cats.

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Lamb's Ear
Description:Soft, fuzzy green plant.
Location:Commonly found in the mountains.
Usage:Unknown
Effect:Gives a cat strength.

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Lavender
Description:A small purple flowering plant.
Location:Grown in Twoleg gardens. Can also be found in sunny spots with sandy or gravelly soil.
Usage:Placed under a cats nose and is to be inhaled constantly. Or rubbed/placed on an animals body to hide the scent of death.
Effect:Cures fever and chills. Also a herb used to hide the scent of death.

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Mallow Leaves
Description:Large fuzzy three-nubbed leaves from a flowering shrub; sweet rose scent.
Location:Grows best near shore, but best collected at sunhigh, when they are dry.
Usage:Eaten.
Effect:Soothes bellyache.

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Marigold
Description:A low-growing flower; yellow to bright orange.
Location:Near water.
Usage:Petals or leaves chewed in a poultice. Juice can be used as well.
Effect:Stops infection. Stops bleeding. Used for inflammation of stiff joints.

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Mint
Description:Downy, serrated leaves ranging from green to purple and yellow in color. Flowers are small and white or purple in color.
Location:Patch beside ThunderClan nursery in the Forest Territories.
Usage:Rubbed on a dead body.
Effect:Hides the scent of death.

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Mouse Bile

Extracted from the mouse. The only remedy for ticks, mouse bile is foul smelling, and is stored in moss. When dabbed on a tick, the tick falls off. Smell can be masked by wild garlic, or by washing paws in running water. If accidentally swallowed, can leave a horrible taste in mouth for days. Medicine cats always have to remember to wash their paws in a body of water, such as a creek or stream, after using mouse bile.

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Dried Oak Leaf
Description:Round, cartoon-like ruffled leaves.
Location:All over the forest floor and collected in leaf-fall.
Usage:The dried leaves are to be stored in a dry location until the time of usage, when they are chewed into a thick poultice and spread on a wound.
Effect:Stops infection from setting in.

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Parsley
Description:A long-stemmed plant with ragged-edged crinkly leaves, Sharp scent, tastes cold and fresh, tastes the same fresh or dried.
Location:Grows best in moist, well drained soil, with full sun.
Usage:Eaten.
Effect:Stops a queen from producing milk if her kits die, don't need milk anymore, or are producing too much milk. Also used to cure bellyache.

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Poppy Seeds
Description:Tiny, round black seeds that are shaken out of a dried poppy flowerhead.
Location:All over forest.
Usage:Chewed on.
Effect:They can help a cat sleep, soothe shock or distress, or ease pain. Not recommended for nursing queens.

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Ragwort Leaves
Description:Tall shrub with yellow flowers. Tastes foul to cats.
Location:Almost everywhere, especially in cool areas with high rainfall.
Usage:Crushed and chewed; mixed with juniper berries, it can help aching joints.
Effect:Treats aching joints and keeps a cat's strength up.

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Ragweed
Description:Ragged-leaved plant resembling a fern.
Location:Thought to be commonly found in the mountains.
Usage:Thought to give cats extra strength.
Effect:Like lamb's ear, ragweed gives a cat extra strength and energy.

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Raspberry Leaves
Description:Soft to the touch, but with jagged edges.
Location:Found on raspberry bushes.
Usage:It could be a painkiller, or help stop bleeding during kitting.
Effect:Could possibly ease pain, or stop bleeding.

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Rosemary
Description:Tall with needle-like leaves and purple flowers.
Location:Near the ThunderClan warriors' den in the forest territory.
Usage:Put on the pelt of a dead cat to prepare for burial.
Effect:Hides the scent of death.

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Rush
Description:It has long narrow leaves and lavender-colored head stalks.
Location:Often grows in infertile soils in a wide range of moisture conditions.
Usage:Used to bind broken bones.
Effect:Helps hold a broken limb in place, such as casts for Twolegs.

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Snakeroot
Description:The best remedy for poison, especially snake bites.
Location:Grows mainly in warmer areas, however some grow in cooler areas.
Usage:Thought to be applied to wounds.
Effect:Thought to heal poison.

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Sorrel
Description:Similar to dock, sorrel is used as a traveling herb.
Location:Can be found near Twoleg nests.
Usage:Eaten.
Effect:Traveling herb.

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Stick
Description:Thin wooden protrusions that grow on and fall from trees.
Location:Can be found anywhere there are trees.
Usage:Cats in pain bite it when other medicine is either unavailable or not recommended. Also used to help broken legs heal.
Effect:Distracts cats from pain. Recommended for queens giving birth.

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Stinging Nettle
Description:It has green, spiny seeds.
Location:All over the forest.
Usage:The seeds are eaten by a cat who's swallowed poison, or the leaves are chewed into a poultice for a wound.
Effect:Induces vomiting, or brings down swelling, respectively. Can be mixed with comfrey to help heal broken bones. Helps with wounds.

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