The Book of Potions

The Beautification Potion
At least it's only temporary. Imagine spending your life attracting hordes of pouring admirers. Ugh! A repellent thought! -Z.B.

Use/Effect: a potion that transforms the appearance of the drinker, making them seem to be attractive, even if they are not.

Ingredients
Standard Size 2 [Pewter/Iron] Cauldron
500mL Water
Ladel
Mortar & Pestle
Wand

Fairy Wings
Morning Dew
Rose Petals
Lady's Mantle
Unicorn Hair
Ginger Root


Instructions
-Prepare 500mL in cauldron
-Do not heat

[1] Grind six fairy wings in your mortar.
[2] Add ground fairy wings to your cauldron.
[3] Slowly stir thrice clockwise, then thrice counter-clockwise.
[4] Add six drops of morning dew.
[5] Vigorously stir six times clockwise.
[6] Introduce low heat.
[7] Pluck seven outermost petals from a fresh rose and add them to the cauldron.
[8] Chop four dried bushels of lady's mantle and add to cauldron.
[9] Slowly stir twice, clockwise.
[10] Add one lock of unicorn hair.
[11] Vigorously stir seven times clockwise.
[12] Grind 1 gram of ginger root in mortar, add to the cauldron.
[13] Raise heat to high exposure.
[14] Allow the potion to simmer on high heat for three minutes.
[15] Extinguish heat source, then slowly stir once counter-clockwise.
[16] Allow potion to cool before bottling and corking. Potion should be a yellowish-green color.




Cure for Boils

The Cure for Boils
Being an effective remedie against pustules, hives, boils and many other scrofulous conditions. This is a robust potion of powerful character. Care should be taken when brewing. Prepared incorrectly this potion has been known to cause boils, rather than cure them... -Z.B.

Use/Effect: a potion which cures boils, even those produced by the Pimple Jinx.

Ingredients
Standard Size 2 [Pewter/Iron] Cauldron
500mL Water
Ladel
Mortar & Pestle
Wand

Snake Fangs
Pungous Onions
Dried Nettles
Flobberworm Mucus
Ginger Root
Pickled Shrake Spines
Stewed Horned Slugs
Porcupine Quills


Instructions
-Prepare 500mL of water in cauldron
-Heat to a low simmer

[1] Crush six snake fangs in mortar, add powder to cauldron.
[2] Stir six times counter-clockwise.
[3] Dice one pungous onion, add contents to cauldron.
[4] Increase temperature to high heat.
[5] Add four dried nettles.
[6] Add two milliliters of flobberworm mucus.
[7] Stir potion vigorously, ten times clockwise.
[8] Grind ginger root in mortar.
[9] Add one gram of ginger root powder to cauldron.
[10] Stir vigorously, three times counter-clockwise.
[11] Add two pickled shrake spines.
[12] Gently stir twice, clockwise.
[13] Add one glug (one ladel scoop) of stewed horned slugs to cauldron.
[14] Add two porcupine quills.
[15] Stir twice counter-clockwise.
[16] Remove cauldron from heat source, allow potion to cool before bottling. Potion should be a dark blue color.




Doxycide

Doxycide
A potion of prodigious power, to repulse the vile Doxy. Students of my work may wonder why I chose to devote my genius to deterring these fairy-like nuisances. Suffice it to say that even hermits suffer from household pests. Hence I created this, a full-bodied venomous mixture, yet well-rounded. -Z.B.

Use/Effect: to spray Doxies, paralyzing them for a period of time, allowing the user to safely remove the Doxies without fear of being bitten.

Ingredients
Standard Size 2 [Pewter/Iron] Cauldron
500mL Water
Ladel
Mortar & Pestle
Wand

Bundimun Secretion
Streeler Shells
Dragon Liver
Essence of Hemlock
Tormentil Tincture


Instructions
-Prepare 500mL water in cauldron.
-Raise to medium heat.

[1] Using a one gram scoop, measure one scoop of bundimun secretion and add it to the cauldron.
[2] Quickly stir twice clockwise.
[3] Grind three streeler shells in a mortar, add powder to cauldron.
[4] Stir three times clockwise, then raise the heat to high exposure.
[5] Add one chopped dragon liver.
[6] Vigorously stir six times clockwise.
[7] Add a dash of hemlock essence (about three drops).
[8] Stir three times counter-clockwise.
[9] Add three drops of Tormentil tincture.
[10] Stir slowly nine times, counter-clockwise.
[11] Remove potion from heat source.
[12] Allow potion to cool before bottling.
[13] Potion should be black. Bottle in a perfume atomizer (bulb spray bottle).




Felix Felicis

Felix Felicis
Mine own invention, my masterpiece; the crowning achievement of my career. Bottled good fortune. Brewed correctly the drinker of this potion will be lucky in all their endeavours, but be warned … excessive consumption is highly toxic and can cause extreme recklessness. Fans of Quidditch were quick to protest that a potion which gives the drinker good luck was hardly fair and use of my potion was banned, quite rightly, from all competitive events … except potion-making tournaments. -Z.B.

Use/Effect: a magical potion that makes the drinker lucky for a period of time, during which everything they attempt will be successful. This potion is also known as "Liquid Luck".

Ingredients
Standard Size 2 [Pewter/Iron] Cauldron
500mL Water
Ladel
Mortar & Pestle
Wand
Clock

Ashwinder Eggs
Squill Bulb
Murtlap Tentacle
Tincture of Thyme
Occamy Eggshell
Powdered Common Rue
(Optional) Horseradish


Instructions
-Prepare 500mL of water in cauldron.
-Low heat.

[1] Add the yolk of one ashwinder egg to the cauldron.
[-] At this point, if you wish, you can add a dash of horseradish. It is traditional in brewing but has not been proven to make the potion any more potent.
[2] Raise heat below the cauldron to medium exposure.
[3] Juice or pulverize one squill bulb, add contents to cauldron.
[4] Vigorously stir twice clockwise.
[5] Separate anemone-like tentacles from the back of a murtlap, and chop them up. Measure out three grams of the chopped tentacles and add to the cauldron.
[6] Raise heat to high exposure, allow potion to simmer.
[7] Add a dash (three drops) of tincture of thyme.
[8] Slowly stir thrice clockwise, then thrice counter-clockwise.
[9] Grind one occamy eggshell into powder, then add to cauldron.
[10] Slowly stir the mixture once clockwise, then once counter clock-wise.
[11] Raise heat to higher exposure, allow potion to come to a steady boil.
[12] Sprinkle 1/2 gram of powdered common rue over the potion.
[13] Vigorously stir clockwise for 10 rotations.
[14] Raise heat to higher exposure, bring potion to a roaring boil.
[15] Check the time, and then stir the potion clockwise in the manner of what time it is, stirring a full rotation for each hour and a partial rotation for the location of the minute hand.
[16] Cover the potion with a pewter cap and allow it to stew on low heat for six months (two OOC weeks).
[17] After six months, uncover the potion. Aim your wand directly at the fire beneath the cauldron, and waving the wand in a figure-eight motion, firmly say "Felixempra".
[18] After you've charmed the fire, the flames should quickly scale the sides of the cauldron and plunge into the potion. The fire beneath the cauldron will extinguish as these flames leave the firepit. The potion will quickly calm from it's boiling state once these enchanted flames enter the mixture.
[19] Allow potion to cool before bottling.




Laughing Potion

Laughing Potion
A potion to induce uncontrollable merriment. A finely-balanced potion requiring delicacy of touch. If made incorrectly, the results can vary from hysterical mania to deep and inconsolable melancholy. -Z.B.

Use/Effect: induces uncontrollable laughter in the drinker. It is effective as protection from the screech of a banshee.

Ingredients
Standard Size 2 [Pewter/Iron] Cauldron
500mL Spring Water
Ladel
Mortar & Pestle
Wand

Alihotsy Leaves
Billywig Wings
Knarl Quills
Puffskein Hair
Horseradish Powder
Laughter


Instructions
-Add 500mL of spring water to cauldron
-No initial heat.

[1] Chop two alihotsy leaves and add them to your cauldron.
[2] Slowly stir them once clockwise.
[3] Snigger at the potion.
[4] Grind four pairs of Billywig wings (eight wings total) in a mortar and add to cauldron.
[5] Slowly stir three times clockwise.
[6] Add three Knarl quills.
[7] Introduce a low heat exposure below the cauldron.
[8] Vigorously stir three times counter-clockwise.
[9] Giggle at the potion.
[10] Raise the heat to medium exposure.
[11] Scatter one handful of puffskein hair over the mixture.
[12] Quickly stir the potion nine times clockwise.
[13] Introduce a high heat exposure beneath the cauldron.
[14] Laugh loudly and uncontrollably at the potion.
[15] Sprinkle a gram of horseradish powder over the mixture.
[16] Lower the heat to low exposure.
[17] Calmly stir six times, clockwise.
[18] Remove cauldron from heat exposure, allow potion to cool before bottling.