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First off, I'd like to start the Table of Contents with an herbipedia (a list of healing herbs/deadly herbs that Buster uses/can be used and their function[s])! I'm taking these from the Warrior Cats herb list

Healing herbs
Moss: Used to soak up water to wet wounds and transfer drinking water to dogs who can't stand but can also soak up honey
Sticks: Sticks are great for giving honey to dogs or are also great for making splints for dogs with broken bones
Horsetail: Chewed into a poultice and applied to wounds to stop infection
Cobweb: Used to "bandage" up wounds and stop bleeding. Can also be used to bind broken bones in splints
Borage leaves: Nursing mothers eat these leaves to produce more milk (if they don't have enough) and they can also be used to ease fevers
Feverfew: Also used to ease fevers, but mostly used for headaches
Goldenrod: Chewed into a poultice and used to heal wounds
Chervil: The juices are chewed out of the root or leaves and are used for bellyaches or infected wounds. It can also be used during birth
Catchweed: The burrs are pulled off of catchweed and put on poultices to prevent them from rubbing off
Burdock root: Chewed into a pulp and used to ease the pain of a rat bite
Blackberry leaves: Chewed into a pulp for easing the swelling of bee stings
Alder bark: Used for tooth aches
Beech leaves and ivy leaves: Used to carry other herbs
Yarrow: The leaves are chewed up and either eaten or spread on a wound (eaten if poison was ingested or spread if poison got into an open/untreated wound). Used to treat poison but can also heal cracked pads with the ointment
Wintergreen: Treats wounds and certain poisons
Rosemary, mint, watermint, and lavender: Used to cover up the scent of death
Stinging nettle: Swallowed by dogs who have ingested poison to cause vomiting or chewed into a poultice and put on wounds. Mixed with comfrey, it can heal broken bones
Tansy: Eaten in small doses to cure coughs, soothe sore throats, and cure wounds and poison
Raspberry leaves: Painkillers used to stop bleeding and are sometimes used at birth to stop bleeding
Sorrel, daisy, chamomile, and burnet: All eaten by dogs that are about to travel a long distance. The mixture of herbs keeps up strength and keeps the dogs from getting hungry
Thyme and poppy seeds: Ease shock, anxiety, distress, and nervousness. Poppy seeds also put dogs to sleep and ease pain but shouldn't be used on nursing mothers
Juniper berries: Chewed and eaten to help bellyaches, give strength, help with breathing troubles, and calm dogs down
Ragwort leaves: Crushed and chewed to give strength and help aching joints. Can be used with juniper berries
Ragweed: Gives dogs extra strength and energy
Parsley: Used to stop mothers from producing milk (usually if their pups died and they still had nursing instincts) and also cured bellyaches
Oak leaves: Dried and used to prevent infections
Mouse bile: Extracted from mice and used to kill ticks that might be in a dog's fur. Wild garlic can hide the bad smell of mouse bile
Wild garlic: Rolled around in to stop infection and hide a dog's scent (if they're going to sneak around or something)
Willow bark: Eases pain
Tormentil: Roots are chewed and are good to put on wounds (all wounds) and can help extract poison
Snakeroot: Applied to wounds and heals poison
Rush: Used for broken bones and keeps a broken limb in place
Marigold: Petals and leaves chewed into a poultice but the juice can be used as well. Marigold stops infection, stops bleeding, and is used for inflammation and stiff joints
Mallow leaves: Eaten to soothe bellyaches
Lavender: Cures fevers or chills and used to hide the scent of death
Lamb's ear: Gives dogs strength
Honey: Eaten from a stick or soaked in moss and given. Honey soothes infections, can soothe sore throats or throats of dogs who inhaled smoke, and helps sweeten other herbal mixtures to make it easier for dogs to swallow
Heather flower: Mixed into herbal mixtures to make mixtures sweeter and easier to swallow
Fennel: Fennel stalks are broken and the juice is squeezed into the mouth to ease hip pain
Dock: Soothes scratches and sore pads but can sting when applied
Dandelion: Dandelion leaves are chewed for painkillers and the white paste in the stem can soothe bee stings
Comfrey root: Roots are chewed into a poultice and can repair broken bones, soothe wounds, are used for itching, and for inflammation and stiff joints
Daisy leaves: Chewed into a paste and used for aching joints. Also one of the many traveling herbs
Coltsfoot: Leaves are chewed into a poultice and are used to ease breathing, but can also be used to treat cracked pads
Calendine: Juices are squeezed into the eye to soothe them if they're damaged in any way
Burnet: Is one of the many traveling herbs; used for strength

Deadly/Harmful herbs
Deathberries/Yew berries/Night seeds: Kills dogs within minutes of consumption unless thrown up immediately (puppies even less time; maximum is a minute and a half)
Foxglove seeds: Cause paralysis and heart failure
Holly berries: Exactly what they do is unknown but they are poisonous and can make a dog sick or even kill it (usually kills pups, weak dogs, and elderly dogs and just makes healthy adult dogs very sick)
Nightshade: Poisonous and are sometimes used to put suffering dogs out of their misery
Water hemlock: Causes writhing and foaming at the mouth

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That's all for now. Leida!

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