…sneezepaw’s alphabetical herb guide…
Sneezepaw invites you into the medicine den to explore the herb supplies. He’s going to explain to you their appearance, where you can find them, the way they’re used, and their effects. [info found at https://warriors.fandom.com/wiki/Medicine]
description: Dark gray bark, fissured. Younger trees can also have greenish bark. Branches can sometimes be sticky
effects: Eases toothaches
sneezepaw’s notes: Super sticky and hard to peel from trees.
description: Has broad, shiny leaves. Can have a variety of leaf colors, but typically are green, yellow, or golden, and can also be smaller or short. Female trees typically produce beech nuts. Bark can be thin, smooth, and gray in color.
effects: Nuts are good for attracting prey.
sneezepaw’s notes: Don’t carry around the nuts if you don’t want squirrels in your nest.
description: Blue petals with white throat and yellow center. Typically blooms in warmer weather. Stems contain green leaves.
usage: Helps bind sticks together.
effects: When combined with sticks, can help mend a broken leg and keep it in place.
sneezepaw’s notes: Hard to work with when you have large paws.
description: A thick, sticky liquid commonly found in or on birch trees.
description: Plant itself carries pinkish-white flowers, each flower has five petals and produces one fruit crop a year. Grows in sunny areas. Carries a sharp scent.
location: Almost Anywhere
usage: These leaves are chewed into a pulp.
effects: Mixed into a poultice to ease the pain of bee stings.
sneezepaw’s notes: Check the blackberries before eating them because they may have bees on them. You’ll be lucky to be next to that bush.
description: The Blazing Star is a plant with spiky leaves and yellow flowers, whose five petals spread out separately and resemble a star
location: It was rumored to have been found on the side of the thunderpath near the pine forest.
effects: The Blazing Star is a rare healing herb that was used to cure an unknown disease when the early settlers first came to the forest.
sneezepaw’s notes: Never seen this herb before.
description: It is easily distinguished by its small blue or pink star-shaped petals and hairy leaves. Can be distinguished by smell just as well as sight. The best leaves are typically halfway up the stem, and have a zesty scent to them. Leaves can be dark green or gray-green in color, soft, and they lose their flavor when they are dried out
location: Forests and rivers.
effects: It produces more and better milk. It also brings down fevers. Helps sooth bad bellies and relieves tight chests.
sneezepaw’s notes: Extremely useful and easy to remember.
description: A light pink flower with darker pink in the center.
location: Sunny areas, wooded areas, thickets.
usage: Crushed into a poultice mixture
effects: Mixed with lovage to help cure coughs.
sneezepaw’s notes: The flowers make me sneeze.
description: Shrubs with small leaves and small yellow flowers. Flowers are often solitary, but can also come in pairs.
location: Grows in forest territory.
usage: Ground into a poultice
effects: Used in poultices that can help broken legs and wounds.
sneezepaw’s notes: Hard to pick flowers without rattling the whole bush.
description: Tall-stemmed thistle with a sharp smell and dark leaves. Has a bitter taste
usage: Chewed into a pulp
effects: Soothes and heals rat bites especially if they are infected. Can give cats a bellyache if they eat too much of it. Numbs rat bite to the point a cat cannot feel the pain. Also good for infected paws and other sores.
sneezepaw’s notes: Very useful, but bitter when you have to chew it.
description: Medium green-colored basal leaves. Can occasionally have spikes of purple flowers.
location: Forest territory and sunny areas.
usage: A traveling herb. The leaves are swallowed.
effects: Used to give strength. Good for expecting queens.
sneezepaw’s notes: Good for moonstone visits.
description: A plant with fuzzy green balls on long stems.
usage: The burrs are put on the pelt where the poultices are.
effects: Stops the poultice from being rubbed off without hurting the skin.
sneezepaw’s notes: It looks very funny.
description: A leafy and delicious-smelling plant. Has gray-green leaves, stems are hairy, and has purple flowers. Is easily killed by frost. Looks like nettles, but doesn't sting..
effects: Best remedy for the deadly greencough, which cats, mainly kits and elders, usually catch in the season of leaf-bare. Can also be used for whitecough. Can be considered dangerous in extremely high dosages.
sneezepaw’s notes: Don’t give a warrior’s amount to a kit. Lesson learned.
description: Yellow flower with 4 petals.
location: Forests and Rivers.
usage: Crushed into juice and trickled into the eye
effects: Soothes weakened or damaged eyes.
sneezepaw’s notes: Be careful not to get any of the juice in your eye when you're not the one who’s injured.
description: A small white flower with a large, yellow center.
effects: Strengthens the heart and soothes the mind.
sneezepaw’s notes: Not very useful but tastes good.
description: A sweet-smelling plant with large, leafy, fern-like leaves and small white flowers. The roots are described as being knobby and brown.
location: Around rocky areas and gorge territory.
usage: Chewed to extract the juice from the root
effects: For infected wounds and bellyaches.
sneezepaw’s notes: Smells really good but makes me sneeze.
description: Tall stemmed plant with almond shaped leaves.
effects: Treats greencough
sneezepaw’s notes: Good to have if you’re out of Catmint.
description: A smooth brown nut with a hard outside shell.
location: In or under hazel trees
usage: Made into ointments
description: Long, thin, shiny strands strung into webs by spiders
location: All around the forest
usage: Press over wounds.
effects: To soak up and stop or slow blood flow. Can be used to bind broken bones.
description: A flowering plant with white and yellow flowers.
location: Nears lakes and in forests.
usage: Leaves chewed into a pulp.
effects: Eases breathing or kitten-cough as well as cracked/sore pads.
sneezepaw’s notes: Hard to get kits to eat it.
description: Large leaves with small, bell-shaped flowers.
location: Damp, grassy spaces
usage: Roots are chewed into a poultice
effects: Repairs broken bones and soothes wounds. Also used for wrenched claws. Can be used for itching or for inflammation on stiff joints. Also eases stiffness on wrenched shoulders when lined in a nest. Can be used for burns.
sneezepaw’s notes: Useful and very pleasing to look at.
description: Thick, dark green, oval shaped leaves
usage: Chewed into a paste
effects: Eases the pain of aching joints.
sneezepaw’s notes: Mostly used for elders.
description: Yellow-flowered plant with a long hollow stem
location: Almost everywhere
usage: The white liquid is thought to be applied to bee stings. Leaves can be chewed. The roots can also be used to help cure the effects of meadow saffron poisoning.
effects: Soothes bee stings and can be chewed as a painkiller
sneezepaw’s notes: Makes me sneeze if their seeds fly everywhere.
description: Common large leafed plant with tangy smell and taste
usage: Chewed up and applied to scratches
effects: Soothes scratches though can sting when being applied. Soothes sore pads. If placed in a nest it can ease the pain of wounds. Can be used to help practice healing on clanmates.
sneezepaw’s notes: Useful when you don’t want to use poppy seeds.
description: Leaves from an elder tree
location: Often found in 5-9 leaflets
usage: Turned into a poultice.
description: Thin, spikey leaves
location: Dry soil and Riverbanks
usage: Stalks are broken and the juice is squeezed into the receivers mouth.
effects: Helps pain in the hip
sneezepaw’s notes: Hard to find when it’s rainy out.
description: Small bush with flowers resembling daisies
location: Grows best along the water
effects: Reduces body temperature for cats with fever or chills. Good for headaches.
sneezepaw’s notes: Very useful but hard to come by when the river is frozen.
description: Plant with ovate leaves
sneezepaw’s notes: same thing as thyme, just harder to find.
description: A tall plant with bright, yellow flowers
location: Grows well on Windclan’s moors
usage: Chewed into a poultice.
effects: Good for healing wounds.
sneezepaw’s notes: Bitter to chew
description: Small green plant with yellow and orange flowers
effects: Like catmint but not as strong
sneezepaw’s notes: Have never found this herb.
description: Nectar found in bell shaped flowers
usage: Included in herbal mixtures
effects: Makes swallowing easier and mixture sweeter
sneezepaw’s notes: Good for getting kits to eat herbs.
description: A sweet, golden colored liquid made by bees
location: In bee’s nests and honeycombs
effects: Soothes infections, is a great remedy for smoke-damaged or sore throats, helps cats swallow other concoctions, helps soothe coughing, and gives energy.
sneezepaw’s notes: Hard to get during New-Leaf when all the bees are near it.
description: A tall, bristly stemmed plant.
location: Any marshy area
usage: Chewed into a poultice and applied to wounds
effects: Treats infections and stops bleeding
description: Leaves from an ivy vine
location: Grows close to other herbs.
usage: Used to carry other herbs.
sneezepaw’s notes: Pretty useless.
description: Purple/Blue berries found on juniper bushes
location: Grows in places that are not wet
effects: Soothes bellyaches, gives strength and helps with troubled breathing. Also used to calm a cat.
description: Soft, fuzzy green plant
location: Commonly found in the mountains
effects: Gives a cat strength
description: Green, glabrous leaves
sneezepaw’s notes: Easy to work with.
description: A small purple flowering plant.
usage: Placed under a cat's nose to be inhaled constantly. Used to cover the scent of death.
effects: Cures fever and chills. Also used to hide the scent of death on a cat.
sneezepaw’s notes: Smells very nice. One flower that doesn’t make me sneeze.
effects: If it’s mixed with bright-eye, it can help cure coughs
description: An herb with dark green leaves speckled with gray
effects: Cures yellowcough
sneezepaw’s notes: Very hard to find, luckily yellowcough isn’t very common.
description: Large, fuzzy leaves from a flowering shrub.
location: Grows best near shore.
effects: Soothes bellyaches
description: A low-growing, yellow flower
usage: Petals or leaves chewed into a poultice
effects: Stops infections
sneezepaw’s notes: First herb I learned how to use. Made me sneeze.
description: Small leaves with purple flowers
location: Thunderclan forest territory
usage: Rubbed on a dead body
effects: Hides the scent of death
sneezepaw’s notes: Tastes weird. Don’t ask how I know.
description: A spongy, soft, green shrub
location: Abundant in forests and marshy locations
usage: Used to soak up fluid
sneezepaw’s notes: Just moss.
description: Foul smelling, yellow-ish green liquid
location: Can be found anywhere there are mice present
usage: The liquid is stored in moss and dabbed into ticks embedded in one’s pelt
sneezepaw’s notes: Terrible smell, gets all over my paws.
description: Round, cartoon-like ruffled leaves.
location: All over the forest floor and collected in leaf-fall
usage: Chewed into a poultice after dried.
effects: Stops infection from setting in
sneezepaw’s notes: Very easy to come by which is good because it’s useful.
description: A long stemmed plant with ragged-edged leaves.
location: Grows best in moist areas
effects: 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.
sneezepaw’s notes: The leaves prick my tongue.
description: Tiny, round black seeds
usage: They are crushed and chewed on and can be mixed with juniper berries
effects: They keep a cat's strength up and help aching joints. Can also cause drowsiness.
sneezepaw’s notes: Don’t give them to kits or queens in labor. My mentor told me that. *proud*
description: Ragged-leafed plant that resembles a fern
location: Thought to be commonly found in the mountains
usage: Thought to give cats extra strength
effects: Gives a cat extra strength and energy
sneezepaw’s notes: Gets mistaken with ferns. Sometimes I’ll pick the wrong leaf.
description: Tall shrub with yellow flowers
location: Almost everywhere
usage: Crushed and chewed, mixed with juniper to help aching joints
effects: Treats aching joints
description: Soft to the touch but with jagged edges
location: Found on raspberry bushes
usage: A painkiller and stops bleeding during kitting
effects: Eases pain and stops bleeding
sneezepaw’s notes: Good if you’re running out of cobwebs or moss during a kitting. Don’t get distracted by the raspberries.
description: Tall with needle-like leaves and purple flowers
usage: Put on the pelt of a dead cat to prepare for burial
effects: Hides the scent of death
description: Long narrow leaves with lavender head-stalks
usage: Used to bind broken bones
effects: Helps hold a broken bone in place
sneezepaw’s notes: I’ll sometimes find it growing out of walls in the twolegplace.
description: Similar to dock, sorrel is a traveling herb.
effects: Traveling herb, can also build up an appetite.
sneezepaw’s notes: Not good for going to the moonstone. Makes me hungry.
description: Grows and falls from trees
location: Anywhere there are trees
usage: Cats in pain bite it (specifically queens while kitting) it can also be used for splints
effects: Distracts cats from pain
sneezepaw’s notes: Sticks can also distract kits.
description: It has green, spiny seeds
location: All over the forest
usage: Swallowed by a cat who’s eaten poison or chewed into a poultice for wounds
effects: Induces vomiting, or brings down swelling, respectively. Can be mixed with comfrey to help heal broken bones. Helps with wounds. Chewing the stems helps fight against infection
sneezepaw’s notes: Don’t worry, it can’t sting you. I think.
description: Thick green stem with
usage: One must swallow the sap
sneezepaw’s notes: Never seen it, but it has sweet in its name, therefore it’s tasty.
description: Round, yellow flowers with a nice sweet smell
usage: To be consumed, but only in small doses.
effects: Cures coughs. Can be used to cure wounds and poisons. Stops cats from getting greencough. Soothes throats. Can be extremely dangerous to pregnant cats.
sneezepaw’s notes: Smells sweet, tastes terrible
description: It has a strong, aromatic to it, but a sharp taste
location: Found in most cool or cold areas
usage: Chewed and put on a wound
effects: Good for treating wounds and extracting poison
sneezepaw’s notes: Can smell it from a far distance.
description: Small, delicate, thick, sticky leaves with a fresh tang.
location: Best in hot, sunny locations
usage: Leaves can be chewed on
effects: Calms nervousness, anxiety, and cats who are in shock.
sneezepaw’s notes: I could use this for myself whenever I have to treat someone.
description: Mixture consists of sorrel, daisy, chamomile, and burnet.
effects: When mixed together, they suppress hunger, pains, and give a cat strength.
sneezepaw’s notes: You get used to the taste after a while.
description: A light green plant with oval-shaped petals
location: Streams and damp earth
usage: Chewed into pulp and eaten
effects: Eases the suffering that originates from a bellyache
description: Extremely sharp and tangy scent.
usage: One must roll in it
effects: Draws out poison in rat bites
sneezepaw’s notes: Smells gross.
description: Bark of the willow tree
location: Grows near twoleg place
sneezepaw’s notes: Hard to get off the trees.
description: Easily identified by its red berries
location: Subalpine places
effects: Treats wounds and some poisons
sneezepaw’s notes: Looks a bit like death berries, but it’s not.
description: A weed with green, heart-shaped leaves
location: Forests and open spaces.
description: A flowering green plant with a tangy taste.
usage: Chewed into a poultice that cats can eat or that can be placed on wounds
effects: Extracts poison from a wound and makes a cat vomit toxins
sneezepaw’s notes: Tastes horrible.
Deathberries/Yew Berries/Night Seeds/Holly Berries
description: Bright, red berries
usage: Sometimes used to kill a cat that eats the berry; the flesh is used to cure an infection inside a cat.
sneezepaw’s notes: Why would someone ever want to use these?
description: Tiny, black seeds from the flowers of a foxglove plant
effects: Causes paralysis, heart failure, and death.
sneezepaw’s notes: Would rather use these on actual foxes than cats.
They are poisonous and sometimes they are used to put a cat out of its misery.
Causes writhing and foaming at the mouth.
sneezepaw’s notes: Thanks for touring the medicine den with me!
