Nonetheless, Woodville found that a little mandrake root did relieve his gout. Come and see how it is made. Wideye Potion has many practical uses, so long as you do not abuse it. The superstitious and absurd stories, formerly told of the Mandrake, would not now for a moment impose upon the most credulous and ignorant: the great resemblance of some of the roots to the human form, the danger of taking them out of the ground, and their surprising effects, were all the invention of charlatanical knavery and imposture. Today we will be learning to brew Wideye Potion. Furthermore, Aconite is a major ingredient in the Wolfsbane potion used to reduce the undesirable effects of being a werewolf during the full moon. JK Rowling's description of the mandrake root as a baby with a lethal scream was not so far off the actual legend.īut by the late 18th century, naturalists like William Woodville were having none of it: The potion was brewed for Remus Lupin by Severus Snape to enable him to work as a Professor at Hogwarts without endangering his students. The 'doctrine of signatures,' which held that natural substances acted upon the human body depending on their appearance, was a good match for a root that looked (sometimes with some help) like a little person. 1500), reproduced in The Illustrated Herbal by Wilfred Blunt.īecause of its limb-like tubers and vaguely human appearance, the mandrake gained an almost mystical reputation during the Renaissance. Harry thought Severus Snape was poisoning Remus Lupin and later told his friends about it after they came back from Honeydukes.Illustration of mandrake from Pflanzenbuch (ca. Severus Snape brewed this potion for Remus Lupin during Lupin's year as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They usually stay somewhere safe and sleep through the transformation. Inspired by the Wizarding world of Harry Potter, this unique potion is high-quality and hand crafted, with real wax. It is said that on the full-moon werewolves take this, they still transform, but at least in Remus Lupin's case they still act human. However, it can have disastrous side-effects if the recipe is tampered with, as Lupin told Harry in 1996.

Quote found in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (US), Chapter 16, Page. It would be much easier for them to safely be parts of the existing communities, and they wouldnt be forced to live underground and in poverty.

This achievement was likely the reason he was awarded an Order of Merlin award. But with the Wolfsbane potion, it would be a lot easier for non-werewolves to see them as people instead of monsters.

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The potion does not cure lycanthropy but eases the symptoms, allowing one to hold on to their mental faculties after transformation (which would otherwise not be possible). (unknown class) was a wizard and potioneer who was famous for inventing the Wolfsbane Potion. Some relief could be found through Wolfsbane Potion which would allow a werewolf to retain its human mind during transformation. if you are not a lycanthrope at all than taking the potion will give a strange effect. According to Remus Lupin, it has a 'disgusting' taste, and adding sugar to remedy this is not possible as that substance will render it ineffective. The completed potion exudes a faint blue smoke.

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