Potion

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## Potion

### Ingredients

* Asphodel
* Wormwood
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## Book information

### First appearance

*Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*

### Last appearance

*The Tales of Beedle the Bard*

"*I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses... I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death --*"
— Introduction to Potions.

**Potions** are a wizarding concoction brewed in cauldrons. They have any number of effect on the drinker. The potion has to brewed in the right way outlined in the recipe which range from a simple level to make to an advanced level. The procedure for potion-making is time-consuming and complex. It is said to be a "subtle science and exact art". Potions appear throughout the *Harry Potter book series*.

## About

Potions are brewed in cauldrons using a number of ingredients. They have a variety of uses including healing, poisoning, to enhance or weaken the drinker of provide an antidote. Potion-making is a subtle science and exact art that could bewitch the mind, ensnare the senses and even put a stopper on death. They can grant fame, luck, good fortune, the feeling of love, change appearances or cause pain or harm.

Certain potions are applied instead of drunk, particularly for healing. They can have an effect on those who are simply in the same room with it. Being a science, potion-making has rules including a step-by-step recipe that has to be copied in order for the potion to be successful. The length of time a potion takes to brew varies depending on each potion, which require great patience and planning ahead. Certain potions have to be completed at specific times of the year. It is very important to have a wand in order to add a magical element to the potion. The wand has to be used properly.

A witch or wizard who is adept at potion-making and have a career in the art is called a potioneer. The subject of Potions is taught at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is taken in the first year until at least the fifth year. It is an option for N.E.W.T. study if the student achieves a high enough grade in their O.W.L.s.

## Known ingredients

 Aconite Asphodel
 (Draught of Living Death)
* Beetle eye
* Bezoar
* Bicorn horn
* Boomslang skin
* Caterpillar
* Cure for Boils
* Crocodile heart
* Daisy root
* Dittany
* Dragon blood
* Dragon liver
* Knotgrass
* Lacewing fly
* Leech
* Leech juice
* Lionfish spine
* Mandrake
* Nettles
* Porcupine quill
* Rat spleen
* Shrivelfig
* Snake fang
* Tubeworm
* Unicorn horn
* Wolfsbane
* Wormwood (Draught of Living Death)

## Known supplies

* Brass Cauldron
* Copper Cauldron
* Pewter Cauldron
* Portable Cauldron
* Collapsible Cauldron
* Self-stirring cauldron
* Brass scales
* Phials
* Wand

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 8
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, Chapter 9
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 16
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 11
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 6
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 14
7. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 4
8. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 16
9. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 13
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 8
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 10
12. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 1
13. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 12