…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]
A
Alder Bark
description: Dark gray bark, fissured. Younger trees can also have greenish bark. Branches can sometimes be sticky
location: Near Rivers
uses: Chewed
effects: Eases toothaches
sneezepaw’s notes: Super sticky and hard to peel from trees.
B
Beech Leaves
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.
location: Forests
uses: Carrying herbs
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.
Bindweed
description: Blue petals with white throat and yellow center. Typically blooms in warmer weather. Stems contain green leaves.
location: Forests
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.
Birch Sap
description: A thick, sticky liquid commonly found in or on birch trees.
location: Birch Trees
usage: Unknown
effects: Unknown
sneezepaw’s notes: n/a
Blackberry Leaves
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.
The Blazing Star
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.
usage: Unknown
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.
Borage Leaves
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.
usage: Chewed and Eaten.
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.
Bright-Eye
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.
Broom
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.
Burdock Root
description: Tall-stemmed thistle with a sharp smell and dark leaves. Has a bitter taste
location: Near the gorge
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.
Burnet
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.
C
Catchweed
description: A plant with fuzzy green balls on long stems.
location: Forests
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.
Catmint
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..
location: Twoleg gardens
usage: Eaten
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.
Celandine
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.
Chamomile
description: A small white flower with a large, yellow center.
location: Twoleg Gardens
usage: Eaten
effects: Strengthens the heart and soothes the mind.
sneezepaw’s notes: Not very useful but tastes good.
Chervil
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.
Chickweed
description: Tall stemmed plant with almond shaped leaves.
location: Sunningrocks
usage: Eaten
effects: Treats greencough
sneezepaw’s notes: Good to have if you’re out of Catmint.
Cob Nuts
description: A smooth brown nut with a hard outside shell.
location: In or under hazel trees
usage: Made into ointments
effects: Unknown
sneezepaw’s notes: n/a
Cobweb
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.
sneezepaw’s notes: n/a
Coltsfoot
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.
Comfrey Root
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.
D
Daisy Leaf
description: Thick, dark green, oval shaped leaves
location: In forests.
usage: Chewed into a paste
effects: Eases the pain of aching joints.
sneezepaw’s notes: Mostly used for elders.
Dandelion
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.
Dock
description: Common large leafed plant with tangy smell and taste
location: Leafy areas
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.
E
Elder Leaves
description: Leaves from an elder tree
location: Often found in 5-9 leaflets
usage: Turned into a poultice.
effects: Soothes sprains
sneezepaw’s notes: n/a
F
Fennel
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.
Feverfew
description: Small bush with flowers resembling daisies
location: Grows best along the water
usage: Eaten
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.
G
Goatweed
description: Plant with ovate leaves
location: Rivers
usage: Unknown
effects: Eases grief
sneezepaw’s notes: same thing as thyme, just harder to find.
Goldenrod
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
H
Hawkweed
description: Small green plant with yellow and orange flowers
location: Unknown
usage: Unknown
effects: Like catmint but not as strong
sneezepaw’s notes: Have never found this herb.
Heather Nectar
description: Nectar found in bell shaped flowers
location: Shady areas
usage: Included in herbal mixtures
effects: Makes swallowing easier and mixture sweeter
sneezepaw’s notes: Good for getting kits to eat herbs.
Honey
description: A sweet, golden colored liquid made by bees
location: In bee’s nests and honeycombs
usage: Eaten
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.
Horsetail
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
sneezepaw’s notes: n/a
I
Ivy Leaf
description: Leaves from an ivy vine
location: Grows close to other herbs.
usage: Used to carry other herbs.
effects: None
sneezepaw’s notes: Pretty useless.
J
Juniper Berries
description: Purple/Blue berries found on juniper bushes
location: Grows in places that are not wet
usage: Chewed and eaten
effects: Soothes bellyaches, gives strength and helps with troubled breathing. Also used to calm a cat.
sneezepaw’s notes: n/a
L
Lamb's Ear
description: Soft, fuzzy green plant
location: Commonly found in the mountains
usage: Unknown
effects: Gives a cat strength
sneezepaw’s notes: n/a
Laurel Leaf
description: Green, glabrous leaves
location: Forests
usage: Making herb wraps
effects: None.
sneezepaw’s notes: Easy to work with.
Lavender
description: A small purple flowering plant.
location: Twoleg gardens
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.
Lovage
description: Unknown
location: Unknown
usage: Unknown
effects: If it’s mixed with bright-eye, it can help cure coughs
sneezepaw’s notes: n/a
Lungwort
description: An herb with dark green leaves speckled with gray
location: Open spaces.
usage: Eaten
effects: Cures yellowcough
sneezepaw’s notes: Very hard to find, luckily yellowcough isn’t very common.
M
Mallow Leaves
description: Large, fuzzy leaves from a flowering shrub.
location: Grows best near shore.
usage: Eaten
effects: Soothes bellyaches
sneezepaw’s notes: n/a
Marigold
description: A low-growing, yellow flower
location: Near water
usage: Petals or leaves chewed into a poultice
effects: Stops infections
sneezepaw’s notes: First herb I learned how to use. Made me sneeze.
Mint
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.
Moss
description: A spongy, soft, green shrub
location: Abundant in forests and marshy locations
usage: Used to soak up fluid
effects: None
sneezepaw’s notes: Just moss.
Mouse Bile
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
effects: Kills ticks
sneezepaw’s notes: Terrible smell, gets all over my paws.
O
Oak Leaf
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.
P
Parsely
description: A long stemmed plant with ragged-edged leaves.
location: Grows best in moist areas
usage: Eaten
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.
Poppy Seed
description: Tiny, round black seeds
location: Anywhere
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*
R
Ragweed
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.
Ragwort Leaves
description: Tall shrub with yellow flowers
location: Almost everywhere
usage: Crushed and chewed, mixed with juniper to help aching joints
effects: Treats aching joints
sneezepaw’s notes: n/a
Rasberry Leaves
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.
Rosemary
description: Tall with needle-like leaves and purple flowers
location: Forests
usage: Put on the pelt of a dead cat to prepare for burial
effects: Hides the scent of death
sneezepaw’s notes: n/a
Rush
description: Long narrow leaves with lavender head-stalks
location: Infertile Soil
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.
S
Sorrel
description: Similar to dock, sorrel is a traveling herb.
location: Skyclan camp
usage: Eaten
effects: Traveling herb, can also build up an appetite.
sneezepaw’s notes: Not good for going to the moonstone. Makes me hungry.
Sticks
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.
Stinging Nettle
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.
Sweet-Sedge
description: Thick green stem with
location: Near rivers
usage: One must swallow the sap
effects: Eases infection
sneezepaw’s notes: Never seen it, but it has sweet in its name, therefore it’s tasty.
T
Tansy
description: Round, yellow flowers with a nice sweet smell
location: Twolegplace
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
Tormentil
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.
Thyme
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.
Traveling Herbs
description: Mixture consists of sorrel, daisy, chamomile, and burnet.
location: Unknown
usage: Eaten
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.
W
Watermint
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
sneezepaw’s notes: n/a
Wild Garlic
description: Extremely sharp and tangy scent.
location: Forests
usage: One must roll in it
effects: Draws out poison in rat bites
sneezepaw’s notes: Smells gross.
Willow Bark
description: Bark of the willow tree
location: Grows near twoleg place
usage: Unknown
effects: Eases pain
sneezepaw’s notes: Hard to get off the trees.
Wintergreen
description: Easily identified by its red berries
location: Subalpine places
usage: Unknown
effects: Treats wounds and some poisons
sneezepaw’s notes: Looks a bit like death berries, but it’s not.
Wood Sorrel
description: A weed with green, heart-shaped leaves
location: Forests and open spaces.
usage: Unknown
effects: Dries up wounds
sneezepaw’s notes: n/a
Y
Yarrow
description: A flowering green plant with a tangy taste.
location: Rocky areas.
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.
Poisons
Deathberries/Yew Berries/Night Seeds/Holly Berries
description: Bright, red berries
location: Forests
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?
Foxglove Seeds
description: Tiny, black seeds from the flowers of a foxglove plant
location: Forest Areas
usage: Poison
effects: Causes paralysis, heart failure, and death.
sneezepaw’s notes: Would rather use these on actual foxes than cats.
Nightshade
They are poisonous and sometimes they are used to put a cat out of its misery.
Water Hemlock
Causes writhing and foaming at the mouth.
sneezepaw’s notes: Thanks for touring the medicine den with me!