Train to heal your clan! Check out these herbal remedies (and poisons!)

Note: Remember, you’re still an apprentice. Do NOT use any of these herbs without your mentor or a vet’s approval!

(Source: The Warriors books)

Herbs:

* Watermint cures bellyache.

* Juniper berries also work for bellyache, as well as make a cat’s stomach stronger and breathing easier if coltsfoot is unavailable.

* Coltsfoot for cough and breathing problems, best if chewed into a pulp.

* Tansy for coughs. (Small doses only!)

* Catmint (Twolegs call it catnip) is used for the dangerous chest ailment greencough, best if given with feverfew.

* Feverfew, lavender, or dandelion to lower fever.

* Poppy seeds ease pain and distress and cause sleep. (Not for use on nursing queens!)

* Both chamomile and thyme work for shock and tense nerves.

* Daisy leaves for joint aches and back pains.

* Alder bark for toothache.

* Burnet to give strength.

* Raspberry leaves for a cat who is kitting.

* Ragwort and lamb’s ear to give strength (Those are mountain herbs.)

* Marigold, goldenrod, or horsetail for infections and wounds.(Turn it into a poultice and fasten it on with cobwebs.)

* Chervil juice for infected wounds, chervil root for bellyache.

* Broom and comfrey root both work  for wounds and broken bones.

* Cobwebs keep a wound clean, they soak up blood and stop bleeding. Add horsetail sap to stop bleeding  even more effectively. Also a great fastener, as they are sticky.

* Yarrow to make a cat vomit and get rid of poison, yarrow ointment to soften and heal pads.

* Use willow to cure vomiting.

* Honey for a sore or infected throat and a cough; the ideal cure for a cat who has breathed smoke.

* Borage leaves lower fever and help to bring milk.

* Parsley also brings milk.

* Elder leaves help with sprains.

* Sorrel will build up appetite.

* Burdock root is best for rat bites, as it cures infection.

* Wild garlic can be used for rat bites if burdock root is not available.

* Dock leaves soothe scratches; they are ideal for bee stings.

* Mouse bile (a mouse’s stomach fluid) makes ticks drop right off. Do not lick it off your paws afterward, find a stream!

* Stinging nettle seeds are used for a cat whose  poisoned, while the leaves bring down swelling.

Herb Combinations:

* A bundle of traveling herbs is sorrel, daisy, chamomile, and Burnet (meant to give strength and postpone hunger.)

* A horsetail, goldenrod, and marigold poultice for a really bad wound.

* Fold chervil root and juniper berries in a nettle leaf to make a kitting wrap.

* A feverfew and lavender bundle for a chill.

* A pulp consisting of marigold petals crushed into berries (probably juniper) sprinkled with poppy seeds to aid a cat in pain.

* Ointment made of comfrey and honey to heal burns; halts infection and soothes pain.

Poisons:

* Deathberries (yew berries to twolegs).

* Deadly Nightshade

* Crowfood

* Oleander