Herbs & Their Uses
17 years & 15 days ago
5th Nov 2007 05:30 Poppy seeds - used to make a cat very sleepy and to ease pain
Cobwebs - used to stop bleeding
Feverfew - used to cool feverish cats and treat head pain
Lavender - cures fever
Borage leaves - used to treat fevers and helps nursing mothers with their milk supply
Dock leaves - used to sooth scratches; can also make a cat's coat slippery; can be used as a surface for vomiting.
Marigold - leaves used to treat infection and heal wounds and sores
Horsetail - used to treat infected wounds
Burdock root - used to treat infections, especially rat bites
Chervil root - used to treat infections
Wild garlic - rolling in this can help to keep out infection
Dried Oak Leaves - collected during leaf-fall; stops infection
Coltsfoot - used to treat kittencough
Catnip (also called catmint) - used to treat whitecough and greencough; can help to relax a cat
Chickweed - used to help treat greencough
Tansy - used to treat coughs
Thyme - used to calm a cat
Chamomile - used to calm a cat
Dandelion (leaves) - used to calm a cat
Juniper berries - used to treat bellyache, and give strength to recovering cats
Chervil - used to treat bellyache
Watermint - used to treat bellyache
Daisy leaves - used to treat aching joints
Goldenrod - used in a poultice to treat aching joints and stiffness; can also be used for severe injuries.
Ragwort leaves - used alongside juniper berries in a poultice to treat aching joints, sores, or most other hide or muscle retinas, such as scratches, bruises, and broken bones
Comfrey - used to treat broken bones
Nettle (leaves) - used to treat swelling
Wild Basil - used to treat paw problems
Poison Ivy (leaves) - used on cracked paw pads
Celandine - used to treat ailments of the eyes
Snakeroot - used to counter poison
Nettle (seeds) - used to counter poison
Honey - used to treat sore throats; can also be used in poultices to sooth injuries.
Mouse bile - used to remove ticks from a cat's coat
Yarrow - used to make a cat vomit and expel poisons from the body, used mostly when cats have eaten something poisonous.
Broom - used in poultices for broken legs.
Catchweed - used to help protect freshly-applied poultices by sticking them over the area. Green and fluffy seeds.
Lamb's ear -a herb used along with ragwort to help strenthen exhausted, weakened cats.
Deathberries - of no medicinal value; bright scarlet berries that, when ingested, can easily kill a cat if they are not quickly enough expelled from the cat's body.
Nightshade - of no medicinal value; is poisonous.
Holly berries - of no medicinal value; poisonous like deathberries.