Healing Herbs

Wounds sustained during battle — or from simply clumsiness — can cause all kinds of damage to cats, from blood loss, to scarring, to infection. If wounds aren't treated with the correct herbs soon enough, injuries can leave a cat maimed or disfigured for the rest of their life — if they even live through the experience. Here is a list of the herbs necessary to maintain the health and well-being of the Clans.

**Cordgrass** — A type of tall green grass that is used to bind wounds and stop bleeding, and can be used as a splint to set broken bones in a pinch. This plant grows in both MarshClan and MeadowClan territory, but is known to be larger and stronger on MarshClan land.

**Elderberry** — A tall, bright green plant with small white flowers and dark berries. The flowers are used to treat colds or fevers, and the berries have an antiviral effect, and are often administered to healthy cats to prevent the spread of illnesses. This plant primarily grows in MeadowClan territory.

**Cranberry** — A low-growing shrub with small green leaves that grows red berries. The berries can be crushed and applied to wounds to reduce inflammation or swelling, or eaten to reduce cold symptoms. This plant primarily grows in MeadowClan territory, but can also be found on WaveClan's beaches out of reach of the tides, or on the dryer, inland parts of MarshClan territory.

**Blueberry** — A low, twiggy shrub. Its white flowers can be eaten to improve a cat's immune system and promote overall well-being. Its berries can be crushed into a poultice and applied to scrapes or burns to encourage the skin to heal. This plant primarily grows in MeadowClan territory, but can also be found on WaveClan's beaches out of reach of the tides, or on the dryer, inland parts of MarshClan territory.

**Bearberry** — A dark, low-growing shrub with small white or pink flowers and bright red berries. Its flowers can be applied to wounds to aid healing and prevent infection, and eating its berries helps to cure nausea. This plant can be found in all of the Clan territories, away from salt water.

**Chokeberry** — A tall shrub with bright red berries that can be eaten to cure nausea or applied to burns or scrapes to encourage the skin to heal. This plant primarily grows in MeadowClan and WaveClan territory, but may be found in the dryer, inland parts of MarshClan territory.

**Bayberry** — A strong-smelling shrub with small white berries that can be eaten to help with shortness of breath or smoke inhalation, or to ease a queen's pain during birth. This plant primarily grows on WaveClan's beaches, away from the tides, but can be found in MeadowClan territory.

**Sea Rocket** — A bright green plant whose white or pale lavender flowers are used to induce sleep, and whose leaves are used to cure shock or calm down anxious cats. This plant grows primarily along the beaches of WaveClan territory, close to the cliffs and away from the reach of the tides.

**Seabeach Sandwort** — A short, hardy dark green plant with many stems covered in tiny leaves. Its white to pale yellow flowers have a distinctive honey-like scent, and are consumed to help soothe a queen having a difficult pregnancy and decrease the chances of any kits being stillborn. This plant grows primarily on WaveClan's beaches away from the tide, but can also occasionally be found in the dryer, inland portions of MarshClan's territory.

**Dried oak leaves** — The leaves of oak trees, collected during leaf-fall. These leaves are applied to wounds to help prevent infection. Trees are sparse throughout all of the territories, but this resource can be found in all of them away from salt water.

**Birch leaves** — The leaves of birch trees. These leaves are applied to wounds to help relieve pain. Trees are sparse throughout all of the territories, but this resource can be found in all of them away from salt water.

**Goldenrod** — A dark green plant with yellow flowers that is used to close wounds. This plant grows primarily along the beaches of WaveClan territory, close to the cliffs and away from the reach of the tides.

**Juniper** — A bush with spiky, dark green leaves and purple berries. Eating the berries can help soothe bellyache or relieve shortness of breath. This plant can be found on all of the Clan territories, away from saltwater.

**Sea Lavender** — A small purple flowering plant that helps to cure fevers. This plant grows primarily in MarshClan territory, but can sometimes be found on WaveClan's cliffs as well.

**Aster** — A tall, sharp-leafed plant with clusters of bright purple flowers with yellow centers that can cure infection when applied to a wound. This plant primarily grows in MeadowClan and WaveClan territory, but can be found in the dry, inland parts of MarshClan territory.

**Sweet Fern** — A sweet-scented fern with small spiked clusters of flowers. Its leaves can be applied to burns or scrapes to encourage the skin to heal, and its flowers can help to bring down the body temperatures of cats with fevers or chills. This plant can be found in all of the territories, away from salt water.

**Sweet Pepperbush** — A tall green bush with fragrant, bottlebrush-shaped clusters of white flowers that can be eaten to increase the body temperature of a cat suffering from a chill. Its leaves can be eaten to cure coughs. This plant can be found on all of the Clan territories.

**Horsetail** — A tall, bristly-stemmed plant that can cure infection when applied to a wound. This plant primarily grows in MeadowClan and WaveClan territory, in sandy soil untouched by salt water, but can be found in the dryer, inland parts of MarshClan territory.

**Beach Heather** — A low-growing shrub with scaly, hairy leaves that can be eaten to soothe muscle pain, and clusters of bright yellow flowers that can be eaten to quell anxiety and cure shock. This plant primarily grows along WaveClan's beaches, but can be found in the dryer, inland parts of MarshClan territory.

**Spike Grass** — A tall grey-green grass with short, flat leaves that can be eaten to help shortness of breath. This plant primarily grows in MarshClan territory, but can be found on WaveClan's beaches.

**Poppy Seeds** — Tiny black seeds harvested from bright orange poppy flowers that can be eaten to relieve shock or distress, soothe pain, or put a cat to sleep. This plant primarily grows in MeadowClan territory, but can be found on some of the cliffs and plateaus above the beaches in WaveClan territory.

**Beach Pea** — A flowering vine with curling tendrils on its leaves and showy purple or pink flowers. The flowers can be eaten to increase milk in queens, while the peas can be eaten to soothe bellyaches. This plant grows primarily along the beaches and sandy plateaus of WaveClan territory, but can be found in the dry, inland parts of MarshClan territory and in MeadowClan territory near the WaveClan border.

**Firethorn** — A large, thorny shrub with bright red berries that can be eaten to induce vomiting. This plant is useful if a cat accidentally ingests something dangerous, such as deathberries. This plant primarily grows in MeadowClan territory, but may also grow along the plateaus of WaveClan, and in MarshClan territory near the MeadowClan border.

**Milk Thistle** — A heady, spiny plant with white-veined leaves and purple flowers. Waving milk thistle under a cat's nose will revive them from sleep or fainting. Its flowers specifically can be chewed and applied to a wound to reduce inflammation, or eaten to increase milk in queens. This plant can be found in all of the Clan territories, away from salt water, though it will not grow in sand.

**Starfish** — Sea creatures that come in many different colors, which are dried out and used as splints to mend broken bones. Starfish are only found in the tide pools in WaveClan territory.

**Honey** — A sweet substance created by bees that is used to soothe sore throats. This resource can be found on any of the Clan's territories, away from water, but can be risky to harvest, as nobody likes bee stings.

**Cobwebs** — Sticky white webs created by spiders that are used to stop bleeding. This resource can be found on any of the Clan's territories, but tends to be more plentiful where there are rocks or trees.

**Mouse bile** — A foul-smelling substance that is used to get rid of fleas or ticks. This resource is primarily found on MeadowClan territory, as they have the most rodents, but can also be found in MarshClan territory.

**Seaweed** — A thick, salty-smelling marine plant that can be used to get rid of fleas or ticks. This resource is primarily found on WaveClan territory, but may occasionally wash up in the more watery areas of MarshClan territory.

**Daylilies** — Large, brilliant red or orange flowers that bloom during greenleaf, and occasionally into leaf-fall. The flower petals can be applied to a wound to dispel poison from the system, while the leaves are eaten to cure greencough. These plants primarily grow in MeadowClan territory, but can rarely be found in sheltered, dry parts of WaveClan or MarshClan.

**Deathberries** *(also known as winterberries)* — A tall, twiggy shrub with spiky, dark green leaves and bright red berries. The leaves fall off in the middle of leaf-fall, but the berries persist through leaf-bare. The berries will kill a cat swiftly if they are ingested. This plant grows primarily in MeadowClan territory or in WaveClan off the beaches, but may grow in the dryer, inland parts of MarshClan territory. Clans will try to remove the plants as soon as one is found on any territory.

**Catmint**— A delicious-smelling plant with delicate leaves that can be eaten to cure greencough. It is rarely found in the wild, most frequently found around Twolegplace in gardens instead. However, it can be found in some areas of the Unclaimed territory, particularly in redwood forests and other wooded areas. It cannot be found in any Clan territories.

**Parsley**— A bright green flowering plant whose leaves can be eaten to cure nausea or stomachache, but may also stop the flow of milk in queens. Found in the mountains around the Tribe of Stone Mothers.

**Meadowfoam**— A short herb with cup-shaped white flowers that can be applied to an injury to reduce inflammation or swelling, or to cleanse venom from the system. Found in the mountains around the Tribe of Stone Mothers.

**Lupine**— A tall green or grey-green plant covered in silvery hairs, with tall stalks of purple, pink, red, white, or yellow flowers that can be eaten to induce sleep or relieve pain. Found in the mountains around the Tribe of Stone Mothers.

**Rushlily**— A flowering plant with several long, thin bending leaves around its base. The flowers can be eaten to cure shock or calm down anxious cats, and its leaves can be eaten to cure greencough. Found in the mountains around the Tribe of Stone Mothers.

**Deer-foot**— A straight, three-leafed flowering plant. Its small white flowers can be eaten to reduce congestion or relieve shortness of breath. Crushing its leaves, soaking them in water, and eating the resulting poultice can induce vomiting, in case a cat ate something dangerous. Found in the mountains around the Tribe of Stone Mothers.

**Milkweed**— A relatively tall flowering plant with sticky, milky sap inside its stem. Its sap is applied to wounds to stop bleeding, its roots can be chewed to cure stomachache, and its roots and leaves can be mixed together to cure fevers. Found in the mountains around the Tribe of Stone Mothers.

**Star Tulip**— Slender-stemmed green herb with bell-shaped yellow flowers that can be eaten to reduce cold symptoms and improve a cat's immune system to promote overall well-being.

**Borage**— A plant with blue or pink star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves that can be chewed and eaten to increase milk in queens and bring down fevers. Found in the mountains around the Tribe of Stone Mothers.

**Mallow**— A tall, hairy-stemmed shrub with oval-shaped or rounded leaves and pale pink flowers. Its flowers can be chewed and eaten to reduce inflammation of the throat, or to treat dry coughs. Its leaves can be crushed into a poultice and applied to wounds to help them close. Found in the mountains around the Tribe of Stone Mothers.

**Pepperweed** — A short, straight-stemmed plant with small white flowers that can be eaten as a dietary supplement for malnourished cats. Its leaves can be eaten to cure headaches, or bring up the temperatures of cats with chills. Found in the mountains around the Tribe of Stone Mothers.

**Daisy**— A short herb with small, white flowers with yellow centers. Its leaves can be eaten to soothe aching joints or muscle pain, and the flowers can be crushed and eaten to treat inflamed coughs or as a blood purifier.