There are a variety of herbs at your disposal. These can be found in-game in a host of different locations that vary from
being found simply on the ground to being found in shops or even on the person of another mob or smob that you may need to
kill.
Belladonna
Belladonna berries are very poisonous, and on extreme occasions, can kill something as large as a horse. Concentrated
amounts were used by assassins in The Game of Houses and were applied into needles, rings and glasses. However extracts from
the berry are quite useable for healing. Allow the berries to dry and grind them to powder. Add twice the amount of Gheandin
powder and grind a bountiful amount of white healall root. Pour some hot boiling water and work into a paste. Simply massage
the pink paste gently all over the broken limb after it has been soaked in boiled Goatflower. The effects of these four herbs
seem miraculous with boneknitting. One can also dry a precise amount of berries and ground with a few intoxicants, can mixed
into something to calm nerves.
Broomweed
Broomweed is a fiber rich wildflower, and it can be mixed with food to aid with digestion, or brewed with tea to help
with bowel looseness or constipation. Dry the flowers for three days, chop and put them into a tea sack. Quite a good remedy
when taken hot, along with the slight sweetness of the flowers. Very relieving for an upset, or nervous stomach. The essences
are quite easily digested, and the fibers help fuse herbs used in higher medication.
Dogwort
Dogwort is a natural antiseptic which can be used to disinfect most wounds. Grind as a paste and apply directly. Mix the
paste into warm water for a more cleansing application. It actually helps knit flesh together and thickens blood to help it
clot faster. Crush the fresh leaves, and mixed with a precise amount of choice berries, it can be processed into something to
help with ulcers due to acidic, or anxious stomachs.
Fennel
White Fennel, when dried, chopped and made into tea, aids with feminine discharges, acting like the female hormone itself,
easing away pains and discomforts. Concentrated amounts are used to help ease childbirth, allowing moisture and liquids to pass
through much more easily. Red Fennel when brewed helps with upset stomachs, and is mild enough to be used on infants and children.
However, a more than enough serving can cause some rather... undesireable, but healthy flatulent effects as some Wisdom
Students have unashamedely demonstrated. Beware of Gray Fennel though - it's sap is rather toxic and is poisonous enough to
kill a human being by either oral intake, or by wounds. However, a precise amount of leaves, when dried for three days,
chopped and mixed with White Willow tree bark can increase one's every day tolerance to sickness, making the body stronger.
Flatwort
Flatwort provides the body with energy, its blue leaves give adrenaline and nutrients which supply the body's fuel while
burning more energy. Chop the leaves while they are fresh, and encase within a tea sack. Very healthy and provides more
strength due to fatigue and exhaustion. Best for aging people.
Forkroot
Forkroot is a good painkiller, since it numbs the nerves, and is quite effective with headaches and muscle pain, if used
in tiny amounts. However concentrating and increasing the amounts of the dosage, the painkilling can spread into something
that actually numbs every moveable muscle in the body. Also, it clouds the mind in such a way that concentration becomes an
impossible task. Chop off the root of the plant, and allow to dry for three days. Grind and keep in a jar where precise
amounts can be extracted. Very suitable for soldiers who cry when being stitched. Taking it orally is not adviced, unless
the only reason is for restraining. Having a deceptively sweet taste, it can be laced into tea without interfering with
flavors. There have been reports that it actually mutes the ability to channel.
Foxglove
Extracts from the Foxglove petals can be processed, and used as therapeautic treatment on greater internal diseases and
syndromes. The compounds found in this plant actually stun the spread of diseases and malignant tissue, thus stopping further
infection, or an epidemic. Increases immunity to a disease, but must be taken regularly if a second infection is to be
avoided. Dry the flowers for five days, chop and place into a jar. Provide a concentrated amount when encasing into tea sacks
. One hot cup in the morning, and one at night is best.
Gheandin
Gheandin is a good poison killer. It can be used to fight off poisons, malignant fluids and toxic juices. Having a rather
spicy taste when dried and powdered, the blossoms can also be used fresh. Chop the blossoms finely and include in a mixture
of Dogwort or Willow bark and work into a paste. The taste is rather perplexing, spicy and bitter at the same time, so a
little honey will be of no harm. Use regularly to relieve heart or inner side pains; constant treatment has lead to
remarkable healings of malignant tissues and heart problems.
Ground Ivy
Goatflower strengthens the system against damage. It boosts the body's immunity and provides more adrenaline. It also has
the ability to make bones knit faster when boiled with water, the benefits of which are actual strengthening of bones after
the knitting. Hang the blossoms to dry, and prepare into a tea sack within a week. Mixed with chopped Willow tree bark, it
can be used into most teas since it does not do otherwise effects, and also has no real taste.
Goatsflower
The local Ground Ivy is a good remedy for aching and tired muscles. Chop the fresh leaves finely and work into a paste
with warm water or Juniper oil. Massage for quick relief, and take orally for more effeciveness in the long run. Leaves a
strange hot and cold feeling when mixed with finely chopped Sunburst root, and actually repairs slightly torn muscles and
flesh.
Healall
Healall is a mineral and fiber rich plant, the root of which actually helps with the potency of each poultice or herbal
tea. It is used as a major ingredient in healing broken bones, or waving away fever. It is also a good alternative for
healing herbs, when no specific herbs are available, though its effects might only be soothing or cleansing, it cannot
actually take toxins or poisons away. Chop off the root and place into a jar and store in a moderate place. Do not wrap into
cloth since it absorbs the root's juices. Chop of a good piece, grind and allow to chew for a person who feels a little
unbalanced or feverish. If the efffects do not go away within three hours, check for signs and syptoms and use more specific
herbs, or contact better professional help.
Juniper
Juniper Berries are useable as acid indicators, the juice when warmed over a fire is used to indicate pregnancies as the
color change suggests. The juice extracted from the berries is strangely intoxicating, allowing nerves to relax and tensions
to soften. Concentrated amounts can be used for a calming and relaxing additive to teas and even some drinks. Oil processed
from the dried berries are quite healthy for people approaching old age.
Kaf
Kaf is an aromatic Seanchan beanplant, the fruits of which provide the bitter beans. The beans are brewable into a strong
, bitter tea which awakens the body's senses, causing one to be quite energetic even when tired. The tea's essences tingle
the nerves and causes the heart to palpitate more, but, providing more exertions and 'livening', it does not replace the
energy it uses.
Honey
Honey is a product of bees gathering nectar, which can be farmed and harvested from artificial hives that one can simply
construct. Pure honey, is useable as a sweetener that does not damage the properties of herbs. It can be used in tea or bad
tasting potions to soothe the taste, or simply a flavoring for every day meals for people with a sweet tongue. It also has
properties which clear up the respiratory system and other allergic reactions. Gather the substance when farming bees. Be
careful and wear nets and gloves to avoid beestings. Place into jars and store in moderately cool areas.
Nightsbane
Nighstbane leaves can be ground, and made into a poultice or paste, which can be used to relieve fevers, disorientation,
or dizziness. Use together with Sheepstongue Root to clear blurring or darkening visions, eye infections, or failure of sight
due to sudden bursts of light, or infectious poisons. Strange enough, it us simply futile against the effects of being
blinded by the One Power.
Sheepstongue
Sheepstongue root is quite bitter and hard to swallow, and it can be used to induce vomiting when someone has swallowed
something poisonous or dangerous. It is also used to soothe the eyelids when fatigued by too much eye strain. Forming a green
and slimy paste when ground, it is also used as an effective cure against sulky and stubborn girls. Use in desired
chastising amount.
Sleepwell
Sleepwell clears headaches and to an extent, makes a person drowsy. Chop off the root, grind to a poultice and mix well
with food or drink to soothe a throbbing head, while allowing the patient to sleep. Any headaches or tensions will be
completely removed upon waking.
Sunburst
Sunburst is quite a fiber rich plant, the fibers of which thrive in the roots. Thread can be made out of the fibers of
the root, which are used to sew up wounds. The root decays cleanly and slowly allowing the wound more time to knit. The
properties of the root also allow blood to clot, which is quite useful in more critical wounds and hemmorhages. Poultices,
salves and teas made from the root are quite effective with inner bleedings. Like ginger, it leaves a warm feeling when
applied as a paste, and together with Ground Ivy, emits a cold, almost burning sensation. When mixed in teas it produces a
soothing, warm effect that can be unbelieveably calming. Chop off the root, peel the skin and use a Wisdom's probe to gather
the fibers which should be long enough to entwine together.
Tremalking Black
Tremalking Black is an herb whose leaves one can use into teas to release wonderfully smelling essences. Dry the leaves
for a day and immerse in hot water for its aromatic effects. The vapors can be inhaled for good relaxation as well as to
clear up the nose and lungs for the time being. The fruit, which contains dozens of small, round beans are used for flavors
unto food. Dry the fruit until the skin is crumpled, break, and grind the beans in a mortar and store in your spice jars.
Willow
Willow Tree is a very useful tree, as well as a beautiful ornament. The leaves are fragrant and can be dried and made
into relaxing tea when chopped with Flatwort. The treebark can clear the body's blood passageways which cause pain when
becoming swollen or infected. Very useful in soothing mild inner pains when brewed and sipped hot. Relieves mild fevers and
sicknesses, as the aromatic vapors from the steaming tea are inhaled while being taken. Willow can clear up children's
fevers from growing or toothing, and can also be used by adults who wish to improve their health and strength.
Other
A clump of tabac, andilay root, segade plant, a blue rose, a crimson rose, a long-stemmed rose.
Herbs /Lesson Two
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