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and Potions
by Arsenius Jigger
Every Witch and Wizard owns at least one cauldron. This versatile item can be
used to brew potions, to carry supplies, and, in a pinch, to clobber an
attacker.
Types of cauldrons:
• collapsible
• self stirring
• Solid gold
• Fire- crab shells, which resemble tortoise shells encrusted with jewels,
are prized by unscrupulous Wizards as magical cauldrons
Abyssinian shrivelfig
must be peeled
aconite
(also called monkshood and wolfsbane)
Scott Cunningham's "Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs" informs us that
a folk name for the highly poisonous Wolf's Bane is "Dumbledore's
Delight"
Ashwinder eggs
frozen
asphodel, root of
powdered
belladonna, essence of
[Note that belladonna is poisonous
bezoar
comes from the stomach of a goat, protects from most poisons
bicorn horn
powdered
Billywig stings
boomslang skin
shredded
bubotuber pus
good against stubborn acne; yellowish, smells of petrol
The pimple-curing properties of Bubotuber pus were discovered by
Sacharissa Tugwood
Bundimun secretion
caterpillars
sliced
cockroach, dead
Snape keeps a jar of these in his office
daisy roots
chopped
Doxy eggs
black in color, they are used for researching trick sweets by Fred
and George
dragon
hide, blood, heart, liver, horn
Erumpent
horns, tails, and Exploding Fluid
fluxweed
picked at full moon
frog brains
gillyweed
eating a wad of this grows gills and webbed fingers and
toes so that a person can swim and breathe underwater.
Native to the Mediterranean Sea.
ginger
roots cut
Graphorn
horn powdered
hellebore
There are several kinds of hellebore. The name comes from the
Greek words 'elein' (to injure) and 'bora' (food), indicating that
hellebore is poisonous. In some belief systems, it's been believed to
be a purgative, sometimes of bad things generally, used for things
like protecting livestock from evil spells, and (in powdered form)
for invisibility.
The only thing it's known definitely to be used for in Potions is for
the Draught of Peace, despite its poisonous properties
horned toad
Neville had to disembowel a barrel of these for Snape
horned slugs
Jobberknoll feathers
for Memory Potions and Truth Serums
knotgrass
lacewing flies
stewed 21 days
leeches
leech juice
lionfish, spine of
part of students' standard potion-making kit
mandrake
An important plant which is used as an ingredient in the Restorative
Draught
monkshood
(see aconite)
moonstone
Used in various potions (including the Draught of Peace), sometimes
in powdered form; Harry had to write an essay (12 inches of
parchment) for Snape about the uses of moonstone in potion
making. Moonstone is found in a variety of colors. Its supposed
magical effects include helping a person gain emotional balance.
Since Harry spent much of book five emotionally unbalanced, it is
perhaps fitting that he was forced to write an essay on the stone's
use in Potions-making.
nettles
dried
gathered in Queerditch Marsh for nettle tea
porcupine quills
puffer-fish eyes
scarab beetles
crushed
shrivelfig
Abyssinian, skinned
snake fangs
crushed
spiders
tubeworms
Harry had to stay behind in Potions and scrape tubeworms off a
desk
unicorn horn
wolfsbane
(see aconite)
wormwood
Potions
Note from Professor Snape: Some of the potions are
copyrighted by cosmetics companies or medical
administrations. If the ingredients are left out there is
good reason, so don’t ask!
Aging Potion
Anti-poison potion
Ingredients: crushed Bezoar- stone from the belly of a Goat
Deflating Draught
Effect: reverses swelling solutions and engorgement charms
Draught of Peace
ingredients: essence of hellebore, moonstone
Forgetfulness Potion
Effect: causes memory loss
Hair-Raising Potion
Effect: causes fear
Love Potion
Effect: causes drinker to feel amorous towards giver
This powerful antidote will revive people who have been Petrified.
Pepperup Potion
A potion to cure colds. It leaves the drinker smoking at the ears for several
hours.
Polyjuice Potion
ingredients: lacewing flies stewed 21 days, leeches, powdered bicorn horn,
knotgrass, fluxweed picked at full moon, boomslang skin, a bit of who one
wants to turn into.
Effect: Transforms a person to look exactly like someone else. One dose
lasts for one hour, but doses can be renewed, apparently indefinitely
Skele-Gro
A potion to re-grow bones.
Shrinking Solution
ingredients: Caterpillar, Daisy Roots, Leech Juice, Rat Spleen, Abyssinian
Shrivelfig
Wit-sharpening potion
ingredients: Scarab Beetles, Ginger Roots, Armadillo Bile
Wolfsbane Potion
Effect: used to help werewolves keep their sanity during transformation
Veritaserum
A Truth Potion so powerful that three drops would make you spill your
innermost secrets.