SilverClan Medicine Mice and Helpers: Herbs and their Uses

ALDER

Leaves reduce swelling and prevents infection when chewed and applied to a wound. Bark and leaves may also be chewed by a mouse with a toothache to reduce pain, swelling, and aid in preventing general complications.

ALFALFA

Used to prevent tooth decay.

ALOE VERA

Use the gel inside of leaves to cure skin problems or burns. In general, a hard plant to find.

BASIL

Used to treat paw problems.

BORAGE

Leaves and roots should be consumed to stave off fevers. Seeds or, if seeds are unavailable, leaves, should be consumed by a nursing Mothers to increase available milk.

BROOM

Used in poultices for broken legs and wounds.

BURDOCK

Leaves may be chewed and applied to wounds that are clear of infection to speed healing.

Roots may be chewed and applied to any infected wound, and work especially well on rat bites.

CATCHWEED

Used to help protect freshly-applied poultices by sticking them over the area. Green and fluffy seeds.

CATMINT

Leaves should be chewed and consumed by mouse to cure whitecough and greencough. Only found in NoTail gardens.
CELANDINE

Used to treat ailments of the eyes.

CHAMOMILE

This can be used for calming nerves.

CHERVIL

Sweet-smelling plant with spreading, fern-like leaves and small white flowers. Juice of leaves can be used for infected wounds, and chewing the roots helps with bellyache.

CHICKWEED

Eaten to cure stomach aches, bloatedness and constipation. Can also be used to cure coughs.

COBWEBS

Gathered and pressed on wounds to stop bleeding.

COLTSFOOT

Leaves are used to treat shortness of breath.

COMFREY

Identifiable by its large leaves and small bell-shaped flowers, which can be pink, white, or purple. The fat black roots can be chewed into a poultice to mend broken bones or soothe wounds.

DANDELION

Leaves are used in substitution for poppy seeds.

DEATHBERRIES

No medical value. Red berries are fatally poisonous if eaten by any mice. Also known as yew.

DOCK

The leaf can be chewed up and applied to soothe scratches.

DRIED OAK LEAF

Collected in leaf-fall and stored in a dry place. Used to stop infections.

FEVERFEW

A small bush with flowers like daisies. The leaves can be eaten to cool down body temperature, particularly for cats with fever or chills. Good for aches, especially headaches.

GOLDENROD

A tall plant with bright yellow flowers. A poultice of this is terrific for healing wounds.

HOLLY BERRIES

No medical value. Poisonous, like deathberries.

HONEY

A sweet, golden liquid created by bees. Difficult to collect without getting stung, but great for soothing infections or sore throats, especially those of mice who have breathed smoke. A poultice made from dried nettle smeared with honey is effective for warming mice up.

HORSETAIL

Tall plant with soft bristles. It is used for healing wounds and preventing infecting.

JUNIPER

Berries are used to help bellyaches and for strength, and are used occasionally for soothing nerves. Leaves are used to ease coughs and other respiratory problems.

LAMB'S EAR

A herb used along with ragwort to help strengthen exhausted or weakened mice.

LAVENDER

Leaves and flowers are eaten to cure fever and sore throat. Inhaling the scent 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.

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MUD

Smeared over bee and hornet stings to soothe the sting. Should be applied wet and left to dry and fall off on its own. The stings should fall off with it, leaving a small mark which goes away quickly by itself.

NIGHTSHADE

No medical value. Poisonous.

PARSLEY
Crinkled leaf with a very distinctive shape, like shallow claws on its edges. It has a sharp scent, and it tastes the same fresh or dried. Used for stopping milk in nursing queens if their kits die.
POPPY

Small black seeds shaken from a dried poppy flower, these are fed to mice to help them sleep quickly and easily. It dulls the senses, and also soothes mice suffering from shock and distress. Not recommended for nursing Mothers. Flower heads should be consumed together to relieve continuous coughs.

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.

SNAKEROOT

Used to counter poisons.

STINGING NETTLE

The spiny green seeds can be administered to a mouse who's swallowed poison, while the leaves can be applied to a wound to bring down swelling. A poultice made from dried nettle smeared with honey is effective for warming mice up.

TANSY

A strong-smelling plant with round yellow flowers. Leaves may be chewed to relieve joint aches. Flowers should be consumed to treat coughs, including whitecough. Pregnant pretty-paws should NEVER be given tansy, for it causes stillborn kits.

THYME

Should be consumed to treat shock and to calm anxiety or frayed nerves, or to aid in bringing restful sleep.

TORMENTIL

A good remedy for all wounds and for poison ingestion.

WATERMINT

A leafy green plant found in streams or damp earth. Usually chewed into a pulp, then fed to a mouse suffering from bellyache.

WILD GARLIC

Rolling in a patch of wild garlic can help prevent infection, especially for dangerous wounds like rat bites.

WILLOW

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.

YARROW

A flowering plant whose leaves can be made into a poultice and applied to wounds or scratches to expel poison, or to make cats that have ingested poison vomit. Poultice is also used for soothing cracked pads.