LIST OF HERBS

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List of Herbs
As written in The Warriors Field Guide an other assorted other warrior's books. * copywrite *

Alder Bark: Bark of the Alder tree. The bark can be chewed to help heal and relieve toothache.

Bark Strips: Strips of bark that can be used to secure a leafwrap or splints on an injured leg.

Blackberry Leaves: Blackberry leaves have always been a good cure for bee stings when chewed into a pulp and applied to sting. The leaves are round with jagged edges and a small point at the end and are more effective when fresh. A cat must be careful when harvesting these leaves as the branches have very nasty thorns.

Borage Leaves: To be chewed and eaten. The plant can be distinquished by its small blue or pink star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves. Great for nursing queens as it helps increase their supply of milk. Also brings down fever.

Broom: A tall plant with small round leaves and lots of small yellow flowers. This plant is used to heal broken bones. It works better when used in a poltice.

Burdock Root: A tall-stemmed, sharp-smelling thistle with dark leaves. A medicine cat must dig up the roots, wash of the dirt, and chew them in to a pulp, which can be applied to rat bites. Cures infection.

Catmint (also known as catnip): A delicious-smelling, leafy plant that's hard to find in the wild; often found growing in twoleg gardens. The best remedy for Greencough.

Celandine: A plant that grows near water. This plant has parsley like leaves and yellow flowers. The leaves can be chewed and applied to a cat's eye to help soothe the infected or wounded eye.

Chamomile: A tall, bushy plant with sprigs of leaves and white daisy-like flowers. The flower can be eaten to soothe nerves.

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

Chickweed: A low growing plant with small white flowers and teardrop shaped leaves. It often grows beside rivers. This plant can be eaten to help treat Whitecough, Greencough and the very deadly Blackcough.

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. It can also help secure a poltice.

Coltsfoot: A flowering plant, a bit like a dandelion, with yellow or white flowers. The leaves can be chewed in to a pulp, which is eaten to help shortness of breath

Comfrey: Identifiable by its large leaves and small 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 Leaves: The long pointed leaves of the daisy plant can be eaten to ease the pain of aching joints.

Dandelion Leaf: Long pointed leaves with jagged edges, often accompanied by yellow flowers. The leaves can be chewed to help a cat sleep. A good alternative to poppy seeds for pregnant or nursing queens.

Dock: A plant similar to sorrel. The leaf can be chewed up and applied to soothe scratches.

Dried Oak Leaf: Collected in autumn and stored in a dry place. Stops infections.

Feverfew: A small bush with flowers like daisies. The leaves can be eaten to cool down body temperature, particularly for cats with fever or chills.

Foxglove: A tall plant with clumps up cup-like flowers. The leaves of this plant can be pressed to a wound to stop bleeding fast. The seed pods or cloves of the plant can be eaten to help get rid of toxins by making a cat vomit.

Goldenrod: A tall plant with bright yellow flowers. A poultice of this is terrific for healing wounds.

Heather Flowers: Small purple to pink bell-shaped flowers that grow on heather bushes. The necter from these flowers can be used to sweaten a herb mixture, making it easier to swallow.

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. The leaven can be used to treat ifnected wounds. Usually chewed up and applied as a poultice.

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.

Mallow: A plant that grows by water. It has large soft, furry leaves. When the leaves are eaten it can help bellyache.

Marigold: A bright orange 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: A plant with multi-pointed leaves. The leaves taste like frost on fur, and alway taste fresh even if they are dried. Parsley is used to stop milk production.

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 distress. Not recommended for nursing queens.

Ragroot: A tall, leafy plant with yellow flowers. When the leaves are made into a poltice with juniper berries, it is a good cure for aching joints. On its own it can be used to give a cat strength.

Ragwort: A low-growing leafy plant that grows in the mountains and aroung Highstones. This plant is good for giving a cat strength.

Razzberry: A plant with round leaves with jagged edges and red berries. The leaves can be eaten by a queen having trouble giving birth to help along the birth. Can also be used on a queen who has started to bleed because of the birth.

Rushes: Tall green stalks with brown puffs on top. The stalks can be used to make a splint for a broken bone or dislocation.

Stinging Nettle: The spiny green 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.

Tornmentail: A low-growing, dark leafed plant with a large root. This plant grows in the mountains and around Highstones. This plant is highly sought after as when the root is chewed it is good for all wounds and can help a poisoned cat.

Watermint: A leafy green plant found in streams or damp earth. Usually chewed into a pulp and then fed to a cat suffering bellyache.

Wild Garlic: Rolling in a patch of wild garlic can help prevent infection, especially for dangerous wounds like rat bites.

Wild Rhubarb: The big leaves of this plant can be used to make leaf wraps. The leaves, when chewed into a pulp, can also be used on burns.

Willow: The bark, sap and leaves of this tree are they important parts. The bark can be chewed to ease pain and cure inflamation, diarrhea and can help with fevers. The watery sap under the bark can be used to cure blurred vision when applied to the eye's. The leaves of this tree can be chewed into a pulp and applied to help soothe a burn.

Wintergreen: An extremely low-growing plant, with only a few round leaves and a couple of small red berries. This plant grows in the mountains and around Highstones. When the leaves are chewed into a pulp and applied, it is good for most wounds.

Yarrow: A flowering plant whose leaves can be made into a poultice and applied to wounds or scratches to expel poison.

NOTES:

Deathberries: Red berries that can be fatally poisonous to kits and elders when eaten. They are NOT a medicine. Known to twolegs as yew berries. BEWARE!

Holly Berries: Small red berries that are accompanied by dark green spiky leaves. These berries grow on a bush and are very poisonous, very similar to deathberries. DO NOT EAT.

Ivy Leaves: These star shaped leaves grow on vines. These leaves are poisonous and should not be eaten.

Nightshade: This plant grows in the mountians. It has shiny round leaves and either red or black berries. These berries are poisonous and should be avoided.

Water Hemlock: A plant with long, pointy leaves with jagged edges. It has very small, white flowers that grow in clumps. This plant is poisonous from flower to root. Avoid it at every chance you can.

Medicine Cat Code

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• A medicine cat must know their herbs
  
• They must be compassionate for the sick
  
• A medicine cats must be able to translate omens and interpret visions, through their close connection to Starclan, that can guide the clan through dark times
  
• A medicine cat must never let personal feelings get in the way of his/her duties
  
• All medicine cats must recieve basic warrior training. Although they do not fight with other clans they should be able to defend themselves and their pateints.
  
• Medicine cat apprentices are brought to a sacred place to be approved by StarClan in a secret ceremony
  
• Medicine cats cannot have kits or a mate
  
• Medicine cats must meet at a sacred place every half-moon and are not to be attacked by other Clans while traveling there. They must not be attacked because medicine cats are outside clan and clan rivalries
  
• A cat may train to be a warrior before becoming a medicine cat, but a medicine cat cannot become a warrior.
  
• Medicine cats cannot refuse to treat an injured cat and they must do everything in their power to save an injured cat.
  
• A medicine cat will give his/her life to save a cat, or their clan
  

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