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Herb Usages Flashcards

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Alder bark is eaten or licked to cure what mouth malady?

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A toothache.

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Why shouldn’t a cat eat adder’s tongue?
A poultice can be applied to what tender, inflamed malady?

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They will vomit.
A poultice can be applied to swellings and ulcers.

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Beech leaves are used to carry what?
Oil from the nuts can be applied directly to wounds to fight and prevent what?

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Medicine supplies.
Infections.

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Bindweed can tie things, but also be applied to broken legs to do what?

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To set the bones.

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Chewing blackberry leaves into a poultice can reduce the pain and swelling of stings from what buzzing insect?

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Bees.

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Should you use bloodroot? Why or why not?

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No, it is very poisonous.

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Borage leaves stimulate what in queens?
They can also bring down high temperatures in patients, also known as?

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Milk.
Fevers.

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Broom is used to make poultices for what severe bone injuries?

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Bone breaks.

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Burdock leaves can be eaten to treat what stomach disruption?
A poultice of chewed root is very important in treating the bites of what infamous rodent?

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Indigestion.
Rats.

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Burnet is eaten to keep a cat’s strength up, meaning it is a __________ herb.

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Traveling.

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Catchweed burrs are very rarely used to keep what in place without irritating the wound or skin?

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Poultices.

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Catmint (aka catnip) leaves are eaten to treat what two cat illnesses?
Why should you collect catmint in the day?

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Greencough and whitecough.
So that the morning dew will be gone and it won’t rot.

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Celandine nectar is trickled into what important sensory organ when damaged?

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The eyes.

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Chamomile blossoms and petals strengthen and calm the heart and mind. This means they can be used as what?

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Traveling herbs.

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Chervil leaves are chewed and the juice is spat on wounds that have become what?
They can also be eaten to sooth stomach discomfort and what symptom that sometimes occurs when kitting?

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Infected.
Nausea.

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Chickweed is eaten to cure a illness that catmint also treats. What is it?
Why, if one has both chickweed and catmint, should they select catmint instead in order to treat that illness?

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Greencough.
Chickweed is not as strong as catmint.

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Cob nuts are chewed and made into what that would otherwise be too soupy to apply?
Cob nuts can also attract what important resource?

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Ointments.
Prey.

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Cobwebs are used like a cloth on open wounds in what way?
They can also be applied like bandages, in what way?

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To stop bleeding.
To keep medicine in place and/or protect the wound.

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Coltsfoot leaves can be eaten to cure what issue with the lungs?
It is also good for kits struggling with what symptom or illness?

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Coughing.
Trouble breathing or kitcough.

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Comfrey roots are chewed into what?
It treats a severe bone injury, that being?
Soothes open what?
Applied to wrenched or twisted what?
Comfrey leaves, if lined in a nest, can ease a symptom that makes it difficult or painful to move, specifically in the shoulders and legs. What is it?

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A poultice.
Broken bones.
Wounds.
Claws.
Stiffness.

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Coneflower roots and leaves are eaten to promote a cat’s health in what ways?

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Gives strength and disease resistance.

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A daisy’s dark, oval leaves are chewed into a paste to apply joints suffering what?
They can also be eaten to prevent joint pain while doing what?

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Aches.
Traveling.

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Liquid within the hollow stem of a dandelion can be applied to the same affliction that blackberry leaves treat. What is it?
Dandelion leaves can also be eaten treat pain, but what is the caveat?

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Bee stings.
They taste awful.

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Deadly nightshades should be avoided for what reason?
How do deadly nightshade leaves smell and taste?
What about the berries? How do they taste, and are they safe?

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They are deadly poisonous.
Awful and bitter.
The berries taste sickeningly sweet, but are the most fatal part of the plant.

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Deathberries (aka yew) can be used to end suffering or an old cat’s life, under what condition?

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Only if they ask for them.

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Dock leaves can be applied in a poultice to reduce what inflamed, tender malady?
It can also be used on the biggest organ of the body, which is?
It can also heal paw pads that are what?
Does dock sting when applied?
Dock can sooth the pains of recent what if placed in nests?

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Swelling.
The skin.
Broken or injured.
Yes.
Recent wounds.

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How does elder smell when touched?
Elder leaves can be used in a poultice to treat what muscle injury?
Why should a cat never eat elder leaves?

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Horrible.
Sprains.
It causes a horrible unknown illness (the leaves and most other parts of the plant contain cyanide).
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Fennel juice can be consumed for treatment of what chronic lung malady and what mild related illness?
It can ease the pain of what terminal illness?
Eating fennel suppresses what body signal regarding food?
It also helps with pain in what crucial pelvic component?

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Chronic coughs and whitecough.
Blackcough.
Hunger.
The hips.

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Feverfew’s main use is apparent in its name. What is it?
It can also be eaten to treat what other symptoms that tend to be present alongside a fever?
What malady commonly found in kits does feverfew help with?
Feverfew’s taste is similar to real life medicine with a similar use… Which is to say?

A

The treatment of fevers.
Coughs, colds, wheezing, and difficulty breathing.
Colic.
It tastes very bitter, like cough medicine.

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Foxglove’s tiny black seeds can cause paralysis and heart failure, but in small quantities can treat what?

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Heart problems.

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Goldenrod is chewed into a poultice and applied to what?
Why is goldenrod considered the best herb for that affliction?

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Wounds.
It speeds up the healing of them, and is generally very good at treating them.

32
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Heather is sometimes used because of its taste. Why?

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Heather is sometimes used in mixtures to make them easier to eat because of its sweetness.

33
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Are holly berries safe to eat?

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No, they are very poisonous.

34
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Honey is used for a similar reason as heather. What is it?
Honey is sticky, which means it can be mixed with poultices to do what?
It can also be used as a nutrient substitute for who, and under what condition?
How is honey good for throats?
And what good effect can honey have on an otherwise healthy cat?

A

Its taste makes eating bitter herbs easier.
To stick to wounds better.
For kits without anyone to suckle from.
It can soothe throats damaged by smoke.
It can give energy.

35
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A decoction of horsetail applied directly to a wound will stop what and promote what?
How can horsetail also be used on eyes?

A

Stop bleeding and promote faster healing.
Reduce eye swelling.

36
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Ivy growing on a wall or tree trunk is useful how?

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It can be used to store herbs.

37
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Juniper berries are eaten to soothe what stomach issue?
They can also give what two good effects?
How do juniper berries taste?

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Bellyaches.
Strength and calmness.
Sweet.

38
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A tonic of knotgrass can be used to treat what malady regarding digestion and the bowels?
It can also be directly administered to kill what two parasites?

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Diarrhea.
Worms and fleas.

39
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Labrador tea can be made into a poultice and rubbed in what two places to treat coughs and infections affecting the first of those areas?
Labrador tea smells spicy, slightly like what similar herb?

A

The chest and neck.
Mint.

40
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Lamb’s ear is a traveling herb, meaning it is eaten to give what?

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Strength.

41
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Lavender’s scent is very good in what soothing ways?
Lavender can cure two temperature-related ailments that seem to contrast each other. What are they? Where must lavender be placed in order to be most effective, and why?
Lavender is also important during burials for what reason?

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It is sweet and calming.
Fever and chills. In treating these ailments, lavender must be placed in a cat’s nest, so that they can be inhaled constantly.
It hides the scent of death.

42
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Mallow is eaten to soothe the same ailment as juniper berries. What is it?
When should mallow be harvested? Why?

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Belly aches.
At sunhigh. They rot easily when not dry.

43
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An infusion of marigold flowers can prevent severe spasms, also known as?
A poultice can be applied to wounds to prevent and fight what?
Marigold can also be used for joints that have become what?

A

Seizures.
Infection.
Inflamed.

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Mint is used for the same reason as lavender during burials, which is?
Mint can also be eaten with what?
And be rubbed on a queen’s belly when her kits are having trouble doing what?

A

To hide death scent.
Food.
Suckling.

45
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Mouse bile is used to remove what two blood-sucking parasites?
What is it used with?

A

Ticks and fleas.
Moss balls, which can absorb fluid.

46
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Oak leaves can be made into a poultice, chewed and applied thickly on wounds to stop what from spreading?

A

Infection.

47
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Is oleander safe to cats? What parts?

A

No. All parts are toxic.

48
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Parsley generally has little use in most mammals, but can be used with some queens to stop what?
Parsley is poisonous to what flying creature?

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To stop milk flow.
Birds.

49
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Poison ivy is a very powerful irritant that can cause what two things?
Despite that, poison ivy can be ingested for the temporary paralysis of what system? What are the side effects?

A

Horrible, itchy skin lesions and fur loss.
The nervous system. Irritation and delirium.

50
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Poppy seeds in small quantities can soothe cats in what way?
Why is it dangerous to have too many poppy seeds too often?

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Can cause relaxation and works as a sleep aid.
They can cause addiction.

51
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Does ragwort taste good or bad?
Ragwort can be applied in a poultice to treat the aching of and strengthen special rotating bones, which of course refers to?
What plant, which looks similar to ragwort, also treats the aching of these bones?

A

Awful, always tastes rotten.
Joints.
Daisies, particularly the leaves.

52
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Ragweed is eaten for strength and energy, meaning?

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It is a traveling herb.

53
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Why are raspberry leaves given to queens during kitting?
Raspberries are used in a similar way to cob nuts regarding an important resource. What is it?

A

To stop bleeding.
Attracting prey.

54
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Rosemary is used in the same way as mint and lavender during burials. What is it?
If a cat smells rosemary when none is around, is it a good omen or bad omen?

A

Hiding the death scent of a cat.
Bad omen.

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Rush stalks are used in the same way as bindweed. What is it?

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To bind broken bones.

56
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Snakeroot’s use, when chewed and applied directly, is evident in its name. How is it used?

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For treatment against poison, especially from snake bites.

57
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Parts of saffron are eaten before and/or after kitting to prevent or stop what, respectively?

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Heavy bleeding.

58
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Drinking a tonic of water and crushed sage can produce a similar effect for the throat as honey. What is it?
Fresh sage leaves can also be rubbed on what part of an elder’s mouth to strengthen it?

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Soothing the throat.
The teeth.

59
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The roots and leaves of sorrel are used to help with heavy what?
What, in regards to hunger, can sorrel also bring about?

A

Bleeding.
Appetite.

60
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Sticks are given to cats in pain to bite on in order to keep them from doing what?
Sticks can also help bind broken bones, the same usage as what two herbs?

A

Crying out too much.
Bindweed and rush.

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Sticklewort, when mixed in a tonic of water and honey, can be ingested to treat the worst of what stomach malady?
What can the tonic also treat if taken immediately, similar to snakeroot?

A

Stomach aches.
Snake bites.

62
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Stinging nettle seeds, when eaten, give the same reaction as eating adder’s tongue, which is?
Chewed seeds and leaves, similar once again to adder’s tongue, can help treat what tender and inflamed ailment?
Stinging nettle can be mixed with comfrey to help heal what severe bone injury?
Stinging nettle stems can also help with the treatment of what ailment that affects open wounds?

A

Vomiting.
Swelling.
Broken bones.
Infection.

63
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Sweet sedge sap is swallowed to ease what internal ailment?

A

Infections.

64
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Tansies can be made into a poultice to treat what muscle injury? It can also treat what ailment that herbs such as adder’s tongue and stinging nettle can?

A

Sprains. Swelling.

65
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Tormentil can be made into a poultice that can be applied to all wounds, including which one that snakeroot and sticklewort can?

A

Snake bites.

66
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How is thyme significant in relation to other herbs?
By itself, what two aches of the body, particularly the head, can thyme treat?
What soothing affect can chewing thyme also bring about?

A

It can be combined with them.
Headaches and toothaches.
Calmness.

67
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When valerian roots are eaten, they are viewed in a similar way as what sleep-promoting herb? In what way is it different?

A

Poppy seeds. Valerian roots are stronger, as the body becomes numb and weak from consumption.

68
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Water hemlock is dangerous because it causes pain, writhing, and foaming at the mouth, also known as?

A

Seizures.

69
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Watermint is used similarly as juniper berries and mallow. How is it used?

A

To treat belly aches.

70
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A tonic made from wild cherry bark can be used in a similar way as poison ivy and valerian. How can it be used?
Wild cherry bark is also a surprising treatment to the same ailment that catmint cures. What is it?

A

As a sedative.
Greencough.

71
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What does rolling in wild garlic do? What does chewing it after vomiting do?
Wild garlic can also be applied to bites or scratches, especially those from rats, to prevent what?

A

Disguises scent. Gets rid of bad breath.
Infection.

72
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Willow bark can be used similarly to a stick. How can it be used?
Willow leaves can be used as an antiemetic, which means?

A

Willow bark can be chewed to ease pain, or bit on when in pain.
Willow leaves can be eaten to stop vomiting.

73
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Why should wintergreen be avoided, even though it could treat wounds and poisons?

A

Because it looks so similar to holly.

74
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A poultice, heavy in water with slight oil content from witch hazel, can be applied to what important sensory organ when wounded?
A poultice of both crushed witch hazel seeds and leaves can be applied to the most painful of what tender, inflamed malady?

A

The eyes.
Swellings.

75
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Eating any part of yarrow induces what, similar to adder’s tongue and stinging nettle seeds?
Dry yarrow, when eaten in small quantities, can open what when bitten by a snake or in shock?
It can also help with what mild/moderate sickness?

A

Vomiting.
Blood flow.
Colds.

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