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Description: Bark of the alder tree.
Location: Unknown.
Usage: For tooth pain.
Effect: Eases toothaches.[/ul]
Description: The distinguishing feature of the leaf is the serrated edges
Location: Unknown
Usage: By ThunderClan medicine cats for carrying other herbs.
Effect: None[/ul]
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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.[4]
Effect: Eases the swelling of beestings.[4]
Borage Leaves
Description: It is easily distinguished by its small blue or pink star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves.
Location: Grows best in forests[5]
Usage: It is chewed and eaten by nursing queens.[6]
Effect: It produces more and better milk.[7] It also brings down fevers.[8]
Burdock Root
Description: Tall-stemmed thistle with a sharp smell and dark leaves.
Location: Best in dry areas[9]
Usage: The root is dug up, the soil is washed off, and then it is chewed into a pulp.[6]
Effect: Lessens and heals the pain of infected rat bites.[6]
Burnet
Description: Has oval-shaped leaves with serrated edges. Stems grow 50-200cm tall, with large clusters of small flower buds on top.
Location: Unknown
Usage: A traveling herb[10]
Effect: Is said to help stop minor bleeding on humans. Keeps a cat's strength up[10]
A traveling herb first used in The Fourth Apprentice.[10] Little is known about it.
Catchweed
Description: A plant with fuzzy green balls on long clining stems.[11]
Location: Unknown
Usage: The burrs are put on the pelt where poltices are.[11]
Effect: Stops poltices from being rubbed off without hurting the skin.[11]
Mothwing reccomended this herb to Jaypaw in The Sight to stop Stormfur's poltice from getting rubbed off.[11]
Catmint
Description: A leafy and delicious-smelling plant.[6]
Location: Rarely found in the wild; mostly found in Twoleg gardens.[6]
Usage: Eaten[8]
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.[6]
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.[12]
Celandine
Description: Yellow flower with four petals
Location: Grows better on ThunderClan's territory, though it also grows on RiverClan's territory.[13]
Usage: Juice is trickled into the eye[14]
Effect: Soothes damaged eyes.[13]
Chamomile
Description: A small, white flower with a large, yellow center
Location: Can be found in Twoleg gardens[10]
Usage: Eaten[10]
Effect: Strengthens the heart and soothes the mind. Also given to traveling cats for strength.[15]
Chervil
Description: A sweet-smelling plant with large, leafy, fern-like leaves and small white flowers.[6]
Location: In the Forest Territories, it was found at Snakerocks.[16]
Usage: Chewed to extract the juice of the leaves or the root.[6]
Effect: For infected wounds and bellyache, respectively,[6] Can be used during kitting[17]
Chickweed
Description: Tall-stemmed plant with fat, almond-shaped leaves.
Location: In the Forest Territories, it grew near Sunningrocks.[18]
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Treats greencough, though catmint is often preferred.[19]
Cob Nuts
Description: A smooth brown nut with a hard outside shell. A type of hazelnut.
Location: Unknown
Usage: Made into ointments.[20]
Effect: Unknown
Cob nuts were mentioned by Snowpaw in Bluestar's Prophecy when she suggested they use some from Goosefeather's store to attract the prey out of their burrows. [20]
Cobwebs
Description: Long, thin, shiny strands spun into a web by spiders. Very common.
Location: All around the forest[21]
Usage: Press over wound.[22]
Effect: To soak up and stop (or slow) the bleeding.[23] It may also be used to bind broken bones.[24]
Coltsfoot
Description: A flowering plant with yellow or white flowers resembling dandelions. Grows best in newleaf.[25]
Location: Grows by a waterfall in RiverClan's forest territory.[26] It also grows well in ShadowClan's lake territory[27]
Usage: Leaves chewed into a pulp[28]
Effect: Eases breathing or kitten-cough,[29] as well as cracked or sore pads.[28]
Comfrey Root
Description: It has large leaves, small bell-shaped flowers, which are pink, white, or purple, and fat, black roots. Tangy smell[30]
Location: Unknown
Usage: Roots are chewed into a poultice[31]
Effect: Repairs broken bones[24] or soothes wounds.[32] Also used for wrenched claws. [33] Can be used for itching[34], Used for inflammation on stiff joints[35]
Daisy Leaf
Description: Thick, dark green, oval shaped leaves
Location: Unknown
Usage: Chewed into a paste[36]
Effect: Eases the pain of aching joints.[37] It is also a travelling herb.[15]
In The Fourth Apprentice, Jayfeather gave Dustpelt some daisy leaves for his back pain.[source?] Jayfeather also brought a daisy leaf to Mousefur to smell, thinking it might be the mystery herb that Leafpool mixed in with the tansy.
Dandelion
Description: Common yellow-flowered plant with long, hollow stems.
Location: Unknown
Usage: The white liquid is thought to be applied to bee stings, Leaves can be chewed[38]
Effect: Thought to soothe and heal bee stings. Its leaves can also be chewed to act like a painkiller.[38]
Dock
Description: Common, large-leafed plant with a tangy smell[39] and taste.[40]
Location: Doesn't grow well in mountains, best in leafy areas[41]
Usage: Chewed up and applied to scratches. Similar to sorrel.[42]
Effect: Soothes scratches,[43] though can sting when being applied.[44] Soothes sore pads[45]
In Twilight, Mothwing fetched it for Tumblekit to vomit on.[46]
Fennel
Description: Thin, spiky leaves[47]
Location: Unknown
Usage: Stalks are broken and juice is squeezed into the receiver's mouth[48]
Effect: Helps pain in the hips[47]
In the Forgotten Warrior, it was used during Sorreltail's kitting.[48]
Feverfew
Description: Small bush with flowers resembling daisies, sharp tangy smell, small soft leaves[49]
Location: Grows best along the water[50]
Usage: Eaten[29]
Effect: Reduces body temperature for cats with fever or chills. Also heals aches and pains,[29] especially good for headaches[49]
Goldenrod
Description: A tall plant with bright, yellow flowers.
Location: Grows well on the WindClan moors[51]
Usage: Chewed into a poultice.[52]
Effect: Good for healing wounds.[52]
Heather Flower
Description: Small, bell-shaped flowers.
Location: Best grown in shady areas[53]
Usage: Included in herbal mixtures.[54]
Effect: Makes swallowing easier and sweetens mixtures[54]
Honey
Description: A sweet, golden-coloured liquid made by bees.[55]
Location: In honeycombs or bees nests up in trees.[55]
Usage: Eaten, or given by moss soaked in it.[56]
Effect: Soothes infections,[57] smoke-damaged or sore throats,[56] and helps cats swallow other concoctions.[55]
Horsetail
Description: A tall, bristly-stemmed plant, referred to with fleshy stalks[58]
Location: Any marshy area.[59]
Usage: Chewed to a poultice, and applied to wounds[29]
Effect: Treats infections[29]
Ivy Leaf
Description: Leaves from the ivy vine.
Location: Grows in the ThunderClan medicine den[60]
Usage: By ShadowClan medicine cats to store other herbs.[61]
Effect: None
Juniper Berries
Description: Purple-blue berries from the dark green, spiky-leaved juniper bush.[62]
Location: Grows in places that are not wet[62]
Usage: Chewed and eaten.[63]
Effect: Soothes bellyaches[64], gives strength, and helps troubled breathing.[65] It is also used to help calm cats.[66]
Lamb's Ear
Description: Soft, fuzzy green plant.
Location: Commonly found in the mountains[67]
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Gives a cat strength.[68]
This herb was discovered first by the Tribe cats, and then when the Clans were resting in their territory, Stoneteller told Leafpaw about this herb.
Lavender
Description: A small, purple, flowering plant.
Location: Unknown
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Cures fever and chills.[69] Also a herb used to hide the scent of death.[70]
Mallow Leaves
Description: Three-nubbed leaves from a flowering shrub, sweet rose scent[71]
Location: Grows best near shore,[72] but best collected at sunhigh, when they are dry.[73]
Usage: Eaten[74]
Effect: Soothes bellyache.[75]
Marigold
Description: A low-growing flower, yellow to bright orange
Location: Near water[76]
Usage: Petals or leaves chewed in a poultice[29] Juice can be used as well[77]
Effect: Stops infection.[78] Stops bleeding[45] Used for inflammation of stiff joints[79]
Mint
Description: None
Location: Patch beside ThunderClan nursery[80]
Usage: Rubbed on a dead body[81]
Effect: Hides the scent of death[81]
Mouse BileEdit
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.[29]
Dried Oak Leaf
Description: Round, cartoony ruffled leaves.
Location: All over the forest floor and collected in leaf-fall.[29]
Usage: Unknown, but stored in a dry place.[29]
Effect: Stops infection from setting in.[29]
Parsley
Description: A long-stemmed plant with ragged-edged crinkly leaves, Sharp scent, tastes cold and fresh, tastes the same fresh or dried[82]
Location: Unknown
Usage: Eaten[83]
Effect: Stops a queen from producing milk if her kits die, don't need milk anymore, or are producing too much milk.[83] Also used to cure bellyache.[84]
Poppy Seeds
Description: Small black seeds that are shaken out of a dried poppy flowerhead.
Location: All over forest[85]
Usage: Chewed on[52]
Effect: They can put a cat to sleep,[86] soothe shock or distress,[87] or ease pain.[52] Not recommended for nursing queens.[88]
Ragwort Leaves
Description: Tall shrub with yellow flowers, Tastes foul to cats[89]
Location: Unknown
Usage: Crushed and chewed; mixed with juniper berries, it can help aching joints.[90]
Effect: Treats aching joints[90] and keeps a cat's strength up[68]
It was used in Sunrise by Whitewing so she was strong during her kitting [91], and was used again in The Fourth Apprentice when Jayfeather gave it to the elders to help them during the drought.[89]
Ragweed
Description: Ragged-leaved plant resembling a fern.
Location: Thought to be commonly found in the mountains
Usage: Thought to give cats extra strength
Effect: Like lamb's ear, ragweed gives a cat extra strength and energy
Ragweed was first discovered by the Tribe cats, later being told to Leafpool by Stoneteller, when the Clans were resting in their territory.
Raspberry Leaves
Description: Soft to the touch, but with jagged edges.[92]
Location: In the forest, it grew near the catmint[92]
Usage: It could be a painkiller, or help stop bleeding during kitting[93]
Effect: Could possibly ease pain, or stop bleeding[92]
Rosemary
Description: Tall with needle-like leaves and purple flowers.
Location: Near the ThunderClan warriors den in the forest territory.[81]
Usage: Put on the pelt of a dead cat to prepare for burial.[81]
Effect: Hides the scent of death.[94]
Speckletail and Poppydawn used this herb in Bluestar's prophecy to prepare Moonflower's body for burial.[81]
Rush
Description: It has long narrow leaves and lavender-colored head stalks
Location: Unknown
Usage: Used to bind broken bones[95]
Effect: Helps hold a broken limb in place, such as casts for Twolegs[96]
Snakeroot
Description: The best remedy for poison, especially snake bites
Location: Unknown
Usage: Thought to be applied to wounds
Effect: Thought to heal poison
Sorrel
Description: Similar to dock, Sorrel is used as a traveling herb[15]
Location: Can be found near Twoleg nests[10]
Usage: Eaten[10]
Effect: Traveling herb[10]
Stinging Nettle
Description: It has green, spiny seeds.
Location: All over the forest[97]
Usage: The seeds are eaten by a cat who's swallowed poison, or the leaves are chewed into a poultice for a wound.[98]
Effect: Induces vomiting, or brings down swelling, respectively.[98] Can be mixed with comfrey to help heal broken bones[31] Helps with wounds[97]
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[99]
Location: Found in the forest and near Twoleg places[100]
Usage: To be consumed, but only in small doses.[98]
Effect: Cures coughs[101] Can be used to cure wounds and poisons[102] Stops cats from getting greencough[103] Soothes throats[104]
Tormentil
Description: It has a strong, romantic scent to it and a sharp taste
Location: Unknown
Usage: Chewed and put on the wound[102]
Effect: Its root is good for treating all wounds and extracting poison[102]
It's used in the Tribe of Rushing Water, and is mentioned by Stoneteller to Jaypaw when he is taking care of Gray.[105]
Thyme
Description: Small, delicate, thick, sticky leaves with a fresh tang[106]
Location: Unknown
Usage: Leaves can be chewed on[107]
Effect: Calms nervousness, anxiety, and cats who are in shock.[98]
Traveling HerbsEdit
Traveling Herbs consists of sorrel, daisy, chamomile and burnet.[15]
Watermint
Description: A green, leafy plant
Location: Usually found in streams or damp earth[108]
Usage: It is usually chewed into a pulp, and then eaten[109]
Effect: Eases the suffering that originates from a bellyache[110]
In Fading Echoes, it was also used to smooth Leopardstar's pelt and hide the scent of death from it.[109]
Wild Garlic
Description: Due to its strong smell, it is good for hiding the scent of a certain Clan, and disguising cats on raids.[111]
Location: Not far from the forest entrance in the ThunderClan camp.[112]
Usage: One must roll in it.[112]
Effect: Prevents infection, especially rat bites.[112]
Willow Bark
Description: Bark of the willow tree
Location: Grows near Twoleg places[113]
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Eases pain[113]
Wintergreen
Description: Easily identifiable by its red berries
Location: Unknown
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Treats wounds and some poisons[102]
Stoneteller mentioned to Jaypaw while treating Gray's wound, wondering if the Clans used it.[102]
Yarrow
Description: A flowering plant
Location: Snakerocks[114]
Usage: Its leaves are chewed into a poultice that can be given to cats or applied to a wound depending on the situation.[115]
Effect: Extracts poison from wounds. Will make a cat vomit up toxins.[110] The ointment will soften and help heal cracked pads.[115]
Yarrow was used on Sorrelkit by Cinderpelt when Darkstripe fed her deathberries, and was also used by Mothwing to help poisoned cats when RiverClan had been poisoned.
Yarrow is also used when Cherrypaw and Mousewhisker used Water Hemlock to "cure" their stomach aches.
PoisonsEdit
Deathberries/Yew berries/Night SeedsEdit
Deathberries
Description: Red berries from the dark-leaved, poisonous yew bush.
Location: Unknown
Usage: Sometimes used to kill other cats by making them eat the berry.[116]
Effect: Kills a cat within minutes when consumed.[117]
ShadowClan medicine cats use them to end a cat's life to prevent unnecessary suffering.
Foxglove Seeds
Description: Tiny, black seeds from the bell-shaped flower of the foxglove plant.
Location: Unknown
Usage: They are used to treat the heart[119]
Effect: They can easily cause paralysis and heart failure[119]
They are often mistaken for poppy seeds because they look extremely similar. They are known to be a dangerous medicine. They are mentioned when Yellowfang scolds Cinderpelt and says, "You're a dangerous medicine cat! You could kill a cat by confusing foxglove seeds and poppy seeds!"
Holly Berries
Description: Plant with spiny leaves that produces red berries with no medicinal value.
Location: Unknown
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Unknown
Holly berries, while not as dangerous as deathberries, are still a danger to kits. They make an appearance in Twilight, after Leafpool talks to Crowfeather; Sorreltail finds her hiding in a holly bush. Leafpool says she is looking for berries and Sorreltail asks, "Aren't they poisonous?".
Nightshade
Description: Tubular flower with radiating petals
Location: Unknown
Usage: To kill a cat who cannot be saved quickly.
Effect: Poisonous[121]
Mentioned in Forest of Secrets when Fireheart and Cinderpaw are with Cloudkit. Cloudkit almost eats some deathberries, but is quickly stopped by Cinderpaw. When Cloudkit runs off and calls them to see what he found, she jokes in response that "Maybe it's deadly nightshade this time".
Water Hemlock
Description: Green or white flowers with petals in umbrella-shaped clusters
Location: Unknown
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Causes writhing and foaming at the mouth.[122]
Water hemlock is the most poisonous plant in the Clan territories after deathberries.[84] Water Hemlock is used by Mousewhisker and Cherrypaw who mistake it for something else. Yarrow is used to help them afterward.
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Description: Bark of the alder tree.
Location: Unknown.
Usage: For tooth pain.
Effect: Eases toothaches.[/ul]
Description: The distinguishing feature of the leaf is the serrated edges
Location: Unknown
Usage: By ThunderClan medicine cats for carrying other herbs.
Effect: None[/ul]
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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.[4]
Effect: Eases the swelling of beestings.[4]
Borage Leaves
Description: It is easily distinguished by its small blue or pink star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves.
Location: Grows best in forests[5]
Usage: It is chewed and eaten by nursing queens.[6]
Effect: It produces more and better milk.[7] It also brings down fevers.[8]
Burdock Root
Description: Tall-stemmed thistle with a sharp smell and dark leaves.
Location: Best in dry areas[9]
Usage: The root is dug up, the soil is washed off, and then it is chewed into a pulp.[6]
Effect: Lessens and heals the pain of infected rat bites.[6]
Burnet
Description: Has oval-shaped leaves with serrated edges. Stems grow 50-200cm tall, with large clusters of small flower buds on top.
Location: Unknown
Usage: A traveling herb[10]
Effect: Is said to help stop minor bleeding on humans. Keeps a cat's strength up[10]
A traveling herb first used in The Fourth Apprentice.[10] Little is known about it.
Catchweed
Description: A plant with fuzzy green balls on long clining stems.[11]
Location: Unknown
Usage: The burrs are put on the pelt where poltices are.[11]
Effect: Stops poltices from being rubbed off without hurting the skin.[11]
Mothwing reccomended this herb to Jaypaw in The Sight to stop Stormfur's poltice from getting rubbed off.[11]
Catmint
Description: A leafy and delicious-smelling plant.[6]
Location: Rarely found in the wild; mostly found in Twoleg gardens.[6]
Usage: Eaten[8]
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.[6]
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.[12]
Celandine
Description: Yellow flower with four petals
Location: Grows better on ThunderClan's territory, though it also grows on RiverClan's territory.[13]
Usage: Juice is trickled into the eye[14]
Effect: Soothes damaged eyes.[13]
Chamomile
Description: A small, white flower with a large, yellow center
Location: Can be found in Twoleg gardens[10]
Usage: Eaten[10]
Effect: Strengthens the heart and soothes the mind. Also given to traveling cats for strength.[15]
Chervil
Description: A sweet-smelling plant with large, leafy, fern-like leaves and small white flowers.[6]
Location: In the Forest Territories, it was found at Snakerocks.[16]
Usage: Chewed to extract the juice of the leaves or the root.[6]
Effect: For infected wounds and bellyache, respectively,[6] Can be used during kitting[17]
Chickweed
Description: Tall-stemmed plant with fat, almond-shaped leaves.
Location: In the Forest Territories, it grew near Sunningrocks.[18]
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Treats greencough, though catmint is often preferred.[19]
Cob Nuts
Description: A smooth brown nut with a hard outside shell. A type of hazelnut.
Location: Unknown
Usage: Made into ointments.[20]
Effect: Unknown
Cob nuts were mentioned by Snowpaw in Bluestar's Prophecy when she suggested they use some from Goosefeather's store to attract the prey out of their burrows. [20]
Cobwebs
Description: Long, thin, shiny strands spun into a web by spiders. Very common.
Location: All around the forest[21]
Usage: Press over wound.[22]
Effect: To soak up and stop (or slow) the bleeding.[23] It may also be used to bind broken bones.[24]
Coltsfoot
Description: A flowering plant with yellow or white flowers resembling dandelions. Grows best in newleaf.[25]
Location: Grows by a waterfall in RiverClan's forest territory.[26] It also grows well in ShadowClan's lake territory[27]
Usage: Leaves chewed into a pulp[28]
Effect: Eases breathing or kitten-cough,[29] as well as cracked or sore pads.[28]
Comfrey Root
Description: It has large leaves, small bell-shaped flowers, which are pink, white, or purple, and fat, black roots. Tangy smell[30]
Location: Unknown
Usage: Roots are chewed into a poultice[31]
Effect: Repairs broken bones[24] or soothes wounds.[32] Also used for wrenched claws. [33] Can be used for itching[34], Used for inflammation on stiff joints[35]
Daisy Leaf
Description: Thick, dark green, oval shaped leaves
Location: Unknown
Usage: Chewed into a paste[36]
Effect: Eases the pain of aching joints.[37] It is also a travelling herb.[15]
In The Fourth Apprentice, Jayfeather gave Dustpelt some daisy leaves for his back pain.[source?] Jayfeather also brought a daisy leaf to Mousefur to smell, thinking it might be the mystery herb that Leafpool mixed in with the tansy.
Dandelion
Description: Common yellow-flowered plant with long, hollow stems.
Location: Unknown
Usage: The white liquid is thought to be applied to bee stings, Leaves can be chewed[38]
Effect: Thought to soothe and heal bee stings. Its leaves can also be chewed to act like a painkiller.[38]
Dock
Description: Common, large-leafed plant with a tangy smell[39] and taste.[40]
Location: Doesn't grow well in mountains, best in leafy areas[41]
Usage: Chewed up and applied to scratches. Similar to sorrel.[42]
Effect: Soothes scratches,[43] though can sting when being applied.[44] Soothes sore pads[45]
In Twilight, Mothwing fetched it for Tumblekit to vomit on.[46]
Fennel
Description: Thin, spiky leaves[47]
Location: Unknown
Usage: Stalks are broken and juice is squeezed into the receiver's mouth[48]
Effect: Helps pain in the hips[47]
In the Forgotten Warrior, it was used during Sorreltail's kitting.[48]
Feverfew
Description: Small bush with flowers resembling daisies, sharp tangy smell, small soft leaves[49]
Location: Grows best along the water[50]
Usage: Eaten[29]
Effect: Reduces body temperature for cats with fever or chills. Also heals aches and pains,[29] especially good for headaches[49]
Goldenrod
Description: A tall plant with bright, yellow flowers.
Location: Grows well on the WindClan moors[51]
Usage: Chewed into a poultice.[52]
Effect: Good for healing wounds.[52]
Heather Flower
Description: Small, bell-shaped flowers.
Location: Best grown in shady areas[53]
Usage: Included in herbal mixtures.[54]
Effect: Makes swallowing easier and sweetens mixtures[54]
Honey
Description: A sweet, golden-coloured liquid made by bees.[55]
Location: In honeycombs or bees nests up in trees.[55]
Usage: Eaten, or given by moss soaked in it.[56]
Effect: Soothes infections,[57] smoke-damaged or sore throats,[56] and helps cats swallow other concoctions.[55]
Horsetail
Description: A tall, bristly-stemmed plant, referred to with fleshy stalks[58]
Location: Any marshy area.[59]
Usage: Chewed to a poultice, and applied to wounds[29]
Effect: Treats infections[29]
Ivy Leaf
Description: Leaves from the ivy vine.
Location: Grows in the ThunderClan medicine den[60]
Usage: By ShadowClan medicine cats to store other herbs.[61]
Effect: None
Juniper Berries
Description: Purple-blue berries from the dark green, spiky-leaved juniper bush.[62]
Location: Grows in places that are not wet[62]
Usage: Chewed and eaten.[63]
Effect: Soothes bellyaches[64], gives strength, and helps troubled breathing.[65] It is also used to help calm cats.[66]
Lamb's Ear
Description: Soft, fuzzy green plant.
Location: Commonly found in the mountains[67]
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Gives a cat strength.[68]
This herb was discovered first by the Tribe cats, and then when the Clans were resting in their territory, Stoneteller told Leafpaw about this herb.
Lavender
Description: A small, purple, flowering plant.
Location: Unknown
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Cures fever and chills.[69] Also a herb used to hide the scent of death.[70]
Mallow Leaves
Description: Three-nubbed leaves from a flowering shrub, sweet rose scent[71]
Location: Grows best near shore,[72] but best collected at sunhigh, when they are dry.[73]
Usage: Eaten[74]
Effect: Soothes bellyache.[75]
Marigold
Description: A low-growing flower, yellow to bright orange
Location: Near water[76]
Usage: Petals or leaves chewed in a poultice[29] Juice can be used as well[77]
Effect: Stops infection.[78] Stops bleeding[45] Used for inflammation of stiff joints[79]
Mint
Description: None
Location: Patch beside ThunderClan nursery[80]
Usage: Rubbed on a dead body[81]
Effect: Hides the scent of death[81]
Mouse BileEdit
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.[29]
Dried Oak Leaf
Description: Round, cartoony ruffled leaves.
Location: All over the forest floor and collected in leaf-fall.[29]
Usage: Unknown, but stored in a dry place.[29]
Effect: Stops infection from setting in.[29]
Parsley
Description: A long-stemmed plant with ragged-edged crinkly leaves, Sharp scent, tastes cold and fresh, tastes the same fresh or dried[82]
Location: Unknown
Usage: Eaten[83]
Effect: Stops a queen from producing milk if her kits die, don't need milk anymore, or are producing too much milk.[83] Also used to cure bellyache.[84]
Poppy Seeds
Description: Small black seeds that are shaken out of a dried poppy flowerhead.
Location: All over forest[85]
Usage: Chewed on[52]
Effect: They can put a cat to sleep,[86] soothe shock or distress,[87] or ease pain.[52] Not recommended for nursing queens.[88]
Ragwort Leaves
Description: Tall shrub with yellow flowers, Tastes foul to cats[89]
Location: Unknown
Usage: Crushed and chewed; mixed with juniper berries, it can help aching joints.[90]
Effect: Treats aching joints[90] and keeps a cat's strength up[68]
It was used in Sunrise by Whitewing so she was strong during her kitting [91], and was used again in The Fourth Apprentice when Jayfeather gave it to the elders to help them during the drought.[89]
Ragweed
Description: Ragged-leaved plant resembling a fern.
Location: Thought to be commonly found in the mountains
Usage: Thought to give cats extra strength
Effect: Like lamb's ear, ragweed gives a cat extra strength and energy
Ragweed was first discovered by the Tribe cats, later being told to Leafpool by Stoneteller, when the Clans were resting in their territory.
Raspberry Leaves
Description: Soft to the touch, but with jagged edges.[92]
Location: In the forest, it grew near the catmint[92]
Usage: It could be a painkiller, or help stop bleeding during kitting[93]
Effect: Could possibly ease pain, or stop bleeding[92]
Rosemary
Description: Tall with needle-like leaves and purple flowers.
Location: Near the ThunderClan warriors den in the forest territory.[81]
Usage: Put on the pelt of a dead cat to prepare for burial.[81]
Effect: Hides the scent of death.[94]
Speckletail and Poppydawn used this herb in Bluestar's prophecy to prepare Moonflower's body for burial.[81]
Rush
Description: It has long narrow leaves and lavender-colored head stalks
Location: Unknown
Usage: Used to bind broken bones[95]
Effect: Helps hold a broken limb in place, such as casts for Twolegs[96]
Snakeroot
Description: The best remedy for poison, especially snake bites
Location: Unknown
Usage: Thought to be applied to wounds
Effect: Thought to heal poison
Sorrel
Description: Similar to dock, Sorrel is used as a traveling herb[15]
Location: Can be found near Twoleg nests[10]
Usage: Eaten[10]
Effect: Traveling herb[10]
Stinging Nettle
Description: It has green, spiny seeds.
Location: All over the forest[97]
Usage: The seeds are eaten by a cat who's swallowed poison, or the leaves are chewed into a poultice for a wound.[98]
Effect: Induces vomiting, or brings down swelling, respectively.[98] Can be mixed with comfrey to help heal broken bones[31] Helps with wounds[97]
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[99]
Location: Found in the forest and near Twoleg places[100]
Usage: To be consumed, but only in small doses.[98]
Effect: Cures coughs[101] Can be used to cure wounds and poisons[102] Stops cats from getting greencough[103] Soothes throats[104]
Tormentil
Description: It has a strong, romantic scent to it and a sharp taste
Location: Unknown
Usage: Chewed and put on the wound[102]
Effect: Its root is good for treating all wounds and extracting poison[102]
It's used in the Tribe of Rushing Water, and is mentioned by Stoneteller to Jaypaw when he is taking care of Gray.[105]
Thyme
Description: Small, delicate, thick, sticky leaves with a fresh tang[106]
Location: Unknown
Usage: Leaves can be chewed on[107]
Effect: Calms nervousness, anxiety, and cats who are in shock.[98]
Traveling HerbsEdit
Traveling Herbs consists of sorrel, daisy, chamomile and burnet.[15]
Watermint
Description: A green, leafy plant
Location: Usually found in streams or damp earth[108]
Usage: It is usually chewed into a pulp, and then eaten[109]
Effect: Eases the suffering that originates from a bellyache[110]
In Fading Echoes, it was also used to smooth Leopardstar's pelt and hide the scent of death from it.[109]
Wild Garlic
Description: Due to its strong smell, it is good for hiding the scent of a certain Clan, and disguising cats on raids.[111]
Location: Not far from the forest entrance in the ThunderClan camp.[112]
Usage: One must roll in it.[112]
Effect: Prevents infection, especially rat bites.[112]
Willow Bark
Description: Bark of the willow tree
Location: Grows near Twoleg places[113]
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Eases pain[113]
Wintergreen
Description: Easily identifiable by its red berries
Location: Unknown
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Treats wounds and some poisons[102]
Stoneteller mentioned to Jaypaw while treating Gray's wound, wondering if the Clans used it.[102]
Yarrow
Description: A flowering plant
Location: Snakerocks[114]
Usage: Its leaves are chewed into a poultice that can be given to cats or applied to a wound depending on the situation.[115]
Effect: Extracts poison from wounds. Will make a cat vomit up toxins.[110] The ointment will soften and help heal cracked pads.[115]
Yarrow was used on Sorrelkit by Cinderpelt when Darkstripe fed her deathberries, and was also used by Mothwing to help poisoned cats when RiverClan had been poisoned.
Yarrow is also used when Cherrypaw and Mousewhisker used Water Hemlock to "cure" their stomach aches.
PoisonsEdit
Deathberries/Yew berries/Night SeedsEdit
Deathberries
Description: Red berries from the dark-leaved, poisonous yew bush.
Location: Unknown
Usage: Sometimes used to kill other cats by making them eat the berry.[116]
Effect: Kills a cat within minutes when consumed.[117]
ShadowClan medicine cats use them to end a cat's life to prevent unnecessary suffering.
Foxglove Seeds
Description: Tiny, black seeds from the bell-shaped flower of the foxglove plant.
Location: Unknown
Usage: They are used to treat the heart[119]
Effect: They can easily cause paralysis and heart failure[119]
They are often mistaken for poppy seeds because they look extremely similar. They are known to be a dangerous medicine. They are mentioned when Yellowfang scolds Cinderpelt and says, "You're a dangerous medicine cat! You could kill a cat by confusing foxglove seeds and poppy seeds!"
Holly Berries
Description: Plant with spiny leaves that produces red berries with no medicinal value.
Location: Unknown
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Unknown
Holly berries, while not as dangerous as deathberries, are still a danger to kits. They make an appearance in Twilight, after Leafpool talks to Crowfeather; Sorreltail finds her hiding in a holly bush. Leafpool says she is looking for berries and Sorreltail asks, "Aren't they poisonous?".
Nightshade
Description: Tubular flower with radiating petals
Location: Unknown
Usage: To kill a cat who cannot be saved quickly.
Effect: Poisonous[121]
Mentioned in Forest of Secrets when Fireheart and Cinderpaw are with Cloudkit. Cloudkit almost eats some deathberries, but is quickly stopped by Cinderpaw. When Cloudkit runs off and calls them to see what he found, she jokes in response that "Maybe it's deadly nightshade this time".
Water Hemlock
Description: Green or white flowers with petals in umbrella-shaped clusters
Location: Unknown
Usage: Unknown
Effect: Causes writhing and foaming at the mouth.[122]
Water hemlock is the most poisonous plant in the Clan territories after deathberries.[84] Water Hemlock is used by Mousewhisker and Cherrypaw who mistake it for something else. Yarrow is used to help them afterward.