Post by Canbeezy on Mar 30, 2013 1:54:38 GMT -5
Hey there! Beezy here with our much needed herb list!
Note that this has been edited and does not follow exactly from the books. This is just a little guide mainly for medicine cats and their apprentices for when they are in need of herbs and need to know where to find them.
Please, Please, Please! If you are not a medicine cat, do not parade around after you see this list and try to heal everything in site, there is a rule for that. Also do not simply grab random herbs and bring them to your medicine cat. I will be making a separate list for each clan's individual herb stock, to keep down confusion on who has what, what has gone bad, etc. So please bare with me while I get this done, what I have done so far was hard enough. I just wanted to do something nice for you all <3
*Maroon color represents poisonous herbs*
Sherwood Herb List
[/b][/center][/size]Commonly Used Herbs
[/center]Blackberry Leaves
Burdock Root
Cobwebs
Coltsfoot
Daisy Leaf
Dandelion
Fennel
Goldenrod
Honey
Juniper Berries
Mouse Bile
Poppy Seeds
Rush
Stick
Stinging Nettle
Thyme
Alder Bark
Celandine
Chickweed
Comfrey Root
Dock
Feverfew
Horsetail
Mallow Leaves
Marigold
Watermint
Cob Nuts
Parsley
Borage Leaves
Chervil
Tansy
Wild Garlic
Yarrow
Catmint
Chamomile
MoorClan Herbs:
Blackberry Leaves
Burdock Root
Burnet
Catchweed
Cobwebs
Coltsfoot
Daisy Leaf
Dandelion
Fennel
Goldenrod
Honey
Juniper Berries
Lamb's Ear
Mouse Bile
Poppy Seeds
Ragwort Leaves
Ragweed
Rush
Snakeroot
Stick
Stinging Nettle
Thyme
IvyLeaf
Water Hemlock
CoveClan Herbs:
Alder Bark
Blackberry Leaves
Celandine
Chickweed
Cobwebs
Coltsfoot
Comfrey Root
Daisy Leaf
Dandelion
Dock
Feverfew
Honey
Horsetail
Lavender
Mallow Leaves
Marigold
Mouse Bile
Dried Oak Leaf
Poppy Seeds
Ragwort Leaves
Stick
Stinging Nettle
Watermint
Holly Berries
Water Hemlock
Streamclan Herbs:
Beech Leaves
Blackberry Leaves
Borage Leaves
Celandine
Chervil
Chickweed
Cobnuts
Cobwebs
Comfrey Root
Daisy Leaf
Dandelion
Dock
Honey
Juniper Berries
Mallow Leaves
Marigold
Mint
Mouse Bile
Dried Oak Leaf
Parsley
Poppy Seeds
Ragwort Leaves
Raspberry Leaves
Rosemary
Stick
Stinging Nettle
Tansy
Watermint
Wild Garlic
Yarrow
Deathberries
Holly Berries
Two-leg Places:
Catmint
Chamomile
Sorrel
Tansy
Tormentil
Willow Bark
Wintergreen
Foxglove Seeds
Nightshade
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Alder Bark
Description: Bark of the alder tree.
Location: CoveClan
Usage: For tooth pain.
Effect: Eases toothaches.
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Beech Leaves
Description: The distinguishing feature of the leaf is the serrated edges.
Location: StreamClan
Usage: By StreamClan medicine cats for carrying other herbs.
Effect: None.
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Blackberry Leaves
Description: Leaves from the prickly blackberry bush.
Location: All Clans
Usage: These leaves are chewed into a pulp.
Effect: Eases the swelling of bee stings.
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Borage Leaves
Description: It is easily distinguished by its small blue or pink star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves.
Location: StreamClan
Usage: It is chewed and eaten by nursing queens.
Effect: It produces more and better milk. It also brings down fevers.
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Burdock Root
Description: Tall-stemmed thistle with a sharp smell and dark leaves.
Location: MoorClan, possibly weak patches in StreamClan.
Usage: The root is dug up, the soil is washed off, and then it is chewed into a pulp.
Effect: Lessens and heals the pain of infected rat bites.
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Burnet
Description: Has oval-shaped leaves with serrated edges. Stems grow 50-200cm tall, with large clusters of small flower buds on top.
Location: MoorClan
Usage: A traveling herb.
Effect: Is said to help stop minor bleeding. Keeps a cat's strength up.
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Catmint
Description: A leafy and delicious-smelling plant.
Location: Two-leg places
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.
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.
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Celandine
Description: Yellow flower with four petals.
Location: Grows better on StreamClan's territory, though it also grows on CoveClan's territory.
Usage: Juice is trickled into the eye.
Effect: Soothes damaged eyes.
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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.
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Chervil
Description: A sweet-smelling plant with large, leafy, fern-like leaves and small white flowers.
Location: ThunderClan, 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 be used during kitting.
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Chickweed
Description: Tall-stemmed plant with fat, almond-shaped leaves.
Location: StreamClan and CoveClan it grows near Sunningrocks.
Usage: Unknown.
Effect: Treats greencough, though catmint is often preferred.
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Cob Nuts
Description: A smooth brown nut with a hard outside shell. A type of hazelnut.
Location: Two-leg place, StreamClan.
Usage: Made into ointments.
Effect: Used in most poultices to strengthen the effect.
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Cobwebs
Description: Long, thin, shiny strands spun into a web by spiders. Very common.
Location: All Clans.
Usage: Press over wound.
Effect: To soak up and stop (or slow) the bleeding. It may also be used to bind broken bones.
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Coltsfoot
Description: A flowering plant with yellow or white flowers resembling dandelions. Grows best in newleaf.
Location: CoveClan/MoorClan, at the Waterfall.
Usage: Leaves chewed into a pulp.
Effect: Eases breathing or kitten-cough, as well as cracked or sore pads.
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Comfrey Root
Description: It has large leaves, small bell-shaped flowers, which are pink, white, or purple, and fat, black roots. Tangy smell.
Location: CoveClan, some in StreamClan near the river.
Usage: Roots are chewed into a poultice.
Effect: Repairs broken bones or soothes wounds. Also used for wrenched claws. Can be used for itching, used for inflammation on stiff joints.
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Daisy Leaf
Description: Thick, dark green, oval shaped leaves.
Location: All clans.
Usage: Chewed into a paste.
Effect: Eases the pain of aching joints. It is also a travelling herb.
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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: All clans.
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.
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Dock
Description: Common, large-leafed plant with a tangy smell and taste.
Location: CoveClan, StreamClan weak areas in StreamClan.
Usage: Chewed up and applied to scratches. Similar to sorrel.
Effect: Soothes scratches, though can sting when being applied. Soothes sore pads.
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Fennel
Description: Thin, spiky leaves.
Location: MoorClan, StreamClan
Usage: Stalks are broken and juice is squeezed into the receiver's mouth.
Effect: Helps pain, mostly in the hips or aching bones. (elders)
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Feverfew
Description: Small bush with flowers resembling daisies, sharp tangy smell, small soft leaves.
Location: CoveClan
Usage: Eaten.
Effect: Reduces body temperature for cats with fever or chills. Also heals aches and pains, especially good for headaches.
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Goldenrod
Description: A tall plant with bright, yellow flowers.
Location: MoorClan.
Usage: Chewed into a poultice.
Effect: Good for healing wounds.
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Heather Nectar
Description: Nectar found in bell-shaped flowers.
Location: StreamClan
Usage: Included in herbal mixtures.
Effect: Makes swallowing easier and sweetens mixtures.
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Honey
Description: A sweet, golden-coloured liquid made by bees.
Location: In honeycombs or bees nests up in trees. All clans.
Usage: Eaten, or given by moss soaked in it.
Effect: Soothes infections, smoke-damaged or sore throats, helps cats swallow other concoctions, helps soothe coughing, gives energy.
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Horsetail
Description: A tall, bristly-stemmed plant, referred to with fleshy stalks.
Location: StreamClan, sparse patches in CoveClan.
Usage: Chewed to a poultice, and applied to wounds.
Effect: Treats infections and stops bleeding.
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Ivy Leaf
Description: Leaves from the ivy vine.
Location: StreamClan
Usage: By StreamClan medicine cats to store other herbs.
Effect: None.
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Juniper Berries
Description: Purple-blue berries from the dark green, spiky-leaved juniper bush.
Location: Mostly MoorClan and StreamClan, few in StreamClan.
Usage: Chewed and eaten.
Effect: Soothes bellyaches, gives strength, and helps troubled breathing. It is also used to help calm cats.
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Lamb's Ear
Description: Soft, fuzzy green plant.
Location: MoorClan, mostly high-stones.[70]
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Gives a cat strength.
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Lavender
Description: A small, purple, flowering plant.
Location: StreamClan
Usage: Unknown.
Effect: Cures fever and chills. Also a herb used to hide the scent of death.
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Mallow Leaves
Description: Large fuzzy three-nubbed leaves from a flowering shrub, sweet rose scent.
Location: CoveClan, near the river in StreamClan. Best collected in the late after-noon when they are dry.
Usage: Eaten.
Effect: Soothes bellyache.
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Marigold
Description: A low-growing flower, yellow to bright orange.
Location: CoveClan, StreamClan near the river.
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.
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Mint
Description: None.
Location: Near StreamClan camp.
Usage: Rubbed on a dead body.
Effect: Hides the scent of death.
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Mouse Bile
Extracted from the mouse. The only remedy for ticks, mouse bile is foul smelling, and is stored in moss. When dabbed on a tick, the tick falls off. Smell can be masked by wild garlic, or by washing paws in running water. If accidentally swallowed, can leave a horrible taste in mouth for days. Medicine cats always have to remember to wash their paws in a body of water, such as a creek or stream, after using mouse bile.
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Dried Oak Leaf
Description: Round, cartoony ruffled leaves.
Location: Mostly StreamClan, CoveClan.
Usage: Unknown, but stored in a dry place.
Effect: Stops infection from setting in.
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Parsley
Description: A long-stemmed plant with ragged-edged crinkly leaves, Sharp scent, tastes cold and fresh, tastes the same fresh or dried.
Location: StreamClan.
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.
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Poppy Seeds
Description: Tiny, round black seeds that are shaken out of a dried poppy flowerhead.
Location: All clans.
Usage: Chewed on.
Effect: They can help a cat sleep, soothe shock or distress, or ease pain. Not recommended for nursing queens.
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Ragwort Leaves
Description: Tall shrub with yellow flowers, Tastes foul to cats.
Location: All clans.
Usage: Crushed and chewed; mixed with juniper berries, it can help aching joints.
Effect: Treats aching joints and keeps a cat's strength up.
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Ragweed
Description: Ragged-leaved plant resembling a fern.
Location: MoorClan, mostly high-stones.
Usage: Thought to give cats extra strength.
Effect: Like lamb's ear, ragweed gives a cat extra strength and energy.
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Raspberry Leaves
Description: Soft to the touch, but with jagged edges.
Location: StreamClan
Usage: It could be a painkiller, or help stop bleeding during kitting.
Effect: Could possibly ease pain, or stop bleeding.
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Rosemary
Description: Tall with needle-like leaves and purple flowers.
Location: StreamClan camp.
Usage: Put on the pelt of a dead cat to prepare for burial.
Effect: Hides the scent of death.
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Rush
Description: It has long narrow leaves and lavender-colored head stalks.
Location: MoorClan, StreamClan.
Usage: Used to bind broken bones.
Effect: Helps hold a broken limb in place, such as casts for Twolegs.
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Snakeroot
Description: The best remedy for poison, especially snake bites.
Location: MoorClan.
Usage: Thought to be applied to wounds.
Effect: Thought to heal poison.
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Sorrel
Description: Similar to dock, Sorrel is used as a traveling herb.
Location: Two-leg places.
Usage: Eaten.
Effect: Traveling herb.
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Stick
Description: Thin wooden protrusions that grow on and fall from trees.
Location: All Clans
Usage: Cats in pain bite it.
Effect: Distracts cats from pain. Reccomended for queens giving birth.
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Stinging Nettle
Description: It has green, spiny seeds.
Location: All Clans.
Usage: The seeds are eaten by a cat who's swallowed poison, or the leaves are chewed into a poultice for a wound.
Effect: Induces vomiting, or brings down swelling, respectively. Can be mixed with comfrey to help heal broken bones. Helps with wounds.
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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: StreamClan, two-leg places.
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.
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Tormentil
Description: It has a strong, aromatic scent to it and a sharp taste.
Location: Two-leg places.
Usage: Chewed and put on the wound.
Effect: Its root is good for treating all wounds and extracting poison.
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Thyme
Description: Small, delicate, thick, sticky leaves with a fresh tang.
Location: MoorClan.
Usage: Leaves can be chewed on.
Effect: Calms nervousness, anxiety, and cats who are in shock.
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Traveling Herbs
Most Traveling Herbs consists of sorrel, daisy, chamomile and burnet. Used to give a cat more energy and strength.
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Watermint
Description: A green, leafy plant.
Location: CoveClan, StreamClan near the river.
Usage: It is usually chewed into a pulp, and then eaten.
Effect: Eases the suffering that originates from a bellyache.
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Wild Garlic
Description: Due to its strong smell, it is good for hiding the scent of a certain Clan, and disguising cats on raids.
Location: StreamClan, near camp.
Usage: One must roll in it.
Effect: Prevents infection, especially rat bites.
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Willow Bark
Description: Bark of the willow tree.
Location: Grows near Twoleg places.
Usage: Unknown.
Effect: Eases pain.
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Wintergreen
Description: Easily identifiable by its red berries.
Location: Two-leg place.
Usage: Unknown .
Effect: Treats wounds and some poisons.
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Yarrow
Description: A flowering plant.
Location: StreamClan, Snakerocks
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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Deathberries/Yew berries/Night Seeds
Description: Red berries from the dark-leaved, poisonous yew bush.
Location: The ravine in the StreamClan forest territory
Usage: Sometimes used to kill other cats by making them eat the berry to prevent unnecessary suffering.
Effect: Kills a cat within minutes when consumed.
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Foxglove Seeds
Description: Tiny, black seeds from the bell-shaped flower of the foxglove plant. They are often mistaken for poppy seeds because they look extremely similar.
Location: StreamClan, High-stones, Two-leg places.
Usage: Must be consumed.
Effect: They can easily cause paralysis and heart failure
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Holly Berries
Description: Plant with spiny leaves that produces red berries with no medicinal value.
Location: StreamClan, CoveClan.
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Can be fatal if many are eaten at once.
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Nightshade
Description: Tubular flower with radiating petals
Location: High-stones, Two-leg places.
Usage: To kill a cat who cannot be saved quickly.
Effect: Poisonous
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Water Hemlock
Description: Green or white flowers with petals in umbrella-shaped clusters
Location: MoorClan, CoveClan
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Causes writhing and foaming at the mouth, possibly resulting in death if left untreated.
Thanks so much to JellyLegs for letting me use their template and for convincing me to stop finding sprites before I kill myself XD. Also thanks to Spar for her help as well. Remember this is not as accurate as in the books, I've had to modify this a lot to fit in with our life style. Thanks so much for your patience <3
*Note: I do not own these sprites, these were free to use from various sources, I simply edited them, thank you*