Herbs Flashcards

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What are Beech Leaves used for?

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Used for leaf pouches to carry other herbs

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What is Alder Bark used for?

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Toothache

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What is Bindweed used for?

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Keeping sticks into place to help keep broken bones straight

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What are Blackberry Leaves used for?

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Eases the swelling of a bee sting

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What are Borage Leaves used for?

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Helps produce more and better milk with queens; brings down fevers

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What is Broom used for?

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Used to make poultices for broken legs and wounds

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What is Burdock Root used for?

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Lessens and heals the pain of infected rat bites; used to prevent infection from rat bites

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What is Burnet used for?

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Traveling herb/keeps a cats’ strength up.

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What is Catchweed used for?

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Stops poultices from being rubbed off without hurting the skin.

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What is Catnip used for?

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Helps fend off both greencough and whitecough

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What is Celandine used for?

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Soothes damaged eyes

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What is Chamomile used for?

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Traveling Herb/ Calms the body and mind; gives strength to traveling cats

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What is Chervil used for?

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Infected wounds; bellyache; can also be used during kitting

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What is Chickweed used for?

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Treats greencough although Catnip/Catmint is usually preferred.

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What are Cob Nuts used for?

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Making various ointments

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What are cobwebs used for?

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Stopping/slowing bleeding; used to help bind broken bones

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What is Coltsfoot used for?

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Helps ease pain of cracked pads; eases breathing or kitten-cough

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What is Comfrey Root used for?

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Repairs broken bones; soothes wounds; soothes wrenched claws; soothes itching; helps calm inflammation of stiff joints

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What are Daisy Leaves used for?

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Traveling Herb; eases joint pain of traveling cats

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What are Dandelions used for?

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Thought to soothe bee stings; leaves can be chewed to act as a painkiller

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What is Dock used for?

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Soothes scratches; soothes sore pads

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What is Fennel used for?

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Helps sooth aching hips

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What is Feverfew used for?

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Reduces body temperature for cats with fever and chills; heals aches and pains; excellent for headaches

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What is Goldenrod used for?

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Good for healing wounds

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What is Heather Nectar used for?
Makes swallowing easier; sweetens mixtures
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What is Honey used for?
Soothes infections, sore throats, smoke-damaged throats, coughing; gives energy
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What is Horsetail used for?
Treats infection; stops bleeding
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What are Juniper Berries used for?
Soothes bellyache; gives strength; helps troubled breathing; calms cats.
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What are Lamb Ears used for?
Gives strength
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What is Lavender used for?
Cures fever and chills; hides the scent of death (DEATH SCENT COVERING HERB)
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What are Mallow Leaves used for?
Soothes bellyache
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What is Marigold used for?
Stops infection and bleeding; calms inflammation of stiff joints
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What is Mint used for?
Hides the scent of death (DEATH SCENT COVERING HERB)
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What is Mouse Bile used for?
The only known remedy for ticks (must wash paws in a stream)
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What are Oak Leaves used for?
Stops infection from setting in
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What is Parsley used for?
Stops the milk flow from queens; cures bellyache
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What are Poppy Seeds used for?
Helps a cat sleep; soothes shock or distress; eases pain ( Not recommended for nursing queens )
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What are Ragwort Leaves used for?
Treats aching joints; keeps strength up
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What is Ragweed used for?
Gives a cat strength and energy (alike to Lambs' ear)
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What are Raspberry Leaves used for?
Could possibly ease pain or stop bleeding
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What is Rosemary used for?
Hides the scent of death ( DEATH SCENT COVERING HERB )
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What is Rush used for?
Helps hold a broken limb in place (alike to casts for twolegs)
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What is Snakeroot used for?
Thought to heal poison
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What is Sorrel used for?
Traveling herb; keeps strength up
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What are Stinging Nettles used for?
Helps heal wounds; mixed with comfrey to heal wounds
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What is Sweet-Sedge used for?
Eases infection
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What is Tansy used for?
Cures coughs, wounds, poisons; stops cats from getting greencough; soothes throats
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What is Tormentil used for?
Good for treating most wounds and extracting poison
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What is Thyme used for?
Calms nervousness, shock, and anxiety
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What is Watermint used for?
Eases the suffering that originates from bellyache
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What is Wild Garlic used for?
Prevents infection, especially rat bites
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What is Willow Bark used for?
Eases pain
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What are Willow Leaves used for?
Stops vomiting
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What is Wintergreen used for?
Treats wounds and some poisons
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What is Yarrow used for?
Extracts poison from wounds (cats will vomit toxins); ointment helps soften and heal cracked pads