Herb Guide

Herbs are items used to heal a cat of injuries.

Medicine/Herbs
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Borage Leaves - Brings down fever and used to increase a queen's supply of milk.

Burdock Root - Cures infection. Chewed into a pulp.

Catmint - Cures greencough.

Chervil - Leaves cure infected wounds, and chewing roots helps bellyache.

Cobweb - Used as a bandage for bleeding wounds.

Coltsfoot - Helps with shortness of breath. Chewed into a pulp.

Comfrey - This plant should be chewed into a poultice. Helps broken bones and soothes wounds.

Dock - Soothes scratches.

Dried Oak Leaf - This dry plant stops infection.

Feverfew - Helps bring down the temperature of a cat, usually with chills or fever.

Goldenrod - Wonderful for healing wounds and is used often. Chew into a poultice.

Honey - Soothes infection and helps sore throats.

Horsetail - Applied as a poultice and treats infected wounds.

Juniper Berries - Helps with bellyache and helps breathing as well.

Lavender - Cures fever but can be difficult to find in some cases.

Marigold - Chewed into a pulp and applied to infected wounds.

Mouse Bile - Kills ticks.

Poppy Seed - Not recommended for nursing queens, but helps with distress and makes the cat sleepy.

Stinging Nettle - Seeds can be used for a poisoned cat, and leaves can bring down swelling of a wound or body part.

Tansy - A plant good for curing coughs but can't be eaten in large doses.

Thyme - Calms anxiety.

Watermint - Chewed into a pulp. Helps bellyache.

Wild Garlic - Prevents infection on wounds like rat bites.

Yarrow - Applied to wounds to help poisoning.

Deathberries - Not a medicine. Can kill kits who swallow it.

Ilnesses
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Whitecough - A milder form of Greencough, if untreated, becomes Greencough. Usually caught during lead-fall and leaf-bare

Greencough - A disease that is fatal to elders and kits, it spreads easily and is highly contagious

Blackcough - A form of chest infection

Redcough - A disease where a cat pukes up blood

Yellowcough - A disease that causes loss of appetite, fever, difficulty breathing, delirium, and sore throats. Cured with Lungwort