Herb rules mc.s pay attention.

ok medicen creatures here are your rules you must ask navin or i about what they are used for and if they are good or bad and you may use them to kill the sick when in verry painfull situations were they wont live any ways.

and here are alot for you to use:
Poppy seeds- used to numb pain and make a cat very sleepy


Catmint - For whitecough and Greencough. Also exceptionaly tasty to cats that are not sick


Cobwebs - used to stop bleeding



Feaverfew - used to cool feverish cats and treat head pain


Borage Leaves - used to treat fevers and helps nursing mothers with their milk supply


Marigold - used to treat infection and heal wounds and sores


Horse Tail - used to treat infected wounds


Burdock root - used to treat infections, especially rat bites


Chervile Root - used to treat infections


Wild Garlic - rolling in this can help to keep out infection


Coltsfoot- used to treat kittencough


Catnip(also called catmint) - used to treat whitecough and greencough; can help to relax a cat


Chickweed- used to help treat greencough


Tansy - used to treat coughs


Thyme - used to calm a cat


Camomile - used to calm a cat


Dandelion Leaves- used to calm a cat


Juniper Berries - used to treat bellyache


Chervile- used to treat bellyache


Watermint - used to treat bellyache


Daisy Leaves - used to treat aching joints


Goldenrod- used in a poultice to treat aching joints and stiffness; can also be used for severe injuries.


Ragwort Leaves- used alongside juniper berries in a poultice to treat aching joints


Comfrey - used to treat broken bones


Nettle (leaves) - used to treat swelling


Celadine - used to treat ailments of the eyes


Snake Root - used to counter poison


Nettle (seeds) - used to counter poison


Honey - used to treat sore throats


Mouse bile - used to remove ticks from a cat's coat


Yarrow - used to make a cat vomit and expel poisons from the body


Other Plants


Dock leaves - used to make a cat's coat slippery; also can be used as a surface for vomiting. Can also be chewed and put on scratches to help heal them.


Deathberries (Yew) - of no medicinal value; bright scarlet berries that can kill a cat if they are not expelled quickly enough; use yarrow (called night-seeds by the Tribe)


Nightshade - of no medicinal value; is poisonous


Holly (berries) - of no medicinal value; poisonous like deathberries





Sicknesses



Cough
a sickness that is like a human cold. Symptoms are just coughs and sneezes, though it can be dangerous to kits or young cats.
Best Treatment: Tansy


Greencough
- a sickness similar to pneumonia that is often rampant among the Clans in leaf-bare. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, pus excreted from the eyes, sneezing, fever, and green phlegm streaming from the nose.
Best Treatment: Catmint, feverfew, and lavender


Whitecough
- a mild sickness like a cold. More common than greencough, but can become greencough or even the fatal blackcough. Symptoms include sneezing, coughing, white phlegm streaming from the nose, and a slightly high temperature. This is similar to kittencough, which is the least harmful of all coughs and is mostly caught by kits.
Best Treatment: Catmint


Blackcough
- a fatal sickness that spells certain death for any cat who catches it. Symptoms are unknown, but the "black" might be blood.
Best Treatment: None


Chill
- a very mild ailment usually caused by very cold weather or falling into icy water. Much like whitecough, but with cold chills instead of fever.
Best Treament: Catmint, feverfew, and lavender


Cracked pads -
a painful ailment usually seen in elderly cats. The pawpads crack from cold or dryness, and if untreated can lead to infection. Symptoms include swelling of the paws and pain.
Best Treatment: Marigold, and poppy seed if there is pain


Aching joints -
basically arthritis in cats. Caused by age or damp weather. Symptoms include pain and stiffness.
Best Treatment: Anything that cures pain other than poppy seeds


Bleeding -
blood loss due to injury, such as a wound sustained in battle. Severity depends on injury.
Best Treatment: Cobwebs pressed onto the wound


Poisoning -
the case of eating deathberries, poisoned fresh-kill, or other kinds of harmful things.
Best treatment: Yarrow and stinging nettle


Freezing -
a case where a cat is too cold and might die.
Best Treatment: Grooming fur the wrong way to get the blood flowing.


Starvation -
a case where a cat is too hungry.
Best treatment: Fresh kill or queen's milk.