Herbs

[Rosie]

Adder barrack – Toothache

Alder Bark - Treats toothache, swelling, pain, and prevents complications. Prevents infection and swelling if chewed and applied to a wound.

Alfalfa – Used to prevent tooth decay

Aloe Vera – Use the leaves; treat burns and skin problems (insect bites, etc.)

Angelica - Good for upset stomach.

Ash Tree Seeds - May be consumed to fight pain.

Ash Tree - New shoots should be chewed and then applied to an adder or viper wound to resist the effects of the poison.

Aspen Tree Bark - Relieves stress and soothes restlessness and distraughtness.

Beech Leaves: Used in the rare case of Juvenile Kidney Syndrome.

Belladonna - Calms spasms and cramps.

Bilberry fruit - Great for eyes. Beneficial for pregnant queens.

Blessed Thistle – Helps strengthen the heart & lungs; increases circulation

Blackberries - Clearing congestion and soothing sore throats.

Black Willow Bark- Good for anxiety and causing sleep.

Borage - Leaves or 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.

Borage Root - Leaves and roots may be consumed to stave off fevers. Any type of Borage should be fresh, never dried.

Borage Seeds - Should be given to a Queen to help her provide more available milk, but only if the leaves are not avaible. Any type of Borage should be fresh, never dried.

Bramble twigs (chewed to a fine syrup) – Helps to sleep

Broken Rosemary Blooms - Heals wounds near the eyes or eyelids; also helps for eye infections.

Broom - Its poultice is used for broken limbs.

Broom Malice Poultices – Open wounds

Burdock Root – Used to relieve joint pains (like arthritis)Good for rat bites and infected wounds

Buttonbush Down - If digested, helps with constipation and urinal problems.

Catchweed - Burrs can be used to help hold treatment onto a cat.

Catnip - 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 - Used to relax, leaves and flowers sooths heart & gives physical strength

Chapparal – Helps clean faces (helps with cat acne)

Chervil Juice - Best for infected wounds.

Chervil Root - Used to cure bellyache

Chicory- Good for upset stomach.

Cobwebs - Used to stop bleeding

Comfrey - Used to help cure for broken bones. It can be used to clean wounds

Crushed Pawpaw Roots - If digested, useful for healing kitten cough.

Crushed Iris Petals - Stimulates breathing during the birthing process; also useful for a kit's sore throat. Only useful if digested.

Crushed Marigold Petals - Prevents infection of serious wounds. Avoid using around eyes; can result in serious irritation.

Crushed Rose Thorns - Helps seal the wound.

Culver's Root - Use with Feverfew, when a cat takes a dip in some sort of water.

Dandelion - Good for upset stomach.

Deathberry (Deadly Nightshade) - 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.

Deathberry Roots - Roots and leaves can be chewed together and applied to sore places, but never to an open wound. Will cause a slightly numb feeling.

Dock leaves - Used to make fur slippery when stuck in a tight space

Dried Oak Leaf - Most readily available in autumn, the leaves are stored in a dry place, and can stop infection when applied.

Echinacia - Used to ease infection.

Ferns – Helps to clean out wounds by just the inside part after “crunching” off the outer “shells”

Fever - Leaves can be used to reduce fever, in addition to being consumed to aid against colds and stomach
ailments.

Feverfew - Used to reduce head pain


Foxglove Cloves - Purges toxins from the body by making a cat vomit them.

Foxglove Leave - Used on deep wounds to stop bleeding quickly.

Garlic – Infections and wounds. Rolling in this can pervent fleas.

Ginger – Used for asthma and coughs

Ginger (Root)~ Cures Upset Stomach

Goldenrod - A muscle pain reliever

Goldenrod Juice - Dripped into wounds to numb pain; basically a painkiller. It does no actual healing.

Grass - Used for upset stomachs if consumed.

Gumweed (If swallowed) - Good for upset stomach.

Gumweed (Chewed) - Helps to seal wounds from infection. It slightly stings but collects the skin together and makes it close faster, therefore preventing infection.

Hawthorne Berries – Treats heart burns and indigestion

Heather Nectar - Improves the taste of bitter herbs, suck as dock and yarrow. Does no harm to the poultice, herb, or otherwise cure in the process.

Honey - Used to sooth irritated throats and other things, particularly good for smoke inhalation

Hops - Calms or soothes scattered nerves, anxiety, etc.

Hornbeam - If chewed, good for depression.

Horsetail – Chew the leaves and spit into wounds; stops infections

Huckleberry – A muscle pain reliever

Ivy – Calms down when consumed/

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.

Lady's Mantle - Stops bleeding.

Lamb's Ear - Good for strength.

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.

Lavender Stem - Calms a cat in shock.

Lotus Roots - Keeps a cat awake.


Long Rushes (Long fern leaves): Can be used to bind herbs to injured areas. They work best on limbs.

Mallow - The leaves are best collected at sunhigh, when they are dry.

Marigold - Leaves and Flowers should be consumed to relieve chills. Leaves and Petals can be chewed and placed on wounds to prevent infection.

Marigold Petals - Petals and leaves may be chewed and then applied to a wound to prevent infection and heal burns.

Marigold Leaves - Dresses wounds.

Milkweed Juice - Used for sores and burns. Poisonous if ingested; do not use around the ears or eyes.

Mouse - Bile from the liver of the common mouse may be harvested and used to kill stubborn fleas and ticks.

Narcissus Flower Petals - Used when a she-cat has contractions. Helps soothe their mind.

Nettle - Leaves are used on rashes and fever

Peathingy Flower Petals - Helps kitten cough by clearing clogged throats and nasal passages. (Note: Doesn't have to be used -just- for kits, although it is especially effective against kitten cough.)

Parsley -- Used to STOP the flow of a cats milk

Pimpernel - Treatment of eye diseases.

Peppermint- Good for anxiety and causing sleep.

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
Poppy Flower - Flower heads may be consumed together to stop coughing.

Onion - Can keep out infected and stops swelling.

Ragwort - Used for strength.

Rosemary & Thyme - If mixed together and applied to a cat's fur, makes a fantastic flea repellent -- fleas
hate the smell.

Rosinweed - Cleans out the system when poison(s) have been digested. Takes effect upon relieving yourself.

Sacred Root - Used for upset stomachs if digested.

Sage Root - Heals cracked pads. Use with poppy seeds.

Shock Root - Stimulates the nerve system. Use after a cat has been knocked out, poisoned, or head trauma.

Skullcap Seeds - Gives a cat extra strength.

Smut Rye - Stimulates uterine contractions.

Red Clover - Calms, for coughs, and good for nervous exhaustion.

Ragweed Leaves - Relives stiff joints

Roots - Good for belly-aches

Rosemary - Helps Muscular pain, colds and flu, headaches, and Stress related symptoms

Sacred bark – Used for upset stomach

Sage - Helps with White cough

Skullcap Seeds - Gives you extra strength; acts like a steroid

Snakeroot - Used to counter poison

Stinging Nettle - The leaves, when applied to a wound, can bring down swelling. The spiny green seeds can be given to a cat who has been poisoned by crowfood, Twoleg waste, or other toxic objects.

Tansy (Flower) - Consumed to stop coughing. Leaves, flowers, and stems are consumed to remove worms. Do not give to a pregnant queen; it will make her miscarry. Administer all tansy in small doses.

Tansy Leaves - May be chewed to relieve joint pains. Do not give to a pregnant queen; it will make her miscarry. May also keep a cat's hunger at bay.

Thinned Heather Down - Helps the indigestion of a kit by lining the kit's stomach and absorbing the uncomfortable juices. Only useful if digested.

Thyme Leaves - Used to treat shock. May calm a cat and aid in restful sleep as well as frayed nerves.

Traveling Herbs - Herbs given to cats going on long adventures, such as the Moonstone. Includes: Poppy Seeds - Dulls hunger & pain in paws, Tansy Leaves - Keeps hunger at bay, Crushed Lotus Roots - An energizer to keep you awake,

Water mint - Used to cure bellyache

Wild Basil - Used to Stimulate Appetite and Improve Digestion. When made in a Poultice it is used to help external, Slow Healing Sores

Wild Roses - Good for upset stomach.

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.

Willow Bark - Small amounts may ease pain, inflamation, and to ease diarrhea or fevers.

Windflower Shoots - Useful for cramps, especially if those of a pregnant she-cat's.

Witch Hazel - An energizer.

Wormwood - Relieves pain when chewed.

Wood Sorrel - Good for upset stomach.

Yarrow Leaves - Makes them throw-up and extract poison

Yarrow Ointment – Scraped paws

Yew - Even one kills cats in seconds