EmberClan Medicine

# Medicinal Herbs in EmberClan

**Alder**

* + Use the juice produced when the inner bark is scraped with a sharp rock for rashes and itchiness.
	+ Use above juice for wounds

**Balsam Poplar**

* + Crush sticky buds and spread the poultice on sunburn, burns and rashes.
	+ Make a poultice of water and leaves for bruises, sores, boils and aching muscles.
	+ A poultice of root for sprains and bruises.

**Birch**

* + Chew leaves and plaster on wasp stings to extract poison.
	+ Chew leaf buds to make a poultice for skin sores/infections

**Blackberry Leaves**

* + Chew fruit/leaves for diarrhea.

**Blue Clematis**

* + Fresh poultice used to relieve painful joints
	+ Poultice for itchy skin

**Bracken Fern**

* + Use a poultice to help broken bones mend faster
	+ DO NOT INGEST--WILL CAUSE STOMACH LUMPS

**Burdock**

* + Used to reduce fever
	+ Used to ease colds.
	+ Use with sarsaparilla to remove poison

**Burnet**

* + Used to staunch bleeding
	+ A traveling herb to keep a cat’s strength up

**Cat’s Claw**

* + Use with dandelion root to make a cat feel full.

**Cattail**

* + Use the fluff to treat burns

**Comfrey**

* + Broken bones
	+ Soothe wounds
	+ Wrenched claws
	+ NOT THE ROOTS!!!

**Common Bearberry**

* + Eat berries and leaves for diarrhea

**Common Snowberry**

* + Used to euthanize cats. All parts of the plant are toxic to eat.

**Dock**

* + Chewed up and put on a cracked or cut pad, it will relieve the pain (although it may sting)

**Daisy**

* + Use flowers and stems as a poultice for cuts and bruises
	+ A traveling herb --  to calm nervous excitability
	+ USe for aching joints
	+ Give before battle: For same reason as above.

**Dandelion**

* + Fresh root poultice for anti-inflammatory
	+ Stimulates bile
	+ Use root with Cat’s Claw to make them feel full.
	+ Chew leaves as a painkiller

**Devil’s Club**

* + The inner bark of the root can be used to treat fever, coughs and colds.

**False Solomon’s Seal**

* + Dry and powder the rhizomes, then apply the substance to wounds.

**Fennel**

* + Digestive aid
	+ Reduces cramping, gas and bloating
	+ Find in Twoleg gardens

**Fenugreek seeds**

* + Use with peppermint for greencough
	+ Find in twoleg gardens

**Feverfew**

* + Eases fever
	+ Ease headaches
	+ Find in Twoleg gardens

**Fireweed**

* + The roots and leaves can be used to relieve sore throat.

**Ginger**

* + Give a small amount each day to clear a constipated cat: may make them vomit. (round/shredded)

**Goldenrod**

* + Use to reduce pain and swelling

**Goldenseal**

* + Use as a disinfectant for wounds

**Heather Flower**

* + Drink juice/nectar/sap with water to ease sore throats
	+ Also used with other herbs for its sweet taste?

**Honey**

* + Soothes throat (Smoke damaged, sore, infected)

**Horsetail**

* + Use a poultice to help wounds heal
	+ Note: Wash mouth after chewing herb, and DO NOT swallow the juice.

**Juniper Berries**

* + Soothes breathing troubles
	+ Apply juice directly to wounds to ease pain.

**Lamb’s Ear**

* + Use as a battle poultice for wounds. Will stick to, numb and aid the healing of a wound

**Licorice Fern**

* + The fern can be used as a sweetener for bitter tasting medicines
	+ Chew a piece of the root and swallow the juice for colds, coughs or sore throat.

**Lodgepole Pine**

* + Resin: use to relieve aching muscle pain
	+ Soft inner bark: make a poultice for more serious wounds.
	+ Used to relieve pneumonia (inner bark)

**Mallow Leaves**

* + Used to ease sore throat
	+ Also used for wounds: Chew the leaves, mix with warm water and plaster to the wound.

**Maidenhair Fern**

* + Chew the roots to soothe sore throats and loosen phlegm.

**Marigold**

* + Used to treat swollen bug bites, burns, infected cuts and reduce bruises.
	+ Use with goldenrod and horsetail in a poultice on a wound

**Nodding Onion**

* + Crushed green leaves can be applied to leaves to scalds, burns and wounds to prevent infection.

**Oregon Grape**

* + Crushed roots can be used to treat wounds.

**Palmate Coltsfoot**

* + Ease cough symptoms
	+ Chewed up and made into a poultice, this can ease sore or cracked pads
	+ Use as well for upset stomachs.

**Peppermint**

* + Use with fenugreek seeds for greencough
	+ Find in twoleg gardens

**Pineapple Weed**

* + Chew and wash down with water to ease stress and calm nerves
	+ A traveling herb
	+ Also used for upset stomachs

**Plantain**

* + Use a poultice of the leaves to numb pain
	+ Chew leaves for toothache

**Raspberry Leaf**

* + Used during kittings to reduce the pain of the queen
	+ Can be found in Twoleg gardens

**Redcedar**

* + Young buds: chew for toothache

**Red Clover**

* + Crushed flowers can be used to treat rashes.

**Self Heal**

* + Use a poultice to heal bruises, cuts and skin inflammations
	+ Swallow juice with honey for sore throat

**Silverweed**

* + The juice of the root is used to treat inflamed eyes.

**Sitka Mountain Ash**

* + Bark is chewed to relieve symptoms of cold

**Snakeroot**

* + Heals snake bites

**Subalpine Fir**

* + Bark or young needle buds: use for asthma, coughs and colds.

**Sword Fern**

* + Chew to ease sore throat

**Tormentil**

* + Chew and swallow juice and wash down with water for sore throats. Also use with honey?

**Thyme**

* + Prevents/soothes shock

**Watermint**

* + Make a balm of the leaves for sore muscles
	+ The plant has cleaning properties: apply to wounds to prevent infection
	+ Find in Twoleg gardens or along the river

**Western Larch**

* + Chew bark and swallow juice as a sort of vaccine against illness -- in case of sickness outbreak
	+ Everyone in the camp gets it once a moon as a vaccine

**White Bark Pine**

* + Chew needles and swallow juice for fever. Not too many-- can be toxic. Allow the cat’s system to clear before giving another dose

**Wild Rose**

* + Chew petals for symptoms of fever

**Wild Sarsaparilla**

* + Can be used to treat colds, fever or stomach trouble
	+ Use with burdock as a remedy for poison

**Willow**

* + Use bark as a painkiller.

**Wintergreen**

* + Used for fever, headaches and sore throats

# Recipes: Use any Two or More in Combination

## Must-Haves in the Den

* Chamomile
* Thyme
* Lamb’s ear
* Plantain
* Dandelion root
* Fenugreek seed
* Peppermint
* Wild Sarsaparilla
* Feverfew
* Burdock
* Daisy or Pineapple weed
* Self-heal
* Marigold
* Willow
* Wintergreen
* Devil’s Club
* Marigold
* Juniper berries
* Thyme
* Raspberry Leaf
* Willow
* Devil’s Club

Battlefield Dressings Per One Dressing

Two leaves/pieces of each: Yarrow or Burnet, Lamb’s Ear and dandelion root. Chew it all up and plaster it on the wound. Cover with cobwebs if possible.

Travel Herbs

A couple leaves of each: Burnet, Pineapple Weed, Cat’s Claw and dandelion. Burnet: gives strength. Pineapple weed: May stop the cats from getting Cat’s Claw and dandelion: makes the cat feel full.

If a Cat has Ingested Poison:

Give them ginger and burdock+sarsaparilla. Ginger: to make them vomit. Burdock+sarsaparilla: to remove the poison.

Herbs to Bring on the Battlefield:

* Yarrow or Burnet
* Plantain
* Dandelion root
* Lamb’s Ear

Herbs for Sore Throat

* Fireweed
* Heather Flower
* Licorice Fern
* Mallow
* Maidenhair Fern
* Sword Fern
* Tormentil
* Wintergreen
* Honey
* Self-heal

Herbs for Greencough

* Peppermint (Use with below herb)
* Fenugreek seeds (Use with above herb)

Herbs for Fever

* Burdock
* Devil’s Club
* Feverfew
* White bark pine
* Wild rose
* Wild Sarsaparilla
* Wintergreen

Herbs for Wounds

* Dock- pads
* Daisy- cuts
* Marigold- cuts and wounds
* Self-heal- cuts
* Alder- heal
* Comfrey- heal
* False Solomon’s Seal- heal
* Goldenseal- heal
* Horsetail- clean and prevent infection
* Juniper berries- heal
* Lamb’s Ear- stop bleeding and prevent infection
* Lodgepole pine- heal
* Mallow- heal
* Nodding Onion- prevent infection
* Oregon Grape- heal
* Watermint- heal
* Yarrow- clean and prevent infection
* Burnet-stops bleeding
* Watermint- to prevent infection

Herbs to Dull Pain

* Dock- for cracked pads
* Willow
* Goldenrod
* Raspberry leaf- kittings

Herbs for Broken Bones and Sprains

* Comfrey
* Bracken Fern
* Balsam Poplar
* Self-heal

Herbs for Gas/Upset Stomach

* Palmate coltsfoot
* Pineapple weed
* Fennel
* Sarsaparilla

Herbs for other Aches

* Plantain- toothache
* Redcedar young buds- toothache
* Balsam Poplar- aching muscles
* Daisy- aching joints
* Lodgepole pine- aching muscle pain
* Blue clematis- painful joint

Herbs for Poison Expelling

* Burdock and Sarsaparilla
* Birch
* Plantain- to dull the pain
* Snakeroot- for snake bites

Herbs for Mental Health

* Daisy- calms nervous excitement
* Pineapple Weed- calms nerves and eases stress
* Thyme - Eases shock