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Alchemical Herb Lore and Remedies
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Topical agent causing redness, warmth from nature’s pharmacy
  • 2. Alcohol-based extract that’s anything but plain 'paint'
  • 3. Gilded resin prized since antiquity, fragrant and healing
  • 5. Stopping the flow – what herbal compounds intriguingly aid
  • 7. Clue in remedy: deadly yet combated by herbal means
  • 10. Steeping method that entwines leaves like a secret
  • 12. Roman cure-all flower for sleepless nights and stomach woes
  • 14. Poisonous plant with paradoxical medicinal history
Down
  • 4. Treatment using plants to bring relief, from ancient tongues
  • 6. Old-time pharmacist's store for botanical tinctures
  • 8. Oil extracted to the core — nature’s concentrated whisper
  • 9. Soothing effect of salves, from resin’s aromatic embrace
  • 11. Sticky sap and oils combined, secrets trapped in tree blood
  • 13. Poultice applied to soothe wounds, a plaster’s cousin
  • 15. Boiled botanical brew, distilled wisdom from roots and bark
  • 16. Water lily genus masking sedative lore beneath its petals
  • 17. Nitrogenous compound, potent and bitter, found in many blooms

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