11/20/2022 0 Comments What does pills and potions mean![]() ![]() In the late 17th century, the rise of modern chemistry, toxicology and pharmacology reduced the medicinal value of the classical herbal. In Western Europe herbals flourished for two centuries following the introduction of moveable type. Herbals were also among the first books to be printed in both China and Europe. Herbals were among the first literature produced in Ancient Egypt, China, India, and Europe as the medical wisdom of the day accumulated by herbalists, apothecaries and physicians. Herbals were often illustrated to assist plant identification. A herbal may also classify the plants it describes, may give recipes for herbal extracts, tinctures, or potions, and sometimes include mineral and animal medicaments in addition to those obtained from plants. Or by vaporous inhalation (a hookah or bong is required to extract its essences, active substances or magic substances, and to be able to make good use of the herbs).Freebase (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition:Ī herbal is "a collection of descriptions of plants put together for medicinal purposes." Expressed more elaborately - it is a book containing the names and descriptions of plants, usually with information on their virtues - and in particular their medicinal, tonic, culinary, toxic, hallucinatory, aromatic, or magical powers, and the legends associated with them. Others can be consumed by inhalation (herbs must be burned and their smoke inhaled), Some can only be consumed by infusion (the broth or infusion produced by mixing the herbs with cold or hot water, must be drunk). Herbal preparations: herbal preparations are mixtures of different herbs (or just one type of plant), magic, medicinal or drugs, crushed and ready to consume. These potions are very inusual an needs an special dedication to create, for avoid health problems. Intravenous potion: a potion that only takes effect when injected into the body through a syringe or similar system. Inhalation dry preparation: a form of drug, medicine or magic substance that comes in the form of a powder to be inhaled (example: fairy dust). Or, on the contrary, a common potion designed to be consumed by inhalation, requiring a hookah or bong to produce the vapours. Inhaled potion: a potion designed to be inhaled but not drink.įor example, it can be a strong vaporous potion designed to be inhaled. They should be stored in tightly closed containers, and consumed by drinking or inhaling (depending on the type of potion and design). Vaporous potion: a potion that generates many vapors. Pills and tablets: a form of drug, medicine or magic substance that is presented as a small solid piece and must be ingested. Other terms of importance (and more customized) used in my magic system are: In my magic system based on alchemy, infusion of magic and drugs (of plants), these different words must be carefully used, since they refer to very different things, with different peparations and different ways of aplications. Infusions can be or not potions, it depends of if it has some magic or drug effect, or not. In the strict sense of the word, elixirs are potions and tinctures can be potions (but potions are not just elixirs or tinctures). Salve refers to a cream or gel preparation to be applied on the skin. ![]() Lotion and salve: the word lotion refers to a topical preparation (an oil or very fluid cream) to be applied on the skin. The effects are usually usually medicinal or sedative (laudanum). Tincture: the word tincture refers to a plant extract with a high content of alcohol that can be drunk, or with a high content of ethers to be applied to the skin. Infusion: the word infussion refers to a plant extract in water, that can be drunk. Elixirs can contain 15% ~ 50% alcohol to dissolve the magical or active compound. The effects can be either curative, magical, beneficial, negative or poisonous.Įlixir: the word elixir basically refers to curative drinks or with positive biological properties (elixir of immortality). Potion: the word potion refers to a liquid drug or magic substance, which must be drunk to notice its effects. The words potion and elixir are often used in fantasy, sometimes jointly or without distinctionĪctually all these words can have different or complementary meanings: ![]()
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