Herbs and Poisons (Warrior Cats Supplement)

Herbs

In the world of Warriors, Guardian, Sister, and Medicine Cat use herbs to treat most wounds, ailments, and sicknesses. Here is a list of herbs and what they serve.

Alder Bark

Alder bark from the Alder trees is used in relieving toothaches when chewed.

Blackberry Leaves

The Blackberry leaves from this sharp-smelling plant are used to treat bee stings when applied as a pulp.

Borage Leaves

The borage leaves are used in multiple purposes. Borge plant produce an exotic smell, small blue or pink star-shaped petals, and hairy leaves. They are used for

• It produces more and better milk.
• It also brings down fevers.
• Helps sooth bad bellies
• Helps relieves tight chests

Bright-eye

The bright-eye from a light pink with darker pink in the middles flower. When mixed with lovage, it can help to cure coughs

Broom

Broom are shrubs with small leaves and small yellow flower. It can be used to help broken legs and wounds.

Burdock Root

Burdock root tall-stemmed thistle with a sharp smell and dark leaves. They are used for:

• Soothes and heals rat bites
• Can give cats a bellyache if they eat too much of it.
• Numbs rat bite to the point a cat cannot feel the pain.
• For infected paws and other sores.

Burnet

Burnet is medium green-colored basal leaves. It is used for used to give strength. Often used for expecting queens (mothers).

Catchweed

Catchweed is from a plant with fuzzy green balls on long stems, It is uses to stops poultices from being rubbed off without hurting the skin

Catmint

Catmint has gray-green leaves, stem is hairy, and has purple flowers. It is used for:

• greencough
• whitecough
• Can be considered dangerous in extremely high dosages

Celandine

Celandine are yellow flower with four petals. They are used for Soothes weakened or damaged eyes.

Chamomile

Chamomile are a small, white flower with a large, yellow center. They are use for strengthening the heart and soothes the mind. Also given to traveling cats for strength.

Chervil

Chervil is a sweet-smelling plant with large, leafy, fern-like leaves and small white flowers. They are used for infected wounds and bellyache. It can also be used during kitting (birthing).

Chickweed

Chickweed is a tall-stemmed plant with fat, almond-shaped leaves. It is used for treating greencough, though catnip is often preferred.

Coltsfoot

Coltsfoot is a flowering plant with yellow or white flowers resembling dandelions. It is used for easing breathing or kitten-cough, as well as cracked or sore pads.

Comfrey root

Comfrey root has large leaves, small bell-shaped flowers, which are pink, white, or purple, and fat, brown roots. It is used for multiple purposes:

• Repairs broken bones
• Soothes wounds.
• Treat wrenched claws.
• Help with reducing itching.
• Reduce inflammation on stiff joints.
• Also eases stiffness on wrenched shoulders when lined in a nest.
• Can be used for burns.

Daisy Leaf

Daisy Leaf is from thick, dark green, oval shaped leaves plant. It is used to treat pain of aching joints. It is also a traveling herb

Dandelion

Dandelion is a common, yellow-flowered plant with long, hollow stems. It is used for soothing and healing bee stings. Its leaves can also be chewed to act like a painkiller.

Dock Leaf

Dock leaf is common, large-leafed plant with a tangy smell and taste. It is for treating:

• Soothes scratches, though can sting when being applied.
• Soothes sore pads.
• If placed in nests, it can ease the pain of wounds

Elder Leaves

Elder leaves are for soothing sprains.

Fennel

Fennel are used for pain in the hips.

Feverfew

Feverfew are small bush with flowers resembling daisies. They are used for:

• Reduces body temperature for cats with fever or chills.
• Heals aches and pains
• Good for headaches

Goatweed

Goatweed are plant with ovate leaves. They are used for easing grief.

Goldenrod

Goldenrod are a tall plant with bright, yellow flowers. They are used for healing wounds.

Hawkweed

Hawkweed are small green plant with yellow and orange flowers. They are weaker version catmint.

Heather Nectar

Heather nectar are bell-shaped flowers. They using makes swallowing easier and sweetens mixtures.

Horsetail

Horsetail is a tall, bristly-stemmed plant, referred to with fleshy stalks. They are used for treats infections and stops bleeding.

Juniper Berries

Juniper berries are useful fruit.

• Soothes bellyaches
• Gives strength
• Helps troubled breathing.
• It is also used to help calm cats

Lamb's Ear

Lamb's ear is a mountain plant that looks like soft, fuzzy green leaves. They use for gives a cat strength

Lavender

Lavender is a small purple flowering plant. They are cures fever and chills.

Lovage

Lovage are mixed with bright-eye to help cure coughs.

Lungwort

Lungwort is an herb with dark green leaves speckled with gray. They are used to cure yellowcough.

Mallow Leaves

Mallow leaves are large fuzzy three-nubbed leaves from a flowering shrub; sweet rose scent. They are used for soothes bellyache.

Marigold

Marigold are a low-growing flower; yellow to bright orange. They used for:

• Stops infection.
• Stops bleeding.
• Used for inflammation of stiff joints

Oak Leaf

Oak leaf are for stoping infection from setting in.

Parsley

Parsley are for stoping 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.

Poppy Seeds

Poppy seeds are for:

• They can help a cat sleep
• Soothe shock or distrese
• Ease pain

Not recommended for nursing queens

Ragweed

Ragweed is ragged-leaved plant resembling a fern. They are used for extra strength and energy.

Snag Weed

Snag Weed is a fuzzy leafed plant. The leaves and seeds of this plant stick to fur. They are used for:

• burns
• treating cuts
• slow bleeding
• boast immunity system

Sorrel Leaf

Sorrel leaf is a dock leaf replacement. It is used for traveling herb, and build up appetite.

Stinging Nettle

Stinging nettle is a green, spiny seeds from a fern. It is used for

• Induces vomiting
• Brings down swelling
• When mixed with comfrey, it can help heal broken bones.
• Helps with wounds.
• Chewing the stems helps fight against infection.

Sweet-sedge

Sweet-sedge is a thick green stem with long buds at the top. It is used to ease infection.

Tansy

The tansy plant has round, yellow flowers, and has a very sweet and strong scent. It is used for:

• Cures coughs.
• Can be used to cure wounds and poisons.
• Stops cats from getting greencough.
• Soothes throats.

Can be extremely dangerous to pregnant cats

Tormentil Root

Tormentil is yellow flower plant that has a strong, aromatic scent to it and a sharp taste. It is used for treating all wounds and extracting poison.

Thyme

Thyme is a small, delicate, thick, sticky leaves with a fresh tang. It is used for calming nervousness, anxiety, and cats who are in shock.

Watermint

Watermint is a light green plant with oval-shaped leaves and purple flowers at the end of its spiky stems. It is for easeing the suffering that originates from a bellyache.

Garlic

Garlic is for drawing out poison in rat bites and prevents infection.

Willow Bark

Willow bark is for easing pain.

Willow leaves

Willow leaves are for stoping vomiting.

Wintergreen

Wintergreen are red berries that grow on bush. They are used for treating wounds and some poisons

Wood Sorrel

Wood sorrel is a medium-sized weed with green, heart-shaped leaves, and five-petaled yellow or white flowers. The flowers can also be pink or violet depending on the species. It is used for drying up wounds.

Yarrow

Yarrow is a flowering plant with green, jagged leaves, a tangy scent and a bitter taste. It is used for:

• Extracts poison from wounds.
• Will make a cat vomit up toxins.
• The ointment will soften and help heal cracked pads.

Others

Not all useful plants or items that are used for healing.

Bindweed

Bindweed is the stem of a small flowering plant. The flowers are described as blue petals with white throat and yellow center. They are used as ropes, most commonly used for a makeshift splint.

Cobwebs

Cobwebs is used for soaking up and stop, or slow, the bleeding. It may also be used to bind broken bones

Honey

Honey is one of the best items in the game. They used for:

• Soothes infections
• Is a great remedy for smoke-damaged or sore throats
• Helps cats swallow other concoctions
• Helps soothe coughing
• Gives energy
• Key ingredients for Medicine Cat to create healing potions

Mouse Bile

Mouse bile is a foul smelling, yellowish-green liquid for kills ticks.

Poisons

There are plants for healing and there are plants for poisons. These are a collection of plants that poisons cats.

Deathberries

Deathberries are red berries from the dark-leaved, poisonous yew bush. It can kills a cat within minutes when consumed. [284] However, if the flesh of the berry is used (with the seed carefully removed), it can cure an infection within an animal without killing them.

Foxglove Seeds

Foxglove seeds is tiny, black seeds from the bell-shaped flower of the foxglove plant. It can easily and quickly cause paralysis, heart failure, and lead to coma and death

Holly Berries

Holly berries is a evergreen flowering plant with dark green, spiny leaves that produces red berries with no medicinal value. It causes vomiting, belly pain, and loss of appetite are all common effects, but is only deadly in large quantity or if a cat is very young or very old.

Meadow Saffron

Meadow saffron is a poisonous plant with purple flowers. It causes lethargy, vomiting, and difficulty breathing.

Deadly Nightshade

Deadly nightshade is a small shrub with faintly scented, bell-shaped flowers that are purple tinged with green in color. The poisonous berries are shiny and black when ripe.

Water Hemlock

Water hemlock is a green or white flowers with petals in umbrella-shaped clusters. When eaten, it causes writhing, pain, and foaming at the mouth

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