12 oz. fermented bobotubor puss
2 chopped mandrake roots
1/2 oz. powdered unicorn horn
3 oz. chopped wormwood
30 fresh rue flowers
50 hairs from a demiguise
Boil the fermented bobotubor puss. When bubbling, add in the mandrake roots and unicorn horn. Ensure the wormwood is chopped finely, and mash it together with the rue flowers in a mortar and pestle to form a paste. Add the demiguise hairs to the potion after the puss, roots, and horn concotion has been reduced in half. When the potion turns purple, add in the paste and stir continually until it turns clear. This potion is taken by adding a drop or two to a drink, usually water. It is odorless, colorless, and tastless, so it is virtually undetectable by all but the most experienced wizard or witch. It is most famous for the great Youth debacle in the 15th century, where a gallon was poured into a spring on a small island in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the fountain to bestow youth to muggles who drank from it. Many muggles flooded the area for the next few centuries, looking for the fountain, so eventually it was disguised by being made unplottable, a spell which also went awry, leading to the Bermuda Triangle.
Ingredients :
8 ounces water
2 ounces dried nettles
1/2 ounce snake fangs
4 medium sized horned slugs
10 porcupine quills
Procedure :
1. Shred the dried nettles into thin strips, no wider than one inch. Add them to your cauldron with the water and light a small fire underneath to cause the water to boil. When the water is at a rolling boil, add the horned slugs. Lower the flame of the fire a bit to decrease the heat until it is at a slow simmer. Allow to simmer for 10 minutes without stirring.
2. While nettles and slugs are stewing, begin crushing the snake fangs with your mortar and pestle, careful not to prick your finger on any in case of lingering poison. When the fangs are crushed into a coarse powder and the nettles and slugs have stewed for 10 minutes, add the crushed fangs to the cauldron, stirring constantly. Remove the cauldron from heat and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
3. When mixture has cooled, add the porcupine quills. Stir constantly until the quills have softened and begin to dissolve.
4. Pour into clay jars for storage and keep in a cool, dry place.
*Notes : This potion will cure boils and sores of all kinds, but should be used no more than once a week, to avoid inflammation of the skin. This is meant to be used as a topical cream, and accidental ingestion can lead to illness and death. As with all potions, consult a Potions Master before using.
Ingredients:
1) Peridot - 1 carat per 30 pounds body weight (round up); raw unpolished is best {Medicinal healing/ability to break spells} = can be purchased at Diagon Alley or from gem/mineral shops
2) Mandrake powder - 1/4 tsp {anti-sorcery} = can be obtained from Professor Sprout (see *Note*)
3) Valerian - 1 teasthingys dried {anti-sorcery; relaxes muscles} = can be purchased at Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade or can be grown at home (4 tsp fresh)
4) Chamomile flowers - 1 cup fresh {calming properties} = can be purchased from any herbalist or can be grown at home
5) Southernwood leaves (traditional type; DO NOT use wormwood!) - 1/4 cup fresh {anti-sorcery} = can obtained from Professor Sprout (see *note*) or any herbalist shop; may be grown at home
6) Raspberries - 2 cups {protection} = Can be purchased at any market, or can be grown at home (magically grown if not in raspberry season is fine)
Directions:
* Grind peridot into a fine powder, set aside.
* Combine other ingredients in a number 2 cauldron, crushing raspberries slightly.
* Add 2 quarts distilled water (check for absence of mineral content before adding herbs as they may affect the efficacy of this potion).
* Simmer slowly (do not let boil). Stir often with mistletoe wood (anti-sorcery/exorcism).
* Reduce by 3/4, strain.
* Add peridot powder immediately, stir well.
* Let rest for 1 hour; cool completely. Potion is to be given to patient orally in one dose.
Use:
This is a healing potion for those who have been afflicted by dark magic.
*Note*
1) This potion is not to be attempted by students who have not yet completed Advanced Healing Arts without the express permission of Professor Snape.
2) The use of Mandrake powder and Southernwood by Hogwarts students must also be cleared by Professor Sprout.
Medicinal uses of each ingredient are uses that pertain to this potion only; other uses for each ingredient may be found in �Magical Properties of the Natural World� by Albert K. Myst.