Med Cat Herb List Novels & Stories

“The tears of a white horse that just consummated his love.” That nonsense came out of her mouth so confidently that I almost tripped. What kind of stupid plan was that? You wanted to stop a thousand year old harbinger with that? A horse's tears, not only that. The tears of one that just had sex. Bullshit. Thankfully, even Lana was staring at Jade with a set confused eyes. “Are you serious for real?” “Yes.” Jade nodded. “Feral herb is a herb that has a very explosive nature to ruin the effects, you just need something that can take its effects. Horse's tears can do that.”

she replied in a tone I didn’t understand but I didn't let that deter me. “So here I have a list with me that has herbs and leaves for basics and starters, everything you should and I have asked some of the other healers to join you to set up a table, the herbs would be mixed and you’ll have to find them and identify them” she informed me and I collected the paper staring at the list of drugs. “Garlic, Valerian Roots, RoseMary, Comfrey” I listed out the herbs and stared at the rest of the herbs.

"The special herb Alice made for Sabrina every time she announced a pregnancy. The soup she insisted on preparing herself. She told you it was for fertility. It wasn't." I stared at him, my brain refusing to process the words. "You're lying. You’re trying to twist my memories." "Pennyroyal. Tansy. Blue Cohosh," Cole listed them off, the names sounding like curses. "They are toxic herbs. In high doses, they act as abortifacients. They induce contractions. Your mother was buying them from a holistic shop in Chinatown called Golden Lotus. We have the receipts, Leon. We have the credit card statements with the dates matching every single miscarriage."

I couldn't tell if it was intentional or if my mind was just grasping for something that wasn't there. "Dragon's tongue?" Remi asked. "What else is on the list?" "Cat whiskers, foxglove, pink moss, and dragon's teeth." "The herb or actually teeth?" He asked. "Teeth," I answered. He wrinkled his nose. "That's going to be spendy." I shrugged. "It's her money." "It's in your pocket," he said.

“I believe your…ailment is related to a mind-alteration from an outside substance. Others think you are simply mad, but I find that diagnosis lazy.” At this, his eyelids fluttered in brief surprise. “I can’t say I have all the answers, but I do have a possible solution. I’d like to start you on a herbal remedy, mainly plants with calming effects— lavender, willow, snakeroot— to see how you react.” “Are you a witch?” I smiled. “Not quite, though if I was I probably wouldn’t admit to it.” He titled his head, wondering about me. “Are you open to the idea?”

A female pharmacist said with a smile, "It's not a matter of whether it's premium. The thing is, we've never seen the type of herb you mentioned. How could we be selling it?" They've never seen it? Belle said in surprise, "It's dark brown in color. It looks similar to eucalyptus. It's of the rotundifolia species." The woman said politely, "We do have something that's dark brown and similar to eucalyptus and rotundifolia, but it's not the type you're looking for. I'm afraid no one in Maltford sells that herb. Actually, the herb you're looking for might not even exist."

Cayden asks again as he looks at the table, getting a shrug from Ramona. “The tea… Apparently, it stinks.” Cayden takes a whiff of the spilt liquid on the table, distorting his face. “I don’t get it. Don’t you like mint?” “Aren’t dogs supposed to have the best noses?” Hendrick mocks as he practically materialises himself in front of Cayden. “She made a tea out of Artemisia Absinthium, that’s wormwood, rue, salvia and liquorice root.” Cayden crosses his arms, shrugging. “That’s a strange mix. But what? Did she want to give her a tummy ache?”

Like something was about to change. I opened it slowly, flipping through the first few pages. Handwritings everywhere. Cursive, neat, but fast... my mother's handwriting. It wasn’t just random writings either. There were lists... detailed descriptions of herbs, roots, powders. Some were familiar lavender, mint, valerian .... things I'd seen in normal medicine books. Others... were things I couldn't even pronounce. Some pages had tiny sketches of plants, drawings of flowers with strange petals, instructions on how to grind them, boil them, use them for healing cuts, burns, bites...

I exhaled, nodding. “These two go well together. But let me check the others first,” I stated. Elder Miriam did not dissuade me, only watched as, piece by piece, I began to try combining the auras of different herbs together, discarding some and adding others. Eventually, I came upon a combination that could work. Four herbs lay before me: Nettle, Ashwagandha, Ginseng and Moringa. “These four, are they alright?” I asked her and she waved her hand.

I lie that I will and we end our call, giving me the chance to turn all my attention on Healer Farah. She guides me to the table where she and the other healers have been mixing and testing different medicines. A wide range of bottles lines the back of the desk, and as I take a seat, I instinctively reach for a bottle labelled Bloodroot. “That’s perfect, actually,” Healer Farah says, her tone a little higher and more surprised than usual. “Bloodroot is the strongest detox herb we have. If you mix it with Willow Bark and—” “Banir Bane?” I ask, and she nods. I remember reading that Banir Bane, once ground up and steeped in black tea, can help with detoxification.