Hotaru's Ninja Niche
Library::Drydon's Herbal
Achorion Mould
- Description
- Achorion Mould is a purple-grey mould or fungus.
- Cultivation
- It is found in damp, dark places and is both quite hard to spot and quite rare.
- Uses
- A quite virulent poison, it can cause great damage and even death instantly upon ingestion of the oils from the herb, which must first be extracted.
Belladonna
- Description
- Belladonna, or Deadly Nightshade, is a short herb with dark green leaves and dull purple flowers.
- Cultivation
- It is found mostly under the shade of trees in woody areas.
- Uses
- Belladonna has many interesting effects on the body, most to do with the eyes. It can also combine well with other herbs, to create differing effects.
Borage
- Description
- Large oval green leaves with bright blue star shaped flowers. The whole plant is rough with white, stiff prickly hairs.
- Cultivation
- Found in the surroundings of Ankh-Morpork
- Uses
- Combines well with a few different plants to create various effects. Can have a curiously forgetful effect, but also, when combined with certain herbs, a effervescent reaction.
Bryony
- Description
- A showy herb, with dark violet heart shaped leaves, and small, loosely bunched greenish-white flowers.
- Cultivation
- A very common herb in woods and forests.
- Uses
- Bryony has the strange effect of dyeing the skin of anyone who ingests a mixture of its oils bright red.
Foxglove
- Description
- A very tall herb with long spikes of drooping scarlet bell-shaped flowers.
- Cultivation
- Found all over the Disc.
- Uses
- Foxglove has a rather adverse effect on the heart, and ingestion of the oils can cause it to beat so quickly that it literally explodes out of the body.
Gelsemium
- Description
- One of the most beautiful herbs, with shining dark leaves and large, fragrant yellow flowers.
- Cultivation
- Found by the side of streams.
- Uses
- Poisonous doses of Gelsemium produce a sensation of muscular weakness, which may be followed by paralysis. The spine is especially affected.
Hemlock
- Description
- A tall, graceful herb with a pale yellow stem and small white flowers. It has a strange mousy odour.
- Cultivation
- Grows wild in the plains that surround Ankh-Morpork.
- Uses
- Causes a general feeling of illness, which can last for some time after ingestion. Most potent when combined with snake venom, but also mixes well with other herbs.
Laburnum
- Description
- A squat herb with a dark, almost black stem, pale green leaves and rich yellow flowers.
- Cultivation
- Found in mountainous regions, especially in the lower parts of the Ramtops Mountains.
- Uses
- Poisoning by Laburum may result in such diverse effects as intense drowsiness, vomiting, coma, convulsions and frothing at the mouth.
Monkshood
- Description
- A small herb with dark purple cowl-like flowers and similarly dark leaves.
- Cultivation
- A rare herb, it can be found in the plains around Ankh-Morpork as well as in the lower Ramtops.
- Uses
- The effects of Monkshood poisoning includes tingling and numbness of tongue and mouth and a sensation of ants crawling over the body. Copious vomiting is another aspect, sometimes it is so violent that the actual guts are vomited out.
Tyler Weed
- Description
- A colourful herb with bright yellow flowers with blue spots. The leaves are a strange, fuzzy red.
- Cultivation
- A very rare herb, it does not seem to grow in the wild anywhere.
- Uses
- Tyler Weed has a very strong self-loathing effect and can cause complete rage and anger. Without other ingredients, it is not very effective however.
Wormwood
- Description
- A tall firm herb with large, whitish leaves and nearly globular green-yellow flowers.
- Cultivation
- Found in shady areas in woods and forests.
- Uses
- Causes acute hallucinations, especially visions of small birds wearing green fairy outfits. Bizarre.
