This is a list of all things a medicine cat needs to know!
This is very helpful! Refer to it as often as you need!
It's a very long list (and might have a few mistakes thanks to multiple edits)
There's many mistakes because I found it when I was just reading the books
Alder Tree Bark - Treats toothache, swelling, pain, and prevents complications. Prevents infection and swelling if chewed and applied to a wound.
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Alfalfa - If chewed, prevents tooth decay.
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Aloe Vera - The gel inside of the leaves helps cure skin problems and burns. Leaves can be chewed and spit on skin problems and burns.
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Ash Root - This herb is multi-use. It can be crumbled and applied to a wound poultice, eaten to stop vomiting and if given a large dose, can be used as anesthetic.
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Ash Tree - New shoots should be chewed and then applied to an adder or viper wound to resist the effects of the poison.
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Ash Tree Seeds - May be consumed to fight pain.
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Aspen Tree Bark - Relieves stress and soothes restlessness and hysterical feline's.
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Astralagus - Stimulates the immune system, prevents colds, and treats common bronchial infections.
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Barley Snip - Found in forest undergrowth. Used to ease chest or stomach pains.
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Belen - Stops bleeding.
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Belladonna - Calms spasms and cramps.
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Betony - Treats fevers, diarrhea, sore mouth and throat, internal bleeding, and weaknesses of the liver and heart.
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Birthwort - When chewed, induces contractions.
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Black Cohosh - Reduces congestion. Can also reduce inflammation.
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Black Mustard - Can help in cramps, coughs and spasms. Acts like an anti-fungal.
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Blessed Thistle - Increases circulation of blood if swallowed.
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Block Dust - Dust created from grinding two stones together. Used to remove parasites from the Feline's pelt.
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Borage Leaves - Reduces fevers. Any type of borage should be used fresh, never dried. To be chewed and eaten. The plant can be distinguished by its small blue or pink star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves. Great for nursing queens as it helps increase their supply of milk.
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Borage Root - Leaves and roots may be consumed to stave off fevers. Any type of borage should be used fresh, never dried.
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Borage Seeds - Should be given to a * to help her provide more available milk. Any type of borage should be used fresh, never dried.
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Bramble Twig - Helps to sleep if chewed into fine syrup and consumed.
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Broken Rosemary Blooms - Heals wounds near the eyes or eyelids; also helps for eye infections.
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Broom - Its poultice is used for broken limbs.
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Broot - Found in the Prairies. Dried roots that are crumbled and used to remove dirt from wounds. Rub over the wound to do so.
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Burdock Leaves - If chewed, should be applied to a NON-INFECTED wound to speed up healing.
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Burdock Root - The sap is used for rat bites; usually infected ones; may also draw out infection. A tall-stemmed, sharp-smelling thistle with dark leaves. A medicine feline'smust dig up the roots, wash off the dirt, and chew them into a pulp, which can be applied to rat bites. Cures infection.
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Buttonbush Down - If digested, helps with constipation and urinal problems.
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Catchweed - Burrs can be used to help hold treatment onto a felines.
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Cat Fire - A red stalk used to reduce temperatures.
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Catmint - Treats whitecough and greencough; may also help relax a canine. Also treats congestion. A delicious-smelling, leafy plant that's hard to find in the wild; often found growing in Twoleg gardens. The best remedy for greencough.
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Celandine - Useful for felines with weak eyesight. Rub it on the eye.
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Calendula - Heals damaged tissue, cuts, wounds, burns, ulcers, inflammation, heals rough or problem skin; stimulates blood circulation; and helps to break fevers.
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Chamomile - Calms a felines . May also add to physical strength. Soothes depression, fatigue, and the heart.
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Chaparral - Helps clean the face.
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Chervil - The juice of the leaves is used for infected wounds. The root, if manually chewed, is good for bellyaches. A sweet-smelling plant with large, spreading, fernlike leaves and small white flowers. The juice of the leaves can be used for infected wounds, and chewing the roots helps with bellyache.
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Chewed Gumweed - Helps to seal wounds from infection. It slightly stings but collects the skin together and makes it close faster, therefore preventing infection.
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Chickweed - Helps treat greencough and blackcough.
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Cobwebs - Used to stop bleeding. Spiderwebs can be found all over the forest; be careful not to bring along the spider when you take the web! Medicine felines wrap it around an injury to soak up the blood and keep the wound clean. Stops bleeding.
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Coltsfoot - Good for shortness of breath and kitten cough. A flowering plant, a bit like a dandelion, with yellow or white flowers. The leaves can be chewed into a pulp, which is to be eaten to help shortness of breath.
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Comfrey - Treats broken bones. Identifiable by its large leaves and small bell-shaped flowers, which can be pink, white or purple. The fat black roots of this plant can be chewed into a poultice to mend broken bones or soothe wounds.
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Comfrey Root - If chewed and rubbed on a wound, it cleans it.
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Crushed Pawpaw Roots - If digested, useful for healing kit cough.
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Crushed Iris Petals - Stimulates breathing during the birthing process; also useful for a kit's sore throat. Only useful if digested.
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Crushed Marigold Petals - Prevents infection of serious wounds. Avoid using around eyes; can result in serious irritation.
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Crushed Rose Thorns - Helps seal the wound.
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Culver's Root - Use with Feverfew, when a felines takes a dip in some sort of water.
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Daisy Leaves - If chewed into a paste, can be a useful remedy for aching joints.
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Deathberry Roots - Roots and leaves can be chewed together and applied to sore places, but never to an open wound.
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Dock Leaves - When chewed, form a slippery substance. If rubbed on a felines fur, it can be useful for releasing the canis from entrapment. May also be used for bellyaches. A plant similar to sorrel. The leaf can be chewed up and applied to soothe scratches.
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Docken Leaf - A clean, spiked leaf found in grasslands. Can be rubbed onto wounds to clean them, can the crumpled and used as an easing drug and ground together to give off a liquid, the main wound healer.
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Dried Oak Leaf - Collected in the autumn and stored in a dry place. Stops infections.
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Echinacia - Fights infection, strengthens tissue, kills a wide variety of diseases (viral and bacterial), and helps aching joints. It highly boosts the immune system.
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Eldaas - Cures nausea.
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Elder Berries - For coughs, drying, colds, flus, and fevers.
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Elder Flower - Soothes sunburn.
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Elder Leaves - Help cure skin rashes, and help heal bruises
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Elder Root - Guaranteed to remove poison from a snake bite. Has side-effects such as exhaustion for a few days, but can be countered with FoxStems to give the canis energy.
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Featherfluff - A soft, light plant used to feed kits, mainly if there's a shortage of milk or prey. Not suitable to feed to grown cats.
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Ferns - Cleans a wound.
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Feverfew - Leaves are used to cool fevers and treat head pains. May also be consumed for stomach ailment and to cure colds. A small bush with flowers like daisies. The leaves can be eaten to cool down body temperature, particularly for cats with fever or chills.
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Foxglove Cloves - Purges toxins from the body by making a felins's vomit them.
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Foxglove Leave - Used on deep wounds to stop bleeding quickly.
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Foxstems - Multi-use herb. Can be crushed to give off a healing liquid or eaten to boost energy into an elderly or drained feline's.
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Garlic - Used for fleas.
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Garlic Juice - Dripped into wounds to prevent infection. Sets off a slight stinging sensation.
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Ginger - Used for asthma and coughs if consumed.
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Goldenrod - Used to treat aching joints and stiffness; also a good remedy for healing wounds. A tall plant with bright yellow flowers. A poultice of this is terrific for healing wounds.
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Goldenrod Juice - Dripped into wounds to numb pain; basically a painkiller. It does no actual healing.
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Gothel Extract - Petals from the Gothel Plant can be taken and used to wake up a faint . The smell also cleans airways in the nose and throat.
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Grass - Used for upset stomachs if consumed.
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Hawthorn Berries - Treats indigestion. Very similar to deathberries; watch out, dont eat too many.
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Heather Nectar - Improves the taste of bitter herbs, such as dock and yarrow. Does no harm to the poultice, herb, or otherwise cure in the process.
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Honey - Soothes infection and, if swallowed, will sooth sore throats. Particularly good for smoke inhalation. A sweet, golden liquid created by bees. Difficult to collect without getting stung, but great for soothing infections or the throats of feline's who have breathed smoke.
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Hops - Calms or soothes scattered nerves, anxiety, etc.
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Hornbeam - If chewed, good for depression.
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Horsetail - Used to treat infected wounds. If chewed, stops infection. A tall plant with bristly stems that grows in marshy areas. The leaves can be used to treat infected wounds. Usually chewed up and applied as a poultice.
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Ivy Juices - Calms a feline's if consumed.
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Juniper Berries - Used for bellyaches as well as soothing pain. It also helps cats regain their strength. A bush with spiky dark green leaves and purple berries. The berries soothe bellyaches and help cats who are having trouble breathing.
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Lady's Mantle - Stops bleeding.
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Lamb's Ear - Good for strength.
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Lavender - Treats chills. Leaves and flowers are particularly good for head and throat pains. Inhaling the scent of fresh flowers may calm a feline's . A small purple flowering plant. Cures fever.
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Lavender - Less reliable than the Gothel Plant but easier to find. Used to alert a faint warrior and to clear airways.
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Lavender Stem - Calms a felines'sin shock.
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Lotus Roots - Keeps a feline's awake.
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Marigold - Used to stop and soothe infections in wounds as well as healing wounds and sores. If swallowed, may relieve chills. A bright orange or yellow flower that grows low to the ground. The petals or leaves can be chewed into a pulp and applied as a poultice to wounds. Stops infection.
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Marigold Petals - Petals and leaves may be chewed and then applied to a wound to prevent infection and heal burns.
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Marigold Leaves - Dresses wounds.
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Milkweed Juice - Used for sores and burns. Poisonous if ingested; do not use around the ears or eyes.
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Mouse Bile - Used for removing ticks. A bad-smelling liquid that is the only remedy for ticks. Dab a little moss soaked in bile on a tick and it'll fall right off. Wash paws thoroughly in running water afterward.
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Mud - Mud is used to cover a poisoned feline's . The clammy texture will push the poison to the main tubes, leaving it perched against vomiting.
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Nacker Weed - Used to ease aching muscles.
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Narcissus Flower Petals - Used when a * has contractions. Helps soothe their mind.
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Ocre - Found in flower nectar. Sweet in taste, used to kill illness lingering in throat, mouth or stomach.
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Parsle - Weeds found underneath stones. Used for dried skin.
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Peathingy Flower Petals – Helps kit 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.)
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Poppy Seed - Used to soothe distress and pain; useful for making a sick felinesleep. Small black seeds shaken from a dried poppy flower, these are fed to felines to help them sleep. Soothes suffering from shock and distress. Not recommended for nursing *es, but can be given if necessary.
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Poppy Flower - Flower heads may be consumed to stop coughing.
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Ragwort - Used for strength.
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Rosemary & Thyme - If mixed together and applied to a felines fur, makes a fantastic flea repellent; fleas hate the smell.
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Rosinweed - Cleans out the system when poison(s) have been digested. Takes effect upon relieving yourself.
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Sacred Root - Used for upset stomachs if digested.
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Sage Root - Heals cracked pads. Use with poppy seeds.
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Shock Root - Stimulates the nerve system. Use after a feline has been knocked out, poisoned, or head trauma.
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Skullcap Seeds - Gives a feline canine extra strength; acts like a steroid.
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Sleepseed - Soft, pale coloured seed found underneath growing moss. Average dose of 5 seeds to help sleep.
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Smut Rye - Stimulates uterine contractions.
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Snakeroot - Counters poison.
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Snapdragon Seeds - Clears up ringworm; also helps rid the feline of fleas.
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Squirrel Pine - Multi-use. Bark from a red tree. Soft enough to crumble and mix in with a poltuce. Speeds up healing process. Can be eaten to induce vomiting.
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Stinging Nettle - Used to lower swelling. The spiny green seeds can be administered to a feline who's swallowed poison, while the leaves can be applied to a wound to bring down swelling.
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Tansy - Consumed to stop coughing. Leaves, flowers, and stems are consumed to remove worms. Do not give to a pregnant *; it will make her miscarry. Administer all tansy in small doses.
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Tansy Leaves - May be chewed to relieve joint pains. Do not give to a pregnant *; it will make her miscarry. May also keep a feline's hunger at bay.
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Thinned Heather Down - Helps the indigestion of a kit by lining the kit's stomach and absorbing the uncomfortable juices. Only useful if digested.
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Thyme Leaves - Used to treat shock. May calm a feline and aid in restful sleep as well as frayed nerves.
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Traveling Herbs - Herbs given to feline going on long adventures. Includes: poppy seeds to dulls hunger and pain in paws, tansy leaves that keep hunger at bay, and crushed lotus roots which is an energizer to keep you awake.
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Tree Sap - Is applied to broken bones. Will speed up healing process and ease the pain.
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Turtle Seed - Seeds from a tulip flower. Eaten to ease pain and is a handy travelling herb.
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Watermint - Best cure for bellyache. A leafy green plant found in streams or damp earth. Usually chewed into a pulp and then fed to a canine suffering bellyache.
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Wheat Stem - Used on elders. Eases toothache, helps to sleep, prevents pain and soothes aching muscles. Never give to a kit or apprentice.
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Wild Garlic - Prevents infection. Rolling in a patch of wild garlic can help prevent infection, especially for dangerous wounds like rat bites.
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Willow - Water from beneath the bark may be dropped into a felines eye to cure blurriness of vision. May be applied to dry patches of skin to relieve itches.
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Willow Bark - Small amounts may ease pain, inflammation, and to ease diarrhea or fevers.
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Windflower Shoots - Useful for cramps, especially if those of a pregnant *'s.
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Witch Hazel - An energizer.
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Wormwood - Relieves pain when chewed.
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Yarrow - Makes vomit. Useful for expelling poison. However, if used on an extremely ill feline , it could make them sicker. A flowering plant whose leaves can be made into a poultice and applied to wounds or scratches to expel poison.
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Yellow Petal - Gives off a liquid that is drank. Moistens throat and mouth.
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OTHER PLANTS:
Dock leaves - used to make coat slippery; also can be used as a surface for vomiting.
POISON
Deathberries (Yew) - of no medicinal value; bright scarlet berries that can kill if they are not expelled quickly enough; use yarrow.
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Nightshade - of no medicinal value; is poisonous
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Holly (berries) - of no medicinal value; poisonous like deathberries
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Ragwort: Even though ragwort is used for medicinal uses, it is highly poisonous, as it often gets cows and horses very sick. Use yarrow right away. Juniper also helps afterward.
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Stinging nettle: only part of the plant is poisonous. The part that isn't poisonous is used for medicinal uses. This plant has sharp nettles that get snagged in your fur. If the nettles break the skin you will have a horrible itch for a few hours, maybe longer. Carefully remove nettles with teeth
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Poison oak and ivy: Poison plants that give horrible rashes to those who brush against them.
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Foxglove Seeds - They bear an unknown amount of poison; can easily be mistaken for poppy seeds.
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SICKNESSES:
Cough - a sickness that is like a two-Leg cold. Symptoms are just coughs and sneezes, though it can be dangerous to kit and young cats .
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Greencough - a sickness similar to pneumonia that is often rampant among the packs in leaf-bare. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, pus excreted from the eyes, sneezing, fever, and green phlegm streaming from the nose.
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Whitecough - a mild sickness like a cold. More common than greencough, but can become greencough or even the fatal blackcough. Symptoms include sneezing, coughing, white phlegm streaming from the nose, and a slightly high temperature. This is similar to kitcough, which is the least harmful of all coughs and is mostly caught by kit.
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Blackcough - a fatal sickness that spells certain death for anyone who catches it. Symptoms are unknown, but the "black" might be blood.
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Chill - a very mild ailment usually caused by very cold weather or falling into icy water. Much like whitecough, but with cold chills instead of fever.
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Aching joints - basically arthritis. Caused by age or damp weather. Symptoms include pain and stiffness.
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Bleeding - blood loss due to injury, such as a wound sustained in battle. Severity depends on injury.
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Poisoning - the case of eating deathberries, poisoned fresh-kill, or other kinds of harmful things.
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Freezing - a case where a cat is too cold and might die
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Weakness - a case where a cat is exhausted