Medicine (Herbs and Healing)

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These are the Medicines and Herbs that the medicine cats use. I got all the information from the Warriors Wiki ( A link to it: warriors.wikia.com/wiki/Medici… ) and a few other sites to figure out where you could find the herb.


They are put into four categories:

Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!      Treatment of Wounds

Dot Bullet (Yellow) - F2U!      Treatment of Diseases

Dot Bullet (Dark Brown) - F2U!      Poison

Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U!      Other

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Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     Blackberries/Blackberry Leaves -

Description: Plant itself carries pinkish-white flowers, each flower has five petals and produces one fruit crop a year. Grows in sunny areas. Carries a sharp scent.

Location: Large amounts are in Flora-Clan and Rapid-Clan. Few are on the borders of 
Arid-Clan and Coast-Clan. Some are scattered around Marsh-Clan.

Usage: These leaves are chewed into a pulp.

Effect: 
Mixed into a poultice to ease the pain of bee stings.



Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     Burdock/Burdock Root -

Description: Tall-stemmed thistle with a sharp smell and dark leaves. Has a bitter taste.

Location: Flora-Clan

Usage: The root is dug up, the soil is washed off, and then it is chewed into a pulp.

Effect: 
Lessens the pain of rat bites, especially if they are infected. Can give cats a bellyache if they eat too much of it. Numbs rat bite to the point a cat cannot feel the pain. Numbs rat bite to the point a cat cannot feel the pain.



Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     
Celandine/Celandine Poppy/Greater Celandine -

Description: Yellow flower with four petals. Celandine poppy have bigger petals, whereas the greater celandine are smaller.

Location: Large amounts in Flora-Clan and Rapid-Clan. Few are on the border of Marsh-Clan.

Usage: 
Crushed into juice and trickled into the eye.

Effect: 
Soothes weakened or damaged eyes.



Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     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: Few in Flora-Clan.

Usage: 
Chewed to extract the juice of the leaves or the root.

Effect: 
For infected wounds and bellyache, respectively.



Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     Cobwebs -

Description: 
Long, thin, shiny strands spun into a web by spiders. Very common.

Location: Large amounts in Flora-Clan and Rapid-Clan. Few in Marsh-Clan. 

Usage: 
Press over wound.

Effect:To soak up and stop, or slow, the bleeding.



Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     Comfrey Root -

Description: 
It has large leaves, small bell-shaped flowers, which are pink, white, or purple, and fat, black roots. Tangy smell.

Location: Marsh-Clan

Usage: 
Roots are chewed into a poultice. Can also be lined in one's nest.

Effect: Repairs broken bones or soothes wounds. Also used for wrenched claws. Can be used for itching or for inflammation on stiff joints. Also eases stiffness on wrenched shoulders when lined in a nest. Can be used for burns.




Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     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: 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.




Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     Dock/Dock Leaves -

Description: 
Common, large-leafed plant with a tangy smell and taste.

Location: Almost everywhere.

Usage: 
Chewed up and applied to scratches. Similar to sorrel.  Also can be put in one's nest during sleep.

Effect: 
Soothes scratches, though can sting when being applied. Soothes sore pads. If placed in nests, it can ease the pain of wounds. Can be used to help practice healing on Clanmates.




Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     Elder Leaves -

Description: 
Leaves from the Elder tree.

Location: 
Often found in 5-9 leaflets.

Usage: 
Turned into a poultice.

Effect: 
Soothes sprains.




Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     Fennel -

Description: 
Thin, spiky leaves.

Location: Large Amounts in Arid-Clan and Coast-Clan. Few in Marsh-Clan.

Usage: 
Stalks are broken and juice is squeezed into the receiver's mouth.

Effect: 
Helps pain in the hips.




Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     Goldenrod - 

Description: 
A tall plant with bright, yellow flowers.

Location: Few on borders of Arid-Clan.

Usage: 
Chewed into a poultice.

Effect: Good for healing wounds.




Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     Horsetail 


Description: A tall, bristly-stemmed plant, referred to with fleshy stalks.

Location: Marsh-Clan

Usage: Chewed to a poultice, and applied to wounds.

Effect:  Treats infections and stops bleeding.


Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     Marigold 


Description: A low-growing flower; yellow to bright orange.

Location: Everywhere 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.


Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     Dried Oak Leaves 


Description: Round, cartoon-like ruffled leaves.

Location: Flora-Clan 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.


Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     Ragwort Leaves 


Description: Tall shrub with yellow flowers. Tastes foul to cats.

Location: Large amounts in Rapid-Clan. Few can be found in Flora-Clan and Marsh-Clan.

Usage: Crushed and chewed; mixed with Juniper Berries, it can help aching joints.

Effect: Treats aching joints and keeps a cat's strength up.


Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     Rush 


Description: It has long narrow leaves and lavender-colored head stalks.

Location: Large amounts in Arid-Clan, Coast-Clan, and Marsh-Clan. Few in Flora-Clan and Rapid-Clan. 

Usage: Used to bind broken bones.

Effect: Helps hold a broken limb in place, such as casts for Twolegs.




Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     Stinging Nettle 


Description: It has green, spiny seeds.

Location: Mainly Flora-Clan but not found in Arid-Clan and Coast-Clan.

Usage: The seeds are eaten by a cat who's swallowed poison, or the leaves are chewed into a poultice for a wound. The stems can also be chewed.

Effect: Induces vomiting, or brings down swelling, respectively. Can be mixed with comfrey to help heal broken bones. Helps with wounds. Chewing the stems helps fight against infection.




Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     
Tormentil - 

Description: It has a strong, aromatic scent to it and a sharp taste.

Location: Few in Coast-Clan.

Usage: Chewed and put on the wound.

Effect: Its root is good for treating all wounds and extracting poison.



Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     Wild Garlic 


Description: Extremely sharp and tangy scent. Grows in patches, and typically has a white bulb with green leaves. They can also produce a flower.

Location: Mostly in Flora-Clan, Rapid-Clan, and Marsh-Clan.

Usage: One must roll in it.

Effect: Draws out poison in rat bites. Prevents infection.




Dot Bullet (Peach) - F2U!     Willow Bark 


Description: Bark of the willow tree.

Location: Marsh-Clan

Usage: Unknown

Effect: Eases pain.




Dot Bullet (Yellow) - F2U! Catmint/Catnip -

Description:
A leafy and delicious-smelling plant. Has gray-green leaves, stem is hairy, and has purple flowers. Is easily killed by frost.Looks like nettles, but doesn't sting.

Location: Near the barn.

Usage: Eaten

Effect:
Best remedy for the deadly greencough, which kits and elders usually catch in the season of leaf-bare. Can also be used for whitecough. Can be considered dangerous in extremely high dosages.




Dot Bullet (Yellow) - F2U! Chickweed -


Description:
Tall-stemmed plant with fat, almond-shaped leaves.

Location: Mainly Flora-Clan, few in Rapid-Clan.

Usage: Eaten

Effect: Treats greencough, though catnip is often preferred.




Dot Bullet (Yellow) - F2U! Hawkweed -


Description: Small green plant with yellow and orange flowers.

Location: Mainly Flora-Clan and in the mountains.

Usage: Unknown

Effect:
Like catmint but not as strong.




Dot Bullet (Yellow) - F2U! Lavender -


Description: A small purple flowering plant.

Location: On the mountain and on the border of Coast-Clan.

Usage:
Placed under a cats nose and is to be inhaled constantly, or rubbed/placed on an animal's body to hide the scent of death.

Effect: Cures fever and chills. Also used to hide the scent of death.




Dot Bullet (Yellow) - F2U! Lungwort -


Description: An herb with dark green leaves speckled with grey.

Location: Few on the mountain.

Usage: Eaten.

Effect: Cures yellowcough




Dot Bullet (Yellow) - F2U! Sweet Sedge -


Description: Thick green stem with long buds at the top.

Location: Grows all through Leaf-Bare, anywhere around water. (Rapid-Clan and Coast-Clan.)

Usage: One must swallow the sap.

Effect: Eases Infection.




Dot Bullet (Yellow) - F2U! Tansy
-

Description:
The tansy plant has round, yellow leaves, and has a very sweet and strong scent, making it good for disguising a cat's scent.

Location: Near the barn and on the mountain.

Usage: To be consumed, but only in small doses.

Effect: Cures coughs.
Can be used to cure wounds and poisons. Stops cats from getting greencough. Soothes throats. Can be extremely dangerous to pregnant cats.





Dot Bullet (Dark Brown) - F2U! Deathberries -

Description: Red berries from the dark-leaved, poisonous yew bush.

Location: Many in Marsh-Clan. Few in Flora-Clan and Rapid-Clan.

Usage: Sometimes used to kill other cats by making them eat the berry.

Effect: Kills a cat within minutes of being consumed.




Dot Bullet (Dark Brown) - F2U! Foxglove Seeds -


Description: Tiny, black seeds from the bell-shaped flower of the Foxglove plant.

Location: Almost everywhere, especially in Flora-Clan

Usage: They are used to treat the heart.

Effect:
They can easily cause paralysis and heart failure.



Dot Bullet (Dark Brown) - F2U! Holly Berries -


Description: A plant with spiny leaves that produces red berries with no medicinal value.

Location: Flora-Clan and Rapid-Clan.

Usage: Unknown

Effect:
Unknown



Dot Bullet (Dark Brown) - F2U! Deadly Nightshade -

Description: A small shrub with faintly scented, bell-shaped flowers that are purple tinged with green in color. Berries are shiny and black when ripe.

Location: Marsh-Clan and shady spots in Arid-Clan.

Usage: To quickly kill a cat who can not be saved.

Effect:
Poisonous.



Dot Bullet (Dark Brown) - F2U! Water Hemlock -

Description: Green or white flowers with petals in umbrella-shaped clusters.

Location: Marsh-Clan

Usage: Unknown

Effect:
Causes writhing, pain, and foaming at the mouth.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Alder Tree/Alder Bark -

Description: Dark grey bark, fissured. Younger trees can have greenish bark. Branches can sometimes be sticky.

Location: Marsh-Clan during Leaf-Fall and Leaf-Bare.

Usage: Unknown.

Effect: Eases toothaches.




Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Beech Tree/Beech Nuts/Beech Leaves -


Description: Has broad shiny leaves. Can have a variety of leaf colors, but typically green, yellow, or golden, and can also be smaller or short. Female trees typically produce Beech Nuts. Bark can be thin, smooth and gray in color.

Location: Flora-Clan and Rapid-Clan.

Usage: Unknown

Effect:
Nuts are good for attracting prey.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Bindweed -


Description: Blue petals with white throat and yellow center. Typically blooms in warmer weather. Stem contains green leaves.

Location: The mountain.

Usage: Helps bind sticks together.

Effect:
When combined with sticks, can mend a broken leg and keep it in place.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Borage/Borage Leaves -


Description:
It is easily distinguished by its small blue or pink star-shaped petals and hairy leaves. Can be distinguished by smell just as well as sight. The best leaves are typically halfway up the stem, and has a zesty scent to them. Leaves can be gray-green in color, soft, and they lose their flavor when they are dried out.

Location: Flora-Clan, Rapid-Clan, and the mountain.

Usage: Chewed and eaten.

Effect:
It produces more and better milk. It also brings down fevers. Helps soothes bad bellies and relieves tight chests.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Bright Eyes/Garden Phlox -


Description: Light pink with darker pink in the middle.

Location: Flora-Clan and the borders of Arid-Clan and Coast-Clan.

Usage: Crushed into a poultice mixture.

Effect:
Mixed with Lovage to help cure coughs.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Broom -


Description: Shrubs with small leaves and small yellow flowers. Flowers are often solitary, but can come in pairs.

Location: Flora-Clan in late Leaf-Fall and Leaf-Bare.

Usage: Ground into a poultice.

Effect:
Used in a poultice that can help broken legs and wounds.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Burnet -


Description: Medium green-colored basal leaves. Can occasionally have spikes of purple flowers.

Location: Flora-Clan and on the border of Aird-Clan and Coast-Clan.

Usage: A traveling herb. The leaves are swallowed.

Effect:
Used to give strength. Good for expecting queens.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Catchweed/Catchweed Bedstraw/Catchweed Burrs -


Description: A plant with fuzzy green balls on long stems.

Location: Flora-Clan, Rapid-Clan, and Marsh-Clan.

Usage: The burrs are put on pelts where poultices are.

Effect:
Stops poultices from being rubbed off without hurting the skin.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Charomline -


Description: A small white, flower with a large, yellow center.

Location: The barn and Coast-Clan.

Usage: Eaten.

Effect:
Strengthens the heart and soothes the mind. Also given to traveling cats for strength.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Cob Nuts -


Description: A smooth brown nut with a hard outside shell. A type of hazelnut.

Location: Many in Coast clan and few in Flora-Clan.

Usage: Made into ointments.

Effect:
Unknown (Maybe used to attract prey?)



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Coltsfoot -


Description: A flowering plant with yellow and white flowers resembling dandelions. Grows best in New-Leaf.

Location: In the center of Rapid-Clan's camp.

Usage: Leaves are chewed into a pulp.

Effect:
Eases breathing or kitten-cough, as well as cracked or sore pads.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Daisy Leaf -


Description: Thick, dark green, oval shaped leaves.

Location: Flora-Clan.

Usage: Chewed into a paste.

Effect:
Eases the pain of aching joints. It is a traveling herb.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Feverfew -


Description: Small bush with flowers resembling daisies. Has a sharp tangy smell and small soft leaves.

Location: Anywhere around water.

Usage: Eaten.

Effect:
Reduces body temperature for cats with fever or chills. Also heals aches and pains, especially good for head aches.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Goatweed -


Description: Plant with ovate leaves.

Location: Rapid-Clan and Coast-Clan.

Usage: Unknown

Effect:
Eases grief.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Heather Nectar -


Description: Nectar found in bell-shaped flowers.

Location: Flora-Clan, Rapid-Clan, and Marsh-Clan.

Usage: Included in herbal mixtures.

Effect:
Makes swallowing easier and sweetens mixtures.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Honey -


Description: A sweet, golden colored-colored liquid made by bees.

Location: In honeycombs or bees nests up in trees.

Usage: Eaten, or given by moss soaked in.

Effect:
Soothes infections, is a great remedy for smoke-damaged or sore throats, helps cats swallow other concoctions, helps soothe coughing, and gives energy.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Ivy Leaf -


Description: Leaves from the ivy vine.

Location: Flora-Clan and Marsh-Clan, few in Rapid-Clan.

Usage: To store other herbs.

Effect:
None.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Juniper Berries -


Description: Purple-blue berries from the dark green, spiky-leaved juniper bush.

Location: On the border of Arid-Clan.

Usage: Chewed and Eaten.

Effect:
Soothes bellyaches, gives strength, and helps troubled breathing. It is also used to help calm cats.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Lamb's Ear -


Description: Soft, fuzzy green plant.

Location: The mountain.

Usage: Unknown

Effect:
Gives a cat strength.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Lovage -


Description:
A tall, green vine-like plant. (Information: Wikipedia)

Location: Flora-Clan and Rapid-Clan.

Usage: Unknown

Effect:
If it is mixed with Bright-Eye, it can help cure coughs.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Mallow Leaves -


Description: Large fuzzy, three-nubbed leaves from a flowering shrub; sweet rose scent.

Location: Coast-Clan.

Usage: Eaten.

Effect:
Soothes bellyaches.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Mint -


Description: Downy, serrated leaves ranging from green to purple and yellow in color. Flowers are small and white or purple in color.

Location: Flora-Clan.

Usage: Rubbed on a dead body.

Effect:
Used to mask the smell of death.



Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Mouse Bile -


Description: Foul smelling, yellowish-green liquid.

Location: Anywhere, where there is mice present.

Usage: The liquid is soaked into moss and dabbed onto ticks embedded in the pelt.

Effect:
The ticks fall off.


Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Parsley -


Description:
A long-stemmed plant with ragged-edged crinkly leaves, Sharp scent, tastes cold and fresh, tastes the same fresh or dried.

Location: Marsh-Clan and few in Rapid-Clan.

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.


Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Poppy Seeds -


Description: Tiny, round black seeds that are shaken out of dried poppy flowerheads.

Location: Flora-Clan, Rapid-Clan, and the barn.

Usage: Chewed on.

Effect:
They can help a cat sleep, soothe shock or distress, or ease pain. Not recommended for nursing queens.


Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Ragwort -


Description: Ragged-leaved plant resembling a fern.

Location: The mountain.

Usage: Thought to give cats extra strength.

Effect:
Like Lamb's Ear, Ragwort gives a cat extra strength and energy.


Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Raspberry Leaves -


Description: Soft to the touch, but with jagged edges.

Location: Raspberry bushes.

Usage: It could be a painkiller, or helps stop bleeding during kitting.

Effect:
Could possibly ease pain, or stop bleeding.


Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Rosemary -


Description: Tall with nettle-like leaves and purple plants.

Location: Flora-Clan.

Usage: Put on the pelt of a dead cat to prepare for burial.

Effect:
Masks the smell of death.


Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Sorrel -


Description: Similar to dock, sorrel is used as a traveling herb.

Location: The mountain.

Usage: Eaten.

Effect:
Traveling herb., can also build up an appetite


Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Stick -


Description: Thin wooden protrusions that grow on or fall from trees.

Location: Where trees are.

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.


Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Thyme -


Description: Small, delicate, thick, sticky leaves with a fresh tang.

Location: Arid-Clan.

Usage: Leaves can be chewed on.

Effect:
Calms nervousness, anxiety, and cats who are in shock.


Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Traveling Herbs -


Description: Mixture consist of Sorrel, Daisy, Charmomine, and Burnet.

Location: No one place.

Usage: Eaten.

Effect:
When mixed together, they suppress hunger pains and and give a cat strength.


Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Watermint -


Description: A green, leafy plant, with purple flowers at the end of the its spiky stems.

Location: Marsh-Clan and Rapid-Clan.

Usage: It is usually chewed into a pulp, and then eaten.

Effect:
Eases the suffering that originates from a bellyache.


Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Willow Leaves -


Description: Leaves from a willow tree.

Location: Anywhere a willow tree is (Marsh-Clan).

Usage: Eaten.

Effect:
Stops barfing.


Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Wintergreen -


Description: Easily identifiable by its red berries.

Location: On the border of Arid-Clan and Flora-Clan's territory.

Usage: Unknown

Effect:
Treats wounds and some poisons.


Dot Bullet (Lime Green) - F2U! Yarrow -


Description:
A flowering plant with green, jagged leaves, a tangy scent and a bitter taste.

Location: Coast-Clan and the mountain.

Usage:
Its leaves are chewed into a poultice that can be given to cats or applied to a wound depending on the situation.

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


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C00kiemuffin0re0's avatar
Woaa! i know most of the herbs already, can my char be medicine cat? her application may take a while, but shes a medicine cat :D