Name: Aconite, Monkshood, Wolfsbane (Aconitum) Size: The stem is about 3 feet high. Colour: Dark green, glossy leaves, deeply divided in palmate manner and flowers in erect clusters of a dark blue colour. The sepals are purple - purple being specially attractive to bees - and are fancifully shaped, one of them being in the form of a hood. Location: Lower mountain slopes of the North portion of the Eastern Hemisphere. From the Himalayas through Europe to Great Britain. Variations: There are over 250 species of Aconitum.
Suggested Magical Use(s): Primarily used in Wolfsbane potion, a potion that prevents the extremely dangerous dementia which would otherwise accompany the transformation from human into werewolf. It is also used in healing potions, as it diminishes the rate and force of the pulse in the early stages of fevers and slight local inflammations, such as feverish cold, larnyngitis, first stages of pneumonia and erysipelas; it also relieves the pain of neuralgia, pleurisy and aneurism.
Author's Note(s): Only the most experienced brewer should try to work with aconite, as in higher doses it can be a deadly poison.
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Date: 2009-03-22 04:02 pm (UTC)Size: The stem is about 3 feet high.
Colour: Dark green, glossy leaves, deeply divided in palmate manner and flowers in erect clusters of a dark blue colour. The sepals are purple - purple being specially attractive to bees - and are fancifully shaped, one of them being in the form of a hood.
Location: Lower mountain slopes of the North portion of the Eastern Hemisphere. From the Himalayas through Europe to Great Britain.
Variations: There are over 250 species of Aconitum.
Suggested Magical Use(s): Primarily used in Wolfsbane potion, a potion that prevents the extremely dangerous dementia which would otherwise accompany the transformation from human into werewolf. It is also used in healing potions, as it diminishes the rate and force of the pulse in the early stages of fevers and slight local inflammations, such as feverish cold, larnyngitis, first stages of pneumonia and erysipelas; it also relieves the pain of neuralgia, pleurisy and aneurism.
Author's Note(s): Only the most experienced brewer should try to work with aconite, as in higher doses it can be a deadly poison.
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