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===Heather Nectar=== |
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Revision as of 00:19, 22 June 2015
A medicine cat's main job is to heal their fellow Clanmates from their wounds and sicknesses. They have many ways of doing so, mostly through herbs and berries throughout the medicine cat of their Clan's store. It has been noted by Erin Hunter that these remedies should never be used on pet cats, and that sick pets should be seen to by a vet instead.[1]
Medicines and Herbs
Key
= Treatment of wounds
= Treatment of diseases
= Poison
= Other
Alder Bark
Alder Bark | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Alder Bark.jpg | None | Bark of the alder tree. | Grows mainly in boggy, wet terrain. | For tooth pain.[2] |
Beech Leaves
Beech Leaves | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Beech Leaves.jpg | None | Large, broad leaves that can be serrated, entire or sparsely toothed. | Grows in almost any soil that is not waterlogged. | By ThunderClan medicine cats for carrying other herbs.[3] |
Bindweed
Bindweed | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | Arrow-head shaped leaves with pale white or pink trumpet shaped flowers. | Grows almost anywhere. | Fastens sticks to broken legs to keep them in place.[4] |
Blackberry Leaves
Blackberry Leaves | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Blackberry Leaves.jpg | None | Leaves from the prickly blackberry bush. | Almost anywhere; they are very hardy plants. | These leaves are chewed into a pulp.[5] |
Borage Leaves
Borage Leaves | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Borage Leaves.jpg | None | It is easily distinguished by its small blue or pink star-shaped flowers and hairy leaves. | Grows best in forests.[6] | It is chewed and eaten by nursing queens.[7] |
Broom
Broom | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Broom.jpg | None | Shrubs with small leaves and small yellow flowers. | Grows in ThunderClan's old territory.[2] | It is used to make poultices for broken legs and wounds.[2] |
Burdock Root
Burdock Root | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Burdock Root.jpg | None | Tall-stemmed thistle with a sharp smell and dark leaves. | Best in dry areas.[8] | The root is dug up, the soil is washed off, and then it is chewed into a pulp.[7] |
- This herb is used to help Tawnypelt's rat bite heal in Moonrise.[9]
Burnet
Burnet | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Burnet.jpg | None | Has oval-shaped leaves with serrated edges. Stems grow 50-200cm tall, with large clusters of small flower buds on top. | Usually found in dry, grassy meadows. | A traveling herb.[10] |
- A traveling herb first used in The Fourth Apprentice.[10] Little is known about it.
Catchweed
Catchweed | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Catchweed.jpg | None | A plant with fuzzy green balls on long stems.[11] | It is common in hedges and other low, shrubby vegetation. | The burrs are put on the pelt where poultices are.[11] |
- Mothwing recommended this herb to Jaypaw in The Sight to stop Stormfur's poultice from getting rubbed off.[11]
Catmint/Catnip
Catmint | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Catmint.jpg | None | A leafy and delicious-smelling plant.[7] | Rarely found in the wild; mostly found in Twoleg gardens.[7] | Eaten.[12] |
- It is best to collect late in the day, as the dew will have burned off (evaporated) so it won't rot in the store.[13]
Celandine
Celandine | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Celandine.jpg | None | Yellow flower with four petals. | Grows better on ThunderClan's territory, though it also grows on RiverClan's territory.[14] | Juice is trickled into the eye.[15] |
Chamomile
Chamomile | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | A small, white flower with a large, yellow center. | Can be found in Twoleg gardens.[10] | Eaten.[10] |
Chervil
Chervil | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Chervil.jpg | None | A sweet-smelling plant with large, leafy, fern-like leaves and small white flowers.[7] The roots are described as being knobby and brown.[16] | In the Forest Territories, it was found at Snakerocks.[17] | Chewed to extract the juice of the leaves or the root.[7] |
Chickweed
Chickweed | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | Tall-stemmed plant with fat, almond-shaped leaves. | In the Forest Territories, it grew near Sunningrocks.[18] | Eaten, such as catmint/catnip. |
Cob Nuts
Cob Nuts | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Hazelnuts.jpg | None | A smooth brown nut with a hard outside shell. A type of hazelnut. | In, under or near hazel trees that grow in sunny spots. | Made into ointments.[19] |
- Cob nuts were mentioned by Snowpaw in Bluestar's Prophecy when she suggested they use some from Goosefeather's store to attract the prey out of their burrows. [19]
Cobwebs
Cobwebs | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Cobwebs.png | None | Long, thin, shiny strands spun into a web by spiders. Very common. | All around the forest.[20] | Press over wound.[21] |
Coltsfoot
Coltsfoot | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Coltsfoot.jpg | None | A flowering plant with yellow or white flowers resembling dandelions. Grows best in newleaf.[22] | Grows by a waterfall in RiverClan's forest territory.[23] It also grows well in ShadowClan's lake territory.[24] | Leaves chewed into a pulp.[25] |
Comfrey Root
Comfrey Root | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Comfrey.jpg | None | It has large leaves, small bell-shaped flowers, which are pink, white, or purple, and fat, black roots. Tangy smell.[26] | Damp, grassy places. | Roots are chewed into a poultice.[27] Can also be lined in one's nest.[28] |
Daisy Leaf
Daisy Leaf | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Daisy.jpg | None | Thick, dark green, oval shaped leaves. | Almost everywhere. | Chewed into a paste.[29] |
- In Sunrise, Jayfeather brings a daisy leaf to Mousefur to smell, thinking it might be the mystery herb that Leafpool mixed in with the tansy.[30] Also, in The Fourth Apprentice, Jayfeather gives Dustpelt some daisy leaves for his back pain.[31]
Dandelion
Dandelion | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Dandelion.jpg | None | Common yellow-flowered plant with long, hollow stems. After flowering is finished, the flower transforms a sphere made out of hundreds of smaller white florets with seed heads at the bottom that connect to the flower head. | Almost everywhere. | The white liquid is thought to be applied to bee stings. Leaves can be chewed.[32] |
Dock
Dock | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Dock Leaf.jpg | None | Common, large-leafed plant with a tangy smell[33] and taste.[34] | Doesn't grow well in mountains, best in leafy areas.[35] | Chewed up and applied to scratches. Similar to sorrel.[36] Also can be put in one's nest during sleep.[37] |
Fennel
Fennel | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Fennel.jpg | None | Thin, spiky leaves.[16] | Found in numerous places, especially on dry soils near the sea/coast and on riverbanks. | Stalks are broken and juice is squeezed into the receiver's mouth.[39] |
- In The Forgotten Warrior, it was used during Sorreltail's kitting.[39]
Feverfew
Feverfew | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Feverfew.jpg | None | Small bush with flowers resembling daisies. Has a sharp tangy smell and small soft leaves.[40] | Grows best along the water.[41] | Eaten.[42] |
Goldenrod
Goldenrod | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | A tall plant with bright, yellow flowers. | Grows well on the WindClan moors.[43] | Chewed into a poultice.[44] |
Hawkweed
Hawkweed | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Orange Hawkweed 6-21-08.jpg | None | Small green plant with yellow and orange flowers | Unknown | n/a |
- When Dovewing and Blossomfall bring back some catmint, Jayfeather remarks that some hawkweed would be helpful in Dovewing's Silence.[source?]
Heather Nectar
Heather Nectar | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Heather.jpg | None | Nectar found in bell-shaped flowers. | Best grown in shady areas.[45] | Included in herbal mixtures.[46] |
*Jaypaw uses this for Squirrelflight's herbs in The Sight.
Honey
Honey | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Honey.jpg | None | A sweet, golden-coloured liquid made by bees.[47] | In honeycombs or bees nests up in trees.[47] | Eaten, or given by moss soaked in it.[48] |
Horsetail
Horsetail | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Horsetail.jpg | None | A tall, bristly-stemmed plant, referred to with fleshy stalks.[49] | Any marshy area.[50] | Chewed to a poultice, and applied to wounds.[42] |
Ivy Leaf
Ivy Leaf | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Ivy Leaf.jpg | None | Leaves from the ivy vine. | Grows in the ThunderClan medicine den.[51] | By ShadowClan medicine cats to store other herbs.[52] |
Juniper Berries
Juniper Berries | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Juniper Berries.jpg | None | Purple-blue berries from the dark green, spiky-leaved juniper bush.[53] | Grows in places that are not wet.[53] | Chewed and eaten.[54] |
Lamb's Ear
Lamb's Ear | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Lamb's Ear.jpg | None | Soft, fuzzy green plant. | Commonly found in the mountains.[55] | Unknown |
*This herb was discovered first by the Tribe cats, and then when the Clans were resting in their territory, Stoneteller told Leafpaw about this herb.[56]
Lavender
Lavender | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Lavender.jpg | None | A small purple flowering plant. | Grown in Twoleg gardens. Can also be found in sunny spots with sandy or gravelly soil. | Placed under a cats nose and is to be inhaled constantly. Or rubbed/placed on an animals body to hide the scent of death. |
Mallow Leaves
Mallow Leaves | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Mallow Leaves.jpg | None | Large fuzzy three-nubbed leaves from a flowering shrub; sweet rose scent.[57] | Grows best near shore,[58] but best collected at sunhigh, when they are dry.[59] | Eaten.[60] |
Marigold
Marigold | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | A low-growing flower; yellow to bright orange. | Near water.[61] | Petals or leaves chewed in a poultice.[42] Juice can be used as well.[62] |
- In Firestar's Quest, this herb is used by Cinderpelt to try and heal Longtail's scratched eye. [63]
Mint
Mint | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Mint.jpg | None | Downy, serrated leaves ranging from green to purple and yellow in color. Flowers are small and white or purple in color. | Patch beside ThunderClan nursery in the Forest Territories.[64] | Rubbed on a dead body.[65] |
Mouse Bile
Extracted from the mouse. Foul smelling, stored in mouse and yellowish green. Medicine cats store them in moss to soak it for use.
Only remedy for ticks. Dabbed onto ticks to make them fall off. Cats always wash their paws after using mouse bile.
Oak Leaf
Dried Oak Leaf | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Oak Leaf.jpg | None | Round, cartoon-like ruffled leaves. | All over the forest floor and collected in leaf-fall.[42] | The dried leaves are to be stored in a dry location until the time of usage, when they are chewed into a thick poultice and spread on a wound.[42] |
Parsley
Parsley | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Parsley.jpg | None | A long-stemmed plant with ragged-edged crinkly leaves, Sharp scent, tastes cold and fresh, tastes the same fresh or dried.[66] | Grows best in moist, well drained soil, with full sun. | Eaten.[67] |
Poppy Seeds
Poppy Seeds | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Poppy Seeds.jpg | None | Tiny, round black seeds that are shaken out of a dried poppy flowerhead.[68] | All over forest.[69] | Chewed on.[44] |
Ragwort Leaves
Ragwort Leaves | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | Tall shrub with yellow flowers. Tastes foul to cats.[70] | Almost everywhere, especially in cool areas with high rainfall. | Crushed and chewed; mixed with juniper berries, it can help aching joints.[71] |
- It was used in Sunrise by Whitewing so she was strong during her kitting,[72] and was used again in The Fourth Apprentice when Jayfeather gave it to the elders to help them during the drought.[70]
Ragweed
Ragweed | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | Ragged-leaved plant resembling a fern. | Thought to be commonly found in the mountains. | Thought to give cats extra strength. |
- Ragweed was first discovered by the Tribe cats, later being told to Leafpool by Stoneteller, when the Clans were resting in their territory.[56]
Raspberry Leaves
Raspberry Leaves | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | Soft to the touch, but with jagged edges.[73] | Found on raspberry bushes. | It could be a painkiller, or help stop bleeding during kitting.[74] |
Rosemary
Rosemary | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Rosemary.jpg | None | Tall with needle-like leaves and purple flowers. | Near the ThunderClan warriors' den in the forest territory.[65] | Put on the pelt of a dead cat to prepare for burial.[65] |
- Speckletail and Poppydawn used this herb in Bluestar's Prophecy to prepare Moonflower's body for burial.[65]
Rush
Rush | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | It has long narrow leaves and lavender-colored head stalks. | Often grows in infertile soils in a wide range of moisture conditions. | Used to bind broken bones.[75] |
Snakeroot
Snakeroot | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Snakeroot.png | None | The best remedy for poison, especially snake bites. | Grows mainly in warmer areas, however some grow in cooler areas. | Thought to be applied to wounds. |
Sorrel
Sorrel | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | Similar to dock, sorrel is used as a traveling herb.[76] | Can be found near Twoleg nests.[10] | Eaten.[10] |
Sticks
Stick | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Stick.png | None | Thin wooden protrusions that grow on and fall from trees.[77] | Can be found anywhere there are trees.[77] | Cats in pain bite it when other medicine is either unavailable or not recommended.[77] Also used to help broken legs heal.[78] |
Stinging Nettle
Stinging Nettle | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | It has green, spiny seeds.[79] | All over the forest.[80] | The seeds are eaten by a cat who's swallowed poison, or the leaves are chewed into a poultice for a wound.[81] The stems can also be chewed.[82] |
Sweet-Sedge
Sweet-Sedge | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | Thick green stem with long buds at the top. | Grows all through leaf-bare.[83] Most common around the RiverClan camp.[83] | One must swallow the sap.[84] |
- In Tallstar's Revenge it is used to help keep Hopkit's paw infection down.[85]
Tansy
Tansy | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | The tansy plant has round, yellow leaves, and has a very sweet and strong scent, making it good for disguising a cat's scent.[86] | Found in the forest and near Twoleg places.[87] | To be consumed, but only in small doses.[81] |
Tormentil
Tormentil | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | It has a strong, aromatic scent to it and a sharp taste. | Found in most cool or cold areas, but other types may be found in gardens. | Chewed and put on the wound.[88] |
- It's used in the Tribe of Rushing Water, and is mentioned by Stoneteller to Jaypaw when he is taking care of Gray.[89]
Thyme
Thyme | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | Small, delicate, thick, sticky leaves with a fresh tang.[90] | Best in hot, sunny locations. | Leaves can be chewed on.[91] |
Traveling Herbs | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | Traveling Herbs consist of sorrel, daisy, chamomile and burnet. | Location | Eaten. |
Watermint
Watermint | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | A green, leafy plant. | Usually found in streams or damp earth.[92] | It is usually chewed into a pulp, and then eaten.[93] |
- In Fading Echoes, it was also used to smooth Leopardstar's pelt and hide the scent of death from it.[93]
Wild Garlic
Wild Garlic | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | Due to its strong smell, it is good for hiding the scent of a certain Clan, and disguising cats on raids.[94] | Not far from the forest entrance in the ThunderClan camp.[95] | One must roll in it.[95] |
Willow Bark
Willow Bark | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | Bark of the willow tree. | Grows near Twoleg places.[96] | Unknown. |
Willow Leaves
Willow Leaves | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Willow-Leaves.jpg | None | Leaves of the willow tree. | Unknown | Eaten.[97] |
- Used by Yellowfang to stop Cloudkit's vomiting in Yellowfang's Secret.[97]
Wintergreen
Wintergreen | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | Easily identifiable by its red berries. | Oak-pine woods and sandy habitats to sub-alpine places. | Unknown. |
Yarrow
Yarrow | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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File:Common Yarrow.png | None | A flowering plant. | Snakerocks, in the Forest Territories.[98] | Its leaves are chewed into a poultice that can be given to cats or applied to a wound depending on the situation.[99] |
- Yarrow is used on Sorrelkit by Cinderpelt when Darkstripe feeds her deathberries, and is also used by Mothwing to help poisoned cats when RiverClan is poisoned.[100]
- Yarrow is also used when Cherrypaw and Mousewhisker accidentally eat Water Hemlock, and the yarrow is swallowed by both Cherrypaw and Mousewhisker to vomit the poison.[101]
- Yarrow is used by Sagewhisker to cure Yellowkit and Nutkit's bellyache.[102]
Poisons
Deathberries/Yew berries/Night Seeds
- Main Article: Deathberries
Deathberries | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | Red berries from the dark-leaved, poisonous yew bush. | The ravine in the ThunderClan forest territory | Sometimes used to kill other cats by making them eat the berry.[103] |
- ShadowClan medicine cats use them to end a cat's life to prevent unnecessary suffering.[104]
Foxglove Seeds
Foxglove Seeds | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | Tiny, black seeds from the bell-shaped flower of the foxglove plant. | Almost everywhere, especially in temperate regions. | They are used to treat the heart[105] |
- They are often mistaken for poppy seeds because they look extremely similar. They are known to be a dangerous medicine. They are mentioned when Yellowfang scolds Cinderpelt and says, "You're a dangerous medicine cat! You could kill a cat by confusing foxglove seeds and poppy seeds!".[105]
Holly Berries
Holly Berries | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | Plant with spiny leaves that produces red berries with no medicinal value.[106] | Forests. | Unknown |
- Holly berries, while not as dangerous as deathberries, are still a danger to kits. They make an appearance in Twilight, after Leafpool talks to Crowfeather; Sorreltail finds her hiding in a holly bush. Leafpool says she is looking for berries and Sorreltail asks, "Aren't they poisonous?".[107]
Deadly Nightshade
- Mentioned in Forest of Secrets when Fireheart and Cinderpaw are with Cloudkit. Cloudkit almost eats some deathberries, but is quickly stopped by Cinderpaw. When Cloudkit runs off and calls them to see what he found, she jokes in response that "Maybe it's deadly nightshade this time".[108]
Water Hemlock
Water Hemlock | Scientific name | Description | Location | Usage |
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None | Green or white flowers with petals in umbrella-shaped clusters | Wet, marshy areas. | Unknown |
- Water Hemlock is the most poisonous plant in the Clan territories after deathberries.[109] Water Hemlock is used by Mousewhisker and Cherrypaw who mistake it for parsley, and the two collapse and start convulsing violently. Yarrow is used to help them afterward. [110]
Trivia
- It was revealed by Vicky that she used Culpeper's Herbal Remedies by Nicolas Culpeper to get the information for the herbs.[111]
See Also
- Medicine Cat
- Diseases and Injuries
References and Citations
- ↑ Revealed in Erin Hunter Chat 4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Revealed in Forest of Secrets, page 84
- ↑ Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy, page 406
- ↑ Revealed in The Sun Trail, page 274
- ↑ Revealed in SkyClan's Destiny, page 411
- ↑ Revealed in Long Shadows, page 23
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Revealed in Secrets of the Clans, page 134
- ↑ Revealed in Firestar's Quest, page 448
- ↑ Revealed in Moonrise, pages 129-130
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Revealed in The Fourth Apprentice, page 110
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Revealed in The Sight, page 277
- ↑ Revealed in Long Shadows, page 21
- ↑ Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy, page 220,221
- ↑ Revealed in Midnight, page 217
- ↑ Revealed in Sunrise, page 240
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Revealed in The Forgotten Warrior, page 143
- ↑ Revealed in Midnight, page 109
- ↑ Revealed in Moonrise, page 200
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy, page 144
- ↑ Revealed in A Dangerous Path, page 220
- ↑ Revealed in A Dangerous Path, page 225
- ↑ Revealed in Starlight, page 40
- ↑ Revealed in Crookedstar's Promise, page 132
- ↑ Revealed in Fading Echoes, page 192
- ↑ Revealed in Crookedstar's Promise, page 27
- ↑ Revealed in The Sight, page 93
- ↑ Revealed in Eclipse, page 80
- ↑ Revealed in A Forest Divided, page 96
- ↑ Revealed in Sunrise, page 102
- ↑ Revealed in Sunrise, page 189
- ↑ Revealed in The Fourth Apprentice, page 189
- ↑ Revealed in Twilight, page 214
- ↑ Revealed in The Sight, page 63
- ↑ Revealed in The Sight, page 68
- ↑ Revealed in Outcast, page 259
- ↑ Revealed in The Sight, page 64
- ↑ Revealed in A Forest Divided, page 32
- ↑ Revealed in Twilight, page 160
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Revealed in The Forgotten Warrior, page 144
- ↑ Revealed in Dark River, page 152
- ↑ Revealed in The Fourth Apprentice, page 25
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 42.4 Revealed in Secrets of the Clans, page 135
- ↑ Revealed in Twilight, page 120
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 Revealed in Into the Wild, page 104
- ↑ Revealed in Dark River, pages 41-42
- ↑ Revealed in The Sight, page 47
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 Revealed in Eclipse, page 44
- ↑ Revealed in Rising Storm, page 267
- ↑ Revealed in Twilight, page 118
- ↑ Revealed in Starlight, page 168
- ↑ Revealed in Eclipse, page 54
- ↑ Revealed in Night Whispers, page 273
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 Revealed in Starlight, page 42
- ↑ Revealed in Twilight, page 159
- ↑ Revealed in Dawn, page 305
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 Revealed in Dawn, page 304
- ↑ Revealed in Dark River, page 61
- ↑ Revealed in Dark River, page 50
- ↑ Revealed in Dark River, page 58
- ↑ Revealed in Dark River, pages 146-147
- ↑ Revealed in Firestar's Quest, page 36
- ↑ Revealed in Night Whispers, page 60
- ↑ Revealed in Firestar's Quest, page 35
- ↑ Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy, pages 139-140
- ↑ 65.0 65.1 65.2 65.3 Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy, page 140
- ↑ Revealed in Sunrise, page 244
- ↑ Revealed in Sunrise, page 245
- ↑ Revealed in The Sight, page 49
- ↑ Revealed in Firestar's Quest, page 98
- ↑ 70.0 70.1 Revealed in The Fourth Apprentice, page 26
- ↑ Revealed in Forest of Secrets, page 157
- ↑ Revealed in Sunrise, page 185
- ↑ Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy, page 256
- ↑ Revealed in Bluestar's Prophecy, page 325
- ↑ Revealed in Dark River, page 107
- ↑ Revealed in Into the Wild, page 110
- ↑ 77.0 77.1 77.2 Revealed in Crookedstar's Promise, page 7
- ↑ Revealed in The Sun Trail, chapter 22
- ↑ Revealed in Twilight, page 40
- ↑ Revealed in Night Whispers, page 143
- ↑ 81.0 81.1 Revealed in Secrets of the Clans, page 136
- ↑ Revealed in A Forest Divided, page 272
- ↑ 83.0 83.1 Revealed in Tallstar's Revenge, page 461
- ↑ Revealed in Tallstar's Revenge, page 470
- ↑ Revealed in Tallstar's Revenge, page 472
- ↑ Revealed in Dark River, page 195
- ↑ Revealed in Long Shadows, page 249
- ↑ 88.0 88.1 Revealed in Outcast, page 267
- ↑ Revealed in Outcast, pages 267-268
- ↑ Revealed in Midnight, page 280
- ↑ Revealed in Moonrise, page 207
- ↑ Revealed in Starlight, pages 41-42
- ↑ 93.0 93.1 Revealed in Fading Echoes, page 11
- ↑ Revealed in Into the Wild, page 207
- ↑ 95.0 95.1 Revealed in Into the Wild, page 206
- ↑ Revealed in Sunrise, page 268
- ↑ 97.0 97.1 Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, page 233
- ↑ Revealed in Forest of Secrets, page 219
- ↑ Revealed in Sunset, page 247
- ↑ Revealed in The Darkest Hour, page 89
- ↑ Revealed in The Forgotten Warrior, page 235
- ↑ Revealed in Yellowfang's Secret, pages 25-26
- ↑ Revealed in The Darkest Hour, page 115
- ↑ Revealed in Eclipse, pages 55-56
- ↑ 105.0 105.1 Revealed in Rising Storm, page 29
- ↑ Revealed in Eclipse, page 110
- ↑ Revealed in Starlight, page 50
- ↑ Revealed in Forest of Secrets, page 87
- ↑ Revealed in The Forgotten Warrior, page 234
- ↑ Revealed in The Forgotten Warrior, page 236
- ↑ Revealed in Erin Hunter Answers Your Questions Summer 2011