Medicine Cat Herb List

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This list contains all of the herbs used by medicine cats. Be sure to READ THE WHOLE LIST if you have a medicine cat, so that you know what herbs to use for what sickness/injury. I realize that this is a different planet, but to spare any further confusion the names of the herbs will remain the same .

Aloe - Used to treat skin irritations and counter infection

Blackberry (Bramble) - Roots can treat diarrhea, a poultice of the leaves can be applied to the mouth to treat sores

Borage leaves - Used to treat fevers

Broom - Used in poultice for broken bones

Burdock root - Used for infections, especially rat bites

Catnip - Used to ease pain and help to cure Greencough, treats fevers. Also, it repels insects when rubbed on fur, but it may disturb concentration

Cat's foot (Ground-Ivy) - Used to stimulate appetite, so feed it to sick cats who refuse to eat. Also a sedative when made into a poultice and applied to the skin.

Celandine- Used to treat ailments of the eyes

Chamomile - Used to relax cats and to help sore throats

Chervil root - Used to cure bellyache

Chickweed - Used to treat skin irritation

Cobwebs - Used to stop bleeding

Coltsfoot - Used to treat kittencough

Comfrey - Used to help heal broken bones

Daisy leaves - Soothes aching joints

Dandelion - Taken regularly, it helps to detoxify the body (good to take after a digestive sickness)

Deathberries (Yew) - (no medicinal pupose) Bright scarlet berries that can easily kill a cat if they aren't expelled quickly enough. Three can kill the strongest warrior.

Dock leaves - Used to make fur slippery when stuck in a tight space or if a cat has something stuck around them.

Feverfew - Used to reduce head pain

Honey - Used to sooth irritated throats and other things

Horsetail - Used to treat infected wounds

Jewelweed - Treats skin irritations caused by plants, especially good for poison oak and poison ivy

Juniper berries - Used to cure bellyache

Mallow - Treats sore throats and coughs, also soothes skin irritations and fights infections

Marigold - Used to heals wounds and sores, usually in a poultice

Mountain Mint - Do not use on pregnant she-cats- harmful to fetuses. Used to treat chills and fevers, crushed flowers rubbed on fur repels insects.

Mouse bile - Used to removes ticks and other parasites from a cat's coat

Nettle - Leaves are used on rashes and fever, also to counter bleeding. The leaves also relieve swelling

Nightshade - (No medicinal value) Poisonous, can kill cats

Poppy seeds - Used for easing pain and to make cats sleepy

Ragwort leaves - used in a poultice with juniper berries to soothe aching joints

Snakeroot - Used to counter poison

Spearmint - For morning sickness in pregnant she-cats (eaten), when crushed in a poultice it can be used on bruises, stiffness, and rheumy joints

Tansy - Used to treat coughs

Thyme - Used to ease anxieties

Violet sood sorrel - for urunary problems, also strengthens a weak stomach, produces and appetite, and helps to stop vomiting

Water mint - Used to cure bellyache

Wild garlic - When rolled in, it helps to keep out infections

Willow bark - Chewed on for toothaches, headaches, and other small, temporary pains

Yarrow - Used to expel poison from a cat's system (feed it to them to make them vomit)