✰HERBAL KNOWLEDGE✰
herb name (location: x) - source of knowledge
-apperance
-healing remedies
100% herbs: 17 (?) total herbs: 35 (?)
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borage (location: along bodies of water, forest floors) - herbal knowledge 1
- blue or purple flowers, dark green leaves, steps and leaves covered in tiny white hairs, distinguished smell, zesty scent, bitter taste
- best leaves halfway up the stem, chewed and eaten, helps w milk production, brings down fevers, helps sooth bad bellies and relieves tight chest
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brighteye (location: sunny areas, woods, thickets) - herbal knowledge 1
- light pink pedals w darker middle, flowers assorted into a kind of ball shape on a relatively thin long stem, smooth leaves
- crushed into poultice, helps cure coughs if mixed w lovage
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broom (location: open woodlands) - herbal knowledge 2
- small yellow flowers and leaves on tall shrubs, flowers mostly seperated from other flowers along the long stems, shrubs are cone shaped, destinct sweet smell during greenleaf
- can be found during leafbare, used in poultices for broken legs and wounds
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chervil (location: forest among rocks) - herbal knowledge 2
- sweet smelling, thin stems with fern like leaves ending in a small amount of tiny white flowers, brown knobby roots with bitter/unpleasant taste/smell
- chewed to extract juice (leaves) for infected wounds, root for bellyaches caused by nausea, can be used during kitting (for nausea), roots more potent than leaves, juices to sooth injured eye
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chickweed (location: pretty much everywhere as long as the soil is more or less moist) - herbal knowledge 1
- tall vibrantly green, sprawling, relatively thick almond shaped leaves
- treats greencough
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blessed thistle (location: open grassy areas, sandy soil, sometimes near rivers and lakes) -
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- like thistles but w yellow flower, spikes on leaves and stem, leaves around the flower point up w a slight curl like dandelion leaves. no particular scent
- increases blood flow, used to treat coughs/white cough/green cough as well as fevers and infections. most commonly around in green leaf to leaf fall. eaten (bitter taste), best one flower per cat, do not use for kits and young apprentices. can cause nausea and stomach-ache
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boneset (location: moist areas with lots of sun) -
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- hairy narrowly triangular leaves, leaves in pairs on stem, floral smelling plant, tall stemmed, frilly clusters of flowers
- grows new leaf through leaf fall, roots, eaten to treat early stages of lung infections (greencough, whitecough)
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burdock (location: near bodies of water) -
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- thick stems (hard to chew through), burrs at the top, big green leaves that end in a point
- roots is chewed into a pulp to help with ratbites and infection (also burns and inflamation; causes stomach ache if ingested), leaves to dress stubborn wounds
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burnet (location: unknown) -
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- oval leaves with serratedspikey edges, long stems
- leaves
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coltsfoot (location: near rivers) -
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- wilts in leafbare,
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comfrey (location: along riverbeds, moist grassy areas) -
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- large leaves, pink/white/purple bell shaped flowers, thick brown roots, tansy scent
- roots chewed into poultice, used for itching and stiffness (joints), soothes wounds like burns and wrenched claws, mend broken bones, grows new leaf to green leaf
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dandelion (location: unknown) -
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- flat headed, low growing, vibrant yellow flower, hollow stem
- liquids from stem for bee stings, leaves eaten for pain
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daisy (location: grassy areas, twoleg gardens) -
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- skinny white petals with a yellow middle, oval thick dark green leaves, small flower, only one stem
- flowers and leaves, leaves chewed into a poultice and rubbed over the hurting spot - helps aches (internal pain eg back pain), do NOT swallow, causes stomach ache if injested
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dock (location: unknown) -
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- dark green, "wrinkly", hairs along the leaves and stems,
- wound healing (doesnt necesarrily help w larger wounds),
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elderflower (location: unknown) -
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- grow on small shrubs (look like mini trees), flowers are small and white (smell fresh&like berries), usable even when dried out
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elder leaves (location: unknown) -
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- on short trunked tree with few branches, featherlike leaves, nasty smell
- sprains (missing: wretched muscles), do not eat, chewed into poultice -> rinse mouth and paws after (unknown illness)
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goldenrod (location: grassy areas, windclan territory and near) -
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- tall, tiny bright yellow flowers (grow in clusters), leaves are long&pointy and have a spicy scent (especially when crushed)
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honey (location: unknown) -
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- sticky, sweet, not entirely liquid or solid ("substance")
- soothes sore throats (after smoke inhalation),
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horsetail (location: marshland)
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- a tall light green plant with widely fanned thin leaves, clean scent, grows in groups, distinct stem
- chewed into a pulp and applied to wound to stop bleeding
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juniper berries (location: haven springs) -
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- purplish blue berries, grow on spiky-leaved bush,
- soothes belly aches, gives strength, helps with breathing, calm cats, eaten, can be mixed w ragwort/daisy to threat aching joints. (missing: helps w coughs)
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lavender (location: sunny areas, twoleg gardens) -
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- very fragrant (more floral-y), grows in shrubs, more upright that rosemary, small leaves but not as sharp as rosemary leaves, grey-ish green leaves, usable even when dried out
- calm (kits), calms fevers and chills, cover scent of deceised
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marigold (location: sunny and moist spots) -
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- yellow-orange flower, many leaves around stem, leaves crinkly, late new leaf to leaf fall
- leaves and pedals, chewed into poultice with yellowbells to use on wounds, helps fight infection and stop bleeding
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poppy (location: unknown) -
x x
- bright red, small dark center,
- seeds are chewed to ease pain
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rosemary (location: unknown) -
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- grows as a shrub, thin sharp leaves, very fragrant
- leaves (as sprigs)
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ragwort (location: ) -
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- tall shrub with yellow flowers foul taste
- mixed with juniper berries in a poultice to treat aching joints, keeps strength up
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tansy (location: unknown) -
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- looks similar to dandelion, small round and yellow, tall plant, sweet and calming smell (similar to berries), leaves are fern like and grow in small groups on the stem
- leaves&stems, used for coughs (chewing in small doses)
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thyme (location: near windclan border) -
x x x
- doesnt grow in leafbare, small shrub close to ground, slender branches w small clusters of leaves, spicy smell
- good for anxiety
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tormentil (location: meadow-y areas ) -
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- dark green plant, short stems, frilly leaves, yellow four petaled flower
- reduce skin inflammation, treat diarrhear and sore throats
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watermint (location: wet dirt, near water) -
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- more mellow in flavour than regular mint, spikey rounded flowers, tall stems, hairy leaves that grow on stalks, cool&refreshing smell similar to water
- can hide scent of death, chewed into pulp and eaten for belly aches,
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willow leaves (location: unknown) -
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- grow in new leaf,
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yellowbells (location: unknown) -
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- grow on tall shrubs, pedals are yellow and oval, long, flowers dont go many petals
- used for broken legs, chewed into poultice with marigold for wounds, helps fight infection
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yarrow (location
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- expells ingested poison
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cobwebs (location: all over the place, specifically among the roots of trees and in old burrows)
- long thin strands arranged into a web, sticky with a dusty scent
- used to cover wounds, ease bleeding and secure herbs to body
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moss (location: all over the place, common in forests and marshland on trees and other surfaces, haven springs) -
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- soft spongy green shrub
- used to stop bleeding, used before cobwebs
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deathberries (location: unknown) -
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- bright red berries, grow on conifer trees
- will kill you
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nightshade (location: unknown) -
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- vivid purple flowers w yellow center, wilted buds form black berries
- will kill you
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meadow saffron (purple flower) (location: unknown) -
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- purple flowers, short stems, four pointed petals
- will kill you