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Alchemical Remedies and Herbal Lore
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  • 1. Leech used in medieval sanguine bloodletting rituals
  • 2. Technical term for bloodletting through a vein
  • 3. Gummy resin used as incense and in prescriptions
  • 4. Pattern of a thousand flowers, common in apothecary tapestries
  • 6. Ancient author whose texts guided medieval herbals
  • 10. Wax-based medicinal salve applied to wounds
  • 12. Art and science of drawing blood for therapeutic purposes
  • 15. Resin prized for healing and sacred anointing
  • 16. Tincture used to stimulate digestion with a sharp taste
  • 18. Collection of dried plants used for identification and remedies
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  • 5. Process refining essences by boiling and condensing
  • 7. Medicated eye-wash prescribed by apothecaries
  • 8. Copper vessel essential for extracting herbal essences
  • 9. Spicy root prized in medieval medicaments and cooking
  • 11. Practitioner favoring observation over dogma in healing
  • 13. Plant root steeped in magical and anesthetic lore
  • 14. Sweetened medicinal paste often containing herbs and spices
  • 17. Toxic alkaloid occasionally referenced in cautions or potions
  • 19. Complex antidote famed for curing snakebites and plague

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