#herbs and medicine

[strelles-universe]

Herbs and Medicines (WIP)

All the technically-canon herbs, crafting materials and other various healing strategies used to help ill creatures. I liked the way the other two lists worked so I think I'll make most of my collections like.

The other herb list will remain up until this one is caught up

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Alder Bark | Deep gray fissured bark of sturdy trees. When collected, healers typically gather it from fallen branches and sticks, but when situations are dire, living alder green is peeled from trees.

Alt Names: N/A Type: Herb Location: Alder trees grow along rivers and swamps even during the snow season. Collect the bark from dead or shedding trees if at all possible. Prominent in ShadowClan and RiverClan territories. Usage: Chewed by the patient Effects: A toothache soother

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Beech | Both the leaves and seeds of the beech trees - the leaves are broad and shiny, usually a vibrant green or gold while the seeds are small, brown and heart-shaped. The seeds fall to the ground every autumn.

Alt Names: N/A Type: Lure + Craft Location: Beech trees grow best in deep, moist soil rich with minerals. Places with heavy leaf-litter and compost to keep the soil lush are scattered with them. In the forest territories, they are near exclusively found on ThunderClan land. Usage: A patch for a hole in a den or a barrier or as a ground cover for a nauseous sick cat. Effects:

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New Herb | Description

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[raiine-days]

bbc Merlin if they let me design them

[canisalbus]

✦ Mom ✦

[reasonsforhope]

"Despite the Central Appalachia ecosystem being historically famous as coal country, under this diverse broadleaf canopy lies a rich, biodiverse world of native plants helping to fill North America’s medicinal herb cabinet.

And it turns out that the very communities once reliant on the coalfields are now bringing this botanical diversity to the country.

“Many different Appalachian people, stretching from pre-colonization to today, have tended, harvested, sold, and used a vast number of forest botanicals like American ginseng, ramps, black cohosh, and goldenseal,” said Shannon Bell, Virginia Tech professor in the Dept. of Sociology. “These plants have long been integral to many Appalachians’ livelihoods and traditions.”

50% of the medicinal herbs, roots, and barks in the North American herbal supply chain are native to the Appalachian Mountains, and the bulk of these species are harvested or grown in Central Appalachia, which includes southern West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, far-southwest Virginia, and east Tennessee.

The United Plant Savers, a nonprofit with a focus on native medicinal plants and their habitats, has identified many of the most popular forest medicinals as species of concern due to their declining populations.

Along with the herbal supply chain being largely native to Appalachia, the herb gatherers themselves are also native [to Appalachia, not Native American specifically], but because processing into medicine and seasonings takes place outside the region, the majority of the profits from the industry do too.

In a press release on Bell’s superb research and advocacy work within Appalachia’s botanical communities, she refers back to the moment that her interest in the industry and the region sprouted; when like many of us, she was out in a nearby woods waiting out the pandemic.

“My family and I spent a lot of time in the woods behind our house during quarantine,” Bell said. “We observed the emergence of all the spring ephemerals in the forest understory – hepatica, spring beauty, bloodroot, trillium, mayapple. I came to appreciate the importance of the region’s botanical biodiversity more than ever, and realized I wanted to incorporate this new part of my life into my research.”

With co-investigator, John Munsell at VA Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment, Bell’s project sought to identify ways that Central Appalachian communities could retain more of the profits from the herbal industry while simultaneously ensuring that populations of at-risk forest botanicals not only survive, but thrive and expand in the region.

Bell conducted participant observation and interviews with wild harvesters and is currently working on a mail survey with local herb buyers. She also piloted a ginseng seed distribution program, and helped a wild harvester write a grant proposal to start a forest farm.

“Economic development in post-coal communities often focuses on other types of energy development, like fracking and natural gas pipelines, or on building prisons and landfills. Central Appalachia is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. I think that placing a greater value on this biodiversity is key to promoting a more sustainable future for the region,” Bell told VA Tech press.

Armed with a planning grant of nearly half a million dollars, Bell and collaborators are specifically targeting forest farming as a way to achieve that sustainable future.

Finally, enlisting support from the nonprofit organization Appalachian Sustainable Development, Virginia Tech, the City of Norton, a sculpture artist team, and various forest botanicals practitioners in her rolodex, Bell organized the creation of a ‘living monument’ along Flag Rock Recreation Area in Norton, Virginia.

An interpretive trail, the monument tells the story of the historic uses that these wild botanicals had for the various societies that have inhabited Appalachia, and the contemporary value they still hold for people today."

-via Good News Network, September 12, 2024

[margocooper]

Небесно-голубые цветы цикория (лат. Cichórium). Сентябрь 24. Sky blue flowers of chicory (lat. Cichórium). September 24.

[theambitiouswoman]

Herbs to help you regulate cortisol and stress 🌿🍵🧚

🍃 Chamomile when you have an anxious stomach

🍃 Valerian when your thoughts don’t let you sleep

🍃 Skullcap when you feel muscle tension from stress

🍃 Holy basil when you’ve been high stress for days

🍃 Rhodiola when you feel burnt out from stress

🍃 Gotu kola when stress is causing you brain fog

🍃 Passion flower when you feel irritable and snappy

[jothetender]

Strain: Donny Burger

Grower: Elite Cultivation

State: Oklahoma

Medical/Recreational: Medical

[selenetic]

[strelles-universe]

Cross-post bc it makes life easier

Healing and Medicines: Intravenous Therapy (IVs)

Due to how I handled the Cinderpaws/Ember situation, I realized I needed a way to treat a cat who is unconscious for long periods of time and is unable to receive food or water or nutrients. That led me down the path of doing a little bit of poking my head into the invention of the IV.

I'm not going to even pretend to fully understand the entire process, but I think I have a general schematic for it.

For the needle, I am using a reed or a bamboo rod that is dipped in gold to prevent splintering or the worse of the absorption on the tip. It should be noted that in Ignavus, the Tayilivina have hollow quills that could be used similarly and probably have been albeit, the barbless varieties are preferred because the barbed ones would tear up the skin badly even if it would hold it in place.

The bag would be a simple waterskin pouch or a cleaned animal bladder, given I confirmed the existence of leather tanning and stuff already, though if anyone else has a better idea, I'm open to suggestions. The first one created in real life was made with a pig-bladder and a quill.

The flexible tubing will be made of natural rubber which can be tapped from trees, poured into a mold with a solid golden rod in the center that is later removed to create the opening.

[strelles-universe]

The Flora of Strelles

All of the plants, fruits and herbs native to the world of strelles that I made specifically for these creatures. Some of them are also purely or primarily for flavoring meats and stews - onions and everything in their family (garlic, chives etc) are poisonous to cats and dogs and ergo, without me creating a few creatures; there would never be anything nearly as flavorful.

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Ashweed | A small, delicate stemmed flower with rosy red petals that grows in the ashes of fire and possesses a faint but fragrant scent, they’re very commonly found in the sky kingdoms but only bloom in the wake of forest fires elsewhere

Type: Herb Mixes: Pelt Rubs Usage: Typically mashed and crushed into a juice with a few other plants that is then rubbed into a creature's pelt. Ashweed is the underlying scent in all of the kingdoms' coats. These pelt-rubs are used for pest repellent (keeping away fleas, tics and mosquitos) but also as a general fragrance. Other Names: -Sun Poppies -Hearthflowers

Honeypetal | A small six petaled yellow plant with strong, deep green stem and small, oval glossy leaves. The petals are lightly curled and the inner base is more golden orange than yellow.

Type: Herb Mixes: Throat Salves Usage: Typically brewed into teas to ensure that kits and pups actually take them but it's not uncommon for them to be mashed into a pulp and mixed with honey. Their sugary sweet flavor is often mixed into broths to ensure that those with particularly weak stomachs can eat and be full but also soothe scratchy throats. It's a powerful irritant soother frequently used in the Sky Kingdoms on young kits whose throats and lungs are still a bit sensitive to the smoke of the Great Hearths.

Hotberry | Small red berries that grow from the flowers scattered across the low-lying bushes they come from. They have pale green eyes and thick, thorned stems and branches.

Type: Herb & Treat Mixes: Spice Paste Usage: Mostly used to add flavor to prey by means of stuffing them and allowing them to soak in the spicy taste. Originally it was a form of prey preservation - when drying larger selections of meat, they help to dry out the meat faster and the enhancement of flavor is merely a bonus. They're also occasionally eaten on their own by brave creatures that enjoy the heat.

Nightfold | A relatively short plant with round, green slightly glossy leaves. The stems leading from the main plant through the leaves are a striking red pairing well with a pale violet wide, semi-rounded petaled flower with a darker purple, nearly black ring around the edge of the plant. The leaves, blossoms and stem of this plant are all deadly toxic - the sap however is known to be a mild hallucinogenic.

Type: Poison Mixes: N/A Usage: Toxic as they are, nightfolds are very beautiful plants and are often grown around the edges of gardens to discourage the herbivores from nibbling on them. It's also believed around the kingdoms and skulks that the sap can allow you to access visions and messages from the Sky Kindlers or see into the past or present. Other Names: N/A

Peakberry | Pale gray berries that grow on the small, deep green bushes that grow sporadically in mountain forests in clusters that dangle gently from the branches.

Type: Treat Mixes: N/A Usage: A delightful bittersweet berry often used to stuff prey. Helps with preserving prey sometimes but mostly they just stuff the gullets and mouths of the prey with it before lightly cooking them; particularly by grilling or roasting.

Sharpweed | A tall, delicate grass-like plant with an intense smell that gives it away when broken. It has a small white bulb at the base of it. Be careful not to mistake sharpweed for onion - look for the tell-tale orange flowers that sprout from immature sharpweeds.

Type: Herb & Treat Mixes: Various Broths Usage: Sharpweed is mostly for preventing and chasing off fleas and preventing infections in cuts and wounds. It's considered safer than wild onion and garlic on kits as their reflex to lick the scent from themselves often can cause them to poison themselves. When used for soups; they're sliced or stripped up - the bulb or the green stems - and placed in the warm water to brew for flavor.

Shining Birch | A pale barked deciduous tree known for its flaky white or gray bark that grows near exclusively in the northern parts of the world, Shining Birch is shorter than other types of tree and is most famous for its bioluminescent berries. Pollinated and cared for by a specific kind of bird known as a Shining Sunjay - a breed of bird that is drawn to the bioluminescent lights. The Sky Kingdoms use the glowberries picked from the Shining Birch for paints and as fun treats - they're most commonly grown for Moonlight Festival celebration.

Type: Treat Mixes: Usage: Glowberries are crushed and mashed into paints to be applied to a creature's fur or written across a wall. They have no specific medical use but they are considered part of religious tradition in the Dancing Stars kingdom as it's traditional to paint newborn heirs in the berries and expose them to moonlight to bring them under the eyes of the Skies. Other Names: -Tanaŕa Hassku (Sky Kingdoms) -Glow Birch (General)

Silvermint | A short growing plant that heavily resembles clovers with three leaves and delicate stems. They're silvery or white in color with an alluring but sharp scent and a taste that many describe as "cold."

Type: Herb Mixes: Chest Relaxants Usage: An alternative to catmint for greencough and a key ingredient in pulps and teas meant to treat various chest infections. Typically mashed up into pulps to be consumed or left to boil in teas - to treat coughs and sometimes wheezing. When thoroughly mashed and made almost liquidy, it can be applied to the chest externally to relieve congestion.

Sweetberry | A small dainty yellow or white plant with four little petals and delicate, fragile stems. The berries are formed from the blossoms; growing into clusters of two or three.

Type: Herb & Intensifier Mixes: Jams, Pregnancy Prevention Usage: The primary use of sweetberry is to prevent pregnancies and to soothe the ache and burn of a creature's sweet-season. Eating a small pawful of berries - mashed or otherwise - can help but they must be taken every day throughout the moon. Commonly mixed with other herbs to strengthen their purpose. The stems are used in many soups and stews to encourage.

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[tiredwitchplant]

The Library MEGA POST!

Hwello. This is a mega post of every information we have so far and where links to new information will be added. This is so chu can get to the information quickly and it will be more organized in this space.

Herbs

Wormwood

Mandrake

Lavender

Clary Sage

Belladonna

Yarrow

Pennyroyal

Patchouli

Culinary Herbs

Garlic

Basil

Dill

Rosemary

Thyme

Bay Leaf

Cinnamon

Ginger

Veggies and Fruits

Russet Potatoes

Apples

Pumpkins

Cranberries

Crystals

Black Obsidian

Amethyst

Tiger's Eye

Lapis Lazuli

Peridot

Bloodstone

Carnelian

White Moonstone

Chrysoprase

Miscellaneous

How to Use Rosemary

How to Use Basil

How to Use Lavender

How to Use Mandrake

Water and Plants

How to Celebrate Samhain!

Sources

Plant Witchery by Juliet Diaz

Complete Language of Herbs by S. Theresa Dietz

Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs Scott Cunningham

The Herbal Alchemist Handbook by Karen Harrison

The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Magickal Herbs by Judy Ann Nock

The Green Witch by Arin Murphy-Hiscock

Herb Magic by Patti Wigington

Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine by Andrew Chevallier

The Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells by Judika Illes

Dictionary of Plant Lore by Donald Watts

The Magick of Food by Gwion Raven

The Complete Language of Food by S. Theresa Dietz

Nature Guide, Rocks and Minerals - DK Publishing

Guide to Crystal Grids- Transform Your Life Using the Power of Crystal Layouts - Judy Hall

Crystals- A complete guide to crystals and color healing - Jennie Harding

The Crystal Witch - Leanna Greenaway

The Crystal Bible - Judy Hall

The Zenned Out Guide to Understanding Crystals - Cassie Uhl

The Crystal Workshop - Azalea Lee

Crystals for Witches - Rituals Spells and More - Eliza Mabelle

More will be added as information is added to the little library. Remember you can support this library by tipping and maybe a pateron in the future.

Thank chu. Bye byes~

[cedar-raine]

[grimoire101]

Herbology × Magick🍃

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[margocooper]

Цветущий Чистотел большой (лат.Chelidonium majus) на закате в лесу. Сентябрь 24. Blooming Greater Celandine (lat. Chelidonium) at sunset in the forest. September 24.

[reality-detective]

🌿 THE POWER OF THE RADIUM HERB (Milk Weed)... It burns out skin warts, moles and skin cancers 🤔

[wandoffire]