med cat herb list

[braveheart(BH)]

* Poppy seeds- used to make a cat very sleepy and to ease pain
* Cobwebs - used to stop bleeding
* Feverfew - used to cool feverish cats and treat head pain
* Borage leaves - used to treat fevers and helps nursing mothers with their milk supply
* Dock leaves - used to sooth scratches; can also make a cat's coat slippery; can be used as a surface for vomiting.
* Marigold - leaves used to treat infection and heal wounds and sores
* Horsetail - used to treat infected wounds
* Burdock root - used to treat infections, especially rat bites
* Chervil root - used to treat infections
* Wild garlic - rolling in this can help to keep out infection
* Coltsfoot - used to treat kittencough
* Catnip (also called catmint) - 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
* Chamomile - used to calm a cat
* Dandelion (leaves) - used to calm a cat
* Juniper berries - used to treat bellyache, and give strengh to recovering cats
* Chervil - 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, sores, or most other hide or muscle retinas, such as scratches, bruises, and broken bones
* Comfrey - used to treat broken bones
* Nettle (leaves) - used to treat swelling
* Wild Basil- used to treat paw problems
* Poison Ivy (leaves)- used on cracked paw pads
* Celandine - used to treat ailments of the eyes
* Snakeroot - used to counter poison
* Nettle (seeds) - 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
* Broom - used in poultices for broken legs.

[edit] Other Plants

* Deathberries (yew) - of no medicinal value; bright scarlet berries that, when ingested, can easily kill a cat if they are not quickly enough expelled from the cat's body; called night-seeds by the Tribe
* Nightshade - of no medicinal value; is poisonous
* Holly berries - of no medicinal value; poisonous like deathberries



from: braveheart to you

[Silverstar]

In the rules section? Lol I'll transfer it to general talk

[braveheart(BH)]

oops sorry

[Silverstar]

No problem - Oh and thanks for posting this, some med-cats may not know all the herbs! Very helpful

[Palestar]

Did you get this from Wikipedia?

[braveheart(BH)]

yes i did how did you know??

[Silverstar]

Alot of things are on Wikipedia =P Lol

[braveheart(BH)]

lol

[Palestar]

True.

[winterleaf]

True, very usefull ^-^

I used to get my investigations from Wikipedia for homework, until the meanies of my teachers prohibited it >.< I still use it in private thought, xP

[Palestar]

lol.