![]() ![]() In Warrior Cats, because the characters are cats and obviously wouldn't have access to or knowledge of human medicine, their healers, known as medicine cats, use herbs instead.In Andre Norton's Catseye, medical plants are one treasure of the Wild.Inflammation dies down while she does it. In Andre Norton's Dread Companion, Kilda uses the notus on Kosgro's wound.Sorcha's profession is as an herbalist in The Sevenwaters Trilogy.Its creation is one of Garion's Achievements in Ignorance: he was only trying to conjure up a flower as a gift for his cousin Adara and doesn't learn that it's " the sovereign specific" until years later. "Adara's rose" in The Belgariad will cure any poison with its fragrance alone.In Saga of the Volsungs, Sigmund completely cures Sinfjotli of a mortal wound by touching it with a magic herb brought to him by a raven.In that way it is analogous to several real-world herbs like lavender, sage and witch hazel. It technically doesn't cure anything, but is used by healers because of its strong smell when burnt, which relaxes and inspires patients. Actually Tolkien described the properties of athelas in a non-LotR source.In The Silmarillion, Lúthien uses one to cure Beren's wound.By the time of the story it's thought of as an old-fashioned folk remedy used mainly by elderly men note which is to say, men who are around Aragorn's age but aren't long-lived Dunedain like him which really irritates him because it makes it hard to find. ![]() It seems to have general restorative properties, and he uses it to treat Frodo's knife-wound and victims of the Nazgul's "black breath" after Pelennor. In The Lord of the Rings, Aragorn uses athelas (or kingsfoil).Afterwards she can heal people and make magical potions with the belladonna plant. In Belladonna of Sadness, Jeanne makes a deal with Satan to become a witch.He later uses an even bigger one to heal a wounded dinosaur. In an episode of Dragon Ball Z, Gohan remembers his dad showing him how to make a medicine out of a leaf, which he uses on himself when Piccolo leaves him alone in the wilderness.Unfortunately, they take a very long time to grow, and there are some things they can't fix (like the Saiyans' tails being removed, or the heart virus Goku contracts). They can heal all of the eater's wounds, and as a bonus sate their hunger for ten days. The Senzu Beans which are grown by Korin, the wise old talking cat.Senshi uses them all up at once to stuff and season the basilisk he's about to roast. Delicious in Dungeon: The Thorden party brings a variety of medicinal herbs on their next jaunt into the dungeon, from standard healing and burn-alleviating herbs, to antitoxins, to one that restores mana when eaten.She can even cover herself in a dress of vines and flowers that increases the power of her healing. Mimosa Vermillion from Black Clover mostly uses Plant Recovery Magic, forming flowers, leaves, and vines from her magic that heal others.Someone serious about herbal medicine can find much better sources than this wiki. For safety reasons, therefore, do not include Real Life examples. Like drugs derived from them, herbs can have side-effects, sometimes quite serious, even fatal they can interact with other drugs and unlike the drugs, natural variation in growth means the dosage is unpredictable, and there will certainly be impurities. However, in Real Life, they are not Magic Antidotes. note A surprising number of medicines were discovered by either investigating folk cures (some of which actually worked, and some of which did not) or by taking extracts from random plants (you get a bunch of work-study students, you drop them off a mile apart along some backroad with a box of bags, and you tell them "pick up five of everything you see") and running them against various screening tests to see if they did anything (this approach is generally called "Weeds and Seeds" or "Find 'Em and Grind 'Em"). It can also show a person is close to nature and even symbolize that nature makes characters well.Ī certain amount of Truth in Television: many plants are the root source of medicines. Among its other advantages, it can make a good MacGuffin. One of the favorite forms of an external healing source, close to Healing Potion, of which it may be one ingredient. A plant has a power to cure all sorts of wounds and act as the Magic Antidote.
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