This style of the potion is made in pewter cauldrons & uses Celsius temperature.

Gerhard Bumblesnitcher created the Antidote to Common Poisons in the thirteenth century. He needed to have a potion on hand to aid in healing venom bites from snakes. Common secondary ingredients include mistletoe berries, bezoar, & unicorn horns. Infusion of hemlock was used in earlier potions.

Estimated Brewing Time (EBT): 45 minutes, 40 seconds

Ingredients:
⊱ 1L of water
⊱ 45ml essence of dittany
⊱ 30g of ginger
⊱ 15g of unicorn hair
⊱ 15ml of flobberworm mucus
⊱ 1 bezoar
⊱ 2 mistletoe berries
⊱ 2 sprigs of lavender

Instructions

1. Add 500ml of water to the cauldron & heat to 90 degrees Celsius. Crush 1 bezoar to the mortar & pestle & add 30g of the crushed ingredients to the cauldron.
2. Add Essence of Dittany & ginger to the cauldron. Heat to 110 degrees Celsius for 15 seconds & decrease to 90 degrees Celsius. Add 30g of crushed bezoar & stir once counterclockwise.
3. Brew for 25 minutes. The potion’s color is grey with gold flecks. It smells like musty bread or mothballs.
4. Add 500ml of water & 15g of unicorn hair to the cauldron. Stir twice clockwise & add mistletoe berries. Heat to 110 degrees Celsius for 25 seconds & then decrease to 90 degrees Celsius.
5. Add sprigs of lavender & stir once counterclockwise. Brew for 15 minutes. Remove from heat for 5 minutes.
6. Add Flobberworm Mucus & stir with a wooden spoon. The potion’s color is a dark teal with a mustard smell & taste. It will have gold sparks.

Usage Notes & Poison History

Store the Antidote to Common Poisons in a warm environment. Store up to eight months. Taking more than the recommended dosage will cause fever, nausea, & dizziness. Allergic includes red rashes, rapid heart rate, itchy bumps, & breathing issues. Pregnant women should use with caution due to the mistletoe berries. Paracelsus was known as the Father of Toxicology. He named the element zinc, called zink. He also invented laudanum. He once stated that all things can be poisonous if given a high amount of dosage. The Borgia family used arsenic to gain power & wealth. The Greek king Mithridates VI of Pontus, used the Mithridatism method, named after him. Rasputin also used this method to build immunity to mundane & magical poison.

Fun Facts
⊱ Napoleon Bonaparte was exposed to arsenic poisoning, though this is a hypothesis.
⊱ To create an antidote, venom is extracted to create antibodies to treat the poisonous area.
⊱ Arsenic in high doses can kill you, while a slow, low dosage can cause cancer & other illnesses.
⊱ Mistletoe berries are harvested on the sixth day after the new moon, mostly during winter.