Herbs In Warrior Cats Herbs (good and bad) ____________________ Alder Bark Description: Bark of the alder tree. Location: Grows mainly in boggy, wet terrain. Usage: For tooth pain. Effect: Eases toothaches. Beech Leaves Description: Large, broad leaves that can be serrated, entire or sparsely toothed. Location: Grows in almost any soil that's not waterlogged. Usage: By ThunderClan medicine cats for carrying other herbs. Effect: None. Bindweed Description: Arrow-head-shaped leaves with pale white or pink trumpet-shaped flowers. Location: Grows almost anywhere. Usage: Fastens sticks to broken legs to keep them in place. Effect: None Blackberry Leaves Description: Leaves from the prickly blackberry bush. Location: Almost anywhere; they are very hardy plants. Usage: These leaves are chewed into a pulp. Effect: Eases the swelling of bee stings. Borage Leaves Description: It is easily distinguished by its small blue or pink star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves. Location: Grows best in forests. Usage: It is chewed and eaten by nursing queens. Effect: It produces more and better milk. It also brings down fevers. Burdock Root Description: Tall-stemmed thistle with a sharp smell and dark leaves. Location: Dry areas. Usage: The root is dug up, the soil is washed off, and then chewed into a pulp. Effect: Lessens & heals the pain of infected rat bites. Burnet Description: Has oval-shaped leaves with serrated edges. Stems grow 50-200cm tall, with large clusters of small flower buds on top. Location: Usually found in dry, grassy meadows. Usage: A traveling herb. Effect: Is said to help stop minor bleeding on humans. Keeps a cat's strength up. (A traveling herb used in The Fourth Apprentice little is known about it) Catchweed Description: A plant with fuzzy green balls on long stems. Location: It is common in hedges and other low, shrubby vegetation. Usage: The burrs are put on the pelt where poultices are. Effect: Stops poultices from being rubbed off without hurting the skin. Catmint Description: A leafy and delicious-smelling plant. Location: Rarely found in the wild; mostly found in Twoleg gardens. (It is best to collect late in the day, as the dew will have burned off (evaporated) so it won't rot in the store) Usage: Eaten. Effect: The best remedy for greencough, which kits and elders usually catch in leaf-bare. Can be used for white cough. Celandine Description: Yellow flower with four petals. Location: Grows better on ThunderClan's territory, though it also grows on RiverClan's territory. Usage: Juice is trickled into the eye. Effect: Soothes damaged eyes. Chamomile Description: A small, white flower with a large, yellow center. Location: Can be found in Twoleg gardens. Usage: Eaten. Effect: Strengthens the heart and soothes the mind. Also given to traveling cats for strength. 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: In the Forest Territories, it was found at Snakerocks. Usage: Chewed to extract the juice of the leaves or the root. Effect: For infected wounds and bellyache, respectively. Can also be used during kitting Chickweed Description: Tall-stemmed plant with fat, almond-shaped leaves. Location: In the Forest Territories, it grew near Sunningrocks. Usage: Eaten, such as catmint/catnip. Effect: Treats greencough, though catmint is often preferred Cobwebs Description: Long, thin, shiny strands spun into a web by spiders. Very common. Location: All around the forest. Usage: Press overwound. Effect: To soak up and stop (or slow) the bleeding. It may also be used to bind broken bones Coltsfoot Description: A flowering plant with yellow or white flowers resembling dandelions. Grows best in newleaf. Location: Grows by a waterfall in RiverClan's forest territory. It also grows well in ShadowClan's lake territory. Usage: Leaves chewed into a pulp. Effect: Eases breathing or kitten-cough, as well as cracked or sore pads Comfrey Root Description: It has large leaves, small bell-shaped flowers, which are pink, white, or purple, and fat, black roots. Tangy smell. Location: Damp, grassy places. Usage: Roots are chewed into a poultice. Effect: Repairs broken bones or soothes wounds. Also used for wrenched claws. Can be used for itching or for inflammation on stiff joints. Daisy Leaf Description: Thick, dark green, oval-shaped leaves. Location: Almost everywhere. Usage: Chewed into a paste. Effect: Eases the pain of aching joints. It is also a traveling herb. Poppy Seed - Used to soothe distress and pain; useful for making a sick cat sleep. Small black seeds shaken from a dried poppy flower, are fed to cats to help them sleep.
