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Arcane Cures and Herbal Elixirs
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- 1. Poppy-derived narcotic prized in medieval pharmacopeias for analgesic potency
- 3. Antediluvian antidote brewed with dozens of ingredients, famed for panacea claims
- 4. Archaic Latin root for the art combining chemical transmutation and medicine
- 6. Medieval scourge treated with complex herbal infusions and cautery
- 8. Spiced bark prized for warming qualities and preservative prowess in treatments
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- 2. Mysterious liquid concoction often brewed to heal or harm, in verse and lore
- 5. Latin for oil, a common solvent in herbal tinctures and salves
- 7. Complex Greek-derived term for the silvery metal used medicinally, yet toxic
- 9. Aromatic resins or ointments praised in medieval scripts for healing wounds
- 10. Blister beetle extract used as an irritant remedy and, dangerously, aphrodisiac
- 11. Latin term for poison, sometimes repurposed medicinally in careful doses
- 12. Lemon balm genus used in medieval apothecary to soothe melancholy
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