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Arcane Elixirs and Herbal Arcanum
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- 1. Foul-smelling gum resin, digestive remedy in medieval apothecaries
- 2. Sweet crystalline sugar, transformative agent in syrups
- 3. Extract refined by vapor, essence concentrated in vessels
- 5. Herbal breath freshener with digestive and cooling virtues
- 6. Plant named for curing speech and singing ailments
- 9. Monastic herb said to soothe nerves and headache alike
- 11. Resinous and fragrant, healing salves’ sweet-smelling base
- 14. Astringent root used to staunch bleeding, mineral hint within
- 15. Narcotic derivatives from poppies, medieval pain soothers
- 17. Mistletoe genus revered for magical and healing reverberations
- 20. Yellow-flowered herb, reputed for bruises and bloodflow aid
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- 4. Opium tincture cloaked in tincture, pain’s clandestine relief
- 7. Greek name for quicksilver, infamous in salves and poisons
- 8. Mythic life-giving solution, liquid essence of health’s quest
- 10. Fabled panacea blending venom and herbs, once king of cures
- 12. Medieval process to purge the bowels, liquid cleansing method
- 13. Spanish fly insect lavishly used as vesicant and stimulant
- 16. Blood-red tonic or temperament in ancient medicinal humors
- 18. Ancient spice root, warming tonic with pungent bite (ginger)
- 19. Deadly plant sometimes used carefully as pain-suppressing poison
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