Herbs
Alfalfa
Used to prevent tooth decay.
Aloe Vera
Use the gel inside of leaves to cure skin problems or burns.
Borage
Leaves and Roots should be consumed to stave off fevers. Seeds and leaves should be consumed by the nursing Queen to increase available milk. Borage should never be used dried, only green.
Burdock
Leaves may be chewed and applied to wounds that are clear of infection to speed healing.
Roots may be chewed and applied to a wound to draw infection from it.
Catmint
Leaves and flowers can be used to relieve congestion and coughs. Used to counter greencough and whitecough.
Celadine
Used to strengthen weak eyes.
Chamomile
Leaves and Flowers may be consumed to sooth a cat and add to their physical strength.
Chervil
The juice of the leaves are used for infected wounds, and chewing the roots helps with bellyache.
Chickweed
If there is no catmint around, it is a good substitute to counter greencough.
Cobwebs
Gathered and pressed into wounds to stop bleeding. Generally only used with wounds that risk bleeding heavily as they can cause increased risk of infection.
Coltsfoot
The leaves are eaten to reduce shortness of breath.
Comfrey
Used when healing broken bones.
Daisy Leaves
If chewed into a paste, can be a useful remedy for aching joints.
Deathberry
Berries, or any other part of the plant, when consumed will kill the cat who swallows if they are not given immediate help, and even then they may not always be saved. Roots & leaves may be chewed together and applied to sore places, but must NEVER be applied to open wounds. This is a poison in addition to a healing plant.
Dock
The leaf is chewed and applied to scratches to soothe them.
Echinacae
Used to ease infection.
Ferns
Used to clean out wounds.
Feverfew
Leaves can be used to reduce fever, in addition to being consumed to aid against colds and stomach ailments.
Goldenrod
The poultice of this is for healing wounds.
Honey
Used to sooth the throat. Particularly good for smoke inhalation.
Horsetail
The leaves are chewed up and applied to infected wounds.
Juniper
Berries ease the stomach and can serve as a counter poison. Leaves are used to ease coughs and other respiratory problems.
Lavender
Leaves & flowers are particularly good when eaten for easing pains in head and throat, and curing fever. Inhaling the sent of fresh flowers can also calm the nerves.
Marigold
Leaves and Flowers should be consumed to relieve chills. Leaves and petals can be chewed and placed on wounds to prevent infection.
Mousebile
Bile from the liver of the common mouse may be harvested and used to kill stubborn fleas and ticks.
Parsley
Used to stop the flow of a queen's milk.
Poppy
Seeds can be consumed to remove pain and aid is sleep.
Stinging Nettle
The leaves are applied to reduce swelling, while the seeds are ingested by those who have swallowed poison.
Snakeroot
Used to counter poison.
Tansy
Leaves, flowers, and Stems should be eaten together to remove worms. Leaves may be chewed to relive joint aches. Flowers should be consumed to remove coughs. Pregnant Queens should NEVER be given Tansy, for it causes miscarriages.
Thyme
Should be consumed to calm the anxious cat, or to aid in bribing restful sleep.
Water Mint
Used to help cure bellyaches.
Willow Tree
Water from beneath the bark of the flowering willow may be dripped into the eyes to help clear blurriness of vision. It may also be applied to dry patches of skin to sooth itches. Small amounts of Willow Bark may be consumed to ease pain, act against inflammation, and to ease diarrhea or fevers.
Wild Garlic
Rolling in a patch helps prevent infection, particularly for rat bites.
Yarrow
Entire plant should be consumed to induce vomiting. Entire plant should be chewed and applied to wounds to relive pain and prevent infection.
Yew
To make a cat vomit up poisons.
Dandelions
The white liquid inside the stem is used for bee stings. Its roots can also be chewed to act like poppy seeds.
Heather Flowers
It can be included in herbal mixtures, to make it easier to swallow.
Mallow
The leaves are best collected at sunhigh, when they are dry. It soothes a cat's belly.
Ragweed
Like lamb's ear, this herb, commonly found in the mountains, gives a cat strength.
Raspberry Leaves
A herb used in kittings it could be a painkiller, or to help stop bleeding during the kitting.
Traveling Herbs
Traveling Herbs consists of sorrel, daisy, chamomile and burnet. Chamomile strengthens hearts, and calms cats. The other herbs' uses are unknown.
Ceremonial Words
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather under the Big Rock for a Clan meeting."
~Deputy Ceremony words
I ________, leader of *Blank*clan, say these words before StarClan and our warrior Ancestors,
And hope they Hear and approve my choice.
The new Deputy of *blank*clan is ___________.
~Warrior Ceremony Words.
Leader: I _________, Leader of *Blank*Clan, call upon my warrior Ancestors to look down on this Apprentice [He/She] has trained hard to understand the ways of your Noble Code, and I commend [Him/Her] to you as a Warrior in [His/Her] turn.
_________, do you promise to uphold the Warrior Code And to protect and defend your clan, even at the cost of your Life?
Apprentice: I do.
Leader: Then by the powers of Starclan,I give you your Warrior name,________,from this moment on you will be known as ___________.
Starclan honors your _______ and _________.
And we welcome you as a Full Warrior of *Blank*Clan.
~Medicine Cat Apprentice Ceremony
Med.Cat: Cats of *Blank*Clan, As you all know,I will not be around forever, So it`s time I took on an Apprentice, I have chosen a cat who has shown _______ and ________. Your next Medicine Cat will be __________.
Leader: _________, do you accept the position of being the Medicine Cat's apprentice?
Apprentice:I,Do
Medicine Cat: Then At Sunrise you will Travel with Me to Moon Vally,To Be accepted by Starclan before the other Medicine Cats.
Leader: May Starclan Light your path.
~Apprentice ceremony
Leader: ______,You have reached the age of 6 moons,and it is time for you to be Apprenticed. From this day forward, until you recive your warrior name, you will be known as _______.
______,You are ready to take on an apprentice,you will be _______'s Mentor, and I expect you to pass on all you know to this apprentice.
~Elder ceremony
Leader: _________,Is it your wish to give up the name of a warrior and go join the Elders?
Warrior: It is.
Leader: *Blank*Clan honors you and all the service you have given to the clan, and I call upon Starclan to give you many moons of Rest.
~Name changing ceremony
Spirits of Starclan, you know every cat by name and I ask you to take away the name from the cat you see before you,for it no longer stands for what [he/she]is. By my authority as Clan leader,and with the approval of Starclan,This cats New Name will be ________.
