Oh, and here's the Medicine Cat Herbs. Very Important!


Poppy seeds- used to numb pain and make a cat very sleepy

Catmint - For whitecough and Greencough. Also exceptionally tasty to cats that are not sick

Cobwebs - used to stop bleeding

Feaverfew - used to cool feverish cats and treat head pain

Blackberry Leaves- Bee stings

Borage Leaves - used to treat fevers and helps nursing mothers with their milk supply

Marigold - used to treat infection and heal wounds and sores

Horse Tail - used to treat infected wounds

Burdock root - used to treat infections, especially rat bites

Chervil Root - used to treat infections

Wild Garlic - rolling in this can help to keep out infection

Coltsfoot- used to treat kittencough

Catnip (also called catmint) - used to treat whitecough and greencough; can help to relax a cat

Chickweed- used to help treat greencough

Tansy - used to treat coughs

Thyme - used to calm a cat

Camomile - used to calm a cat

Dandelion Leaves- used to calm a cat

Juniper Berries - used to treat bellyache

Chervile- used to treat bellyache

Watermint - used to treat bellyache

Daisy Leaves - used to treat aching joints

Goldenrod- used in a poultice to treat aching joints and stiffness; can also be used for severe injuries.

Ragwort Leaves- used alongside juniper berries in a poultice to treat aching joints

Comfrey - used to treat broken bones

Nettle (leaves) - used to treat swelling

Calandine - used to treat ailments of the eyes

Snake Root - used to counter poison

Nettle (seeds) - used to counter poison

Honey - used to treat sore throats

Mouse bile - used to remove ticks from a cat's coat

Yarrow - used to make a cat vomit and expel poisons from the body

Other Plants ***

Dock leaves - used to make a cat's coat slippery; also can be used as a surface for vomiting.

Deathberries (Yew) - of no medicinal value; bright scarlet berries that can kill a cat if they are not expelled quickly enough; use yarrow (called night-seeds by the Tribe)

Nightshade - of no medicinal value; is poisonous

Holly (berries) - of no medicinal value; poisonous like deathberries