Potions in the Wizarding World

[The Magical Adminstration]

List of Known Potions in the Wizarding World

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Ageing Potion-
The ingredients are unknown to this potion. This potion was used by Fred Weasley, George Weasley. and Lee Jordan to try to fool the age line drawn by Dumbledore around the Goblet of Fire.

Amortentia-
This potion is the most potent of all Love Potions that are known. It appears a pearly colour and it has steam that rises from it in a certain form of spirals. It also seems to take on the smell of whatever the person smelling is most attracted to. The word Amortentia is derived from Latin from "Amor" meaning love and "tempto" meaning to attempt to influence.

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Babbling Beverage-
This potion causes the drinker to speak incoherently or about nonsense. The ingredients have never been named but it was mentioned by Professor Snape in OotP.

Blood-Replenishing Potion-
This is a potion that is used to replace lost blood. This was the potion given to Arthur Weasley after being bitten by a snake.

Boil Cure Potion-
This is a rather simple potion learned by first years at Hogwarts. It is quite often used to cure the effects of the Furnunculus Spell. The ingredients include, dried nettles, stewed horn slugs, crushed snake fangs, and porcupine quills. (NOTE: Do not add the porcupine quills until you have removed the cauldron from the fire. Failure to do so will result in an acidic green smoke and a loud hissing sound as well as a melted cauldron.)

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Calming Draught-
This potion is used to calm a person in a state of emotional turmoil. It is similar to the Draught of Peace.

Confusing Concoction-
This potion is used to cause confusion as the name clearly states. Also see: Confusing and Befuddlement Draught.

Confusing and Bufuddlement Draught-
This potion is used to cause confusion. The effects are similar to the Confusing Concoction. The ingredients include Lovage, Sneezewort, and Scurvy-Grass.

Cough Potion-
Ingredients are unknown currently but it presumably treats coughing. Be careful of using this though, the Weasley Twins were known to repackage their products from their joke shop to look like the Cough Potion so they could get past security at Hogwarts after their items were banned.

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Deflating Draught-
This potion is the antidote for the effects of the Swelling Solution.

Doxycide-
This black liquid is used to knock out Doxies so they can be gotten rid of. It usually comes in a spray bottle form for easy application.

Draught of Living Death-
This potion is used to cause a person to fall into a very deep sleep. When made properly, this potion should be a dark purple midway through the making. Then it should change to a light shade of lilac. This potion also releases a blue coloured steam when brewing. The ingredients for this potion are Valerian roots, sopophorous bean, and asphodel in an infusion of wormwood. (NOTE: The most effective way of making this is to not follow the instructions completely in 'Advanced Potion-Making'. You should use a silver dagger with the flat side to crush the sopophorous beans. This makes getting the juice out of it easier. The book states to cut the beans but this is not very effective. Also, the book does not mention that you must add a clockwise stir after every seventh counter-clockwise stir.)

Draught of Peace-
This potion is used to calm someone down. It treats anxiety. This potion is commonly taught during a student's 5th year of Potions class. The known ingredients are syrup of hellebore and moonstone that is powdered.

Dr. Ubbly's Oblivious Unction-
This potion is used to treat scarring that is left by destructive thoughts. The name literally means "able to forget".

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Elixir to Induce Euphoria-
This potion is used to induce euphoria in the drinker. If made properly, it should be a sunshine yellow colour. This potion is found in the book 'Advanced Potion-Making'. The Half-Blood Prince figured out that using a sprig of peppermint in this potion will counterbalance the rather odd side-effects of excessive singing and nose-tweaking.

Everlasting Elixir-
This is mentioned in 6th year potions. The ingredients and effects are both unknown at this time.

Exploding Fluid-
This substance is mentioned briefly in the book 'Magical Beasts and Where To Find Them'. The ingredient known is Erumpent Fluid.

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Felix Felicis-
This potion causes the drinker to be confident about matters. Unfortunately if too much is taken, the drinker will be reckless with his/her actions, become so overconfident that it is dangerous (such as taking very high risks), and if taken at a very high dose it will become toxic to the person consuming it. It appears the colour of molten gold. Went this substance is exposed to open air, large drops of it will leap up in the air but will never spill out of the container. This potion is very hard to make according to Professor Slughorn and it is disastrous to make it to make incorrectly. (NOTE: This potion is banned in organized competitions.)

Forgetfulness Potion-
This potion is presumably used to make a person forget things although that statement has never been confirmed.

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Gregory's Unctuous Unction-
This potion is used to trick the drinker into thinking that the giver of the drink is their best friend. The ingredients are unknown.

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Hair-Raising Potion-
The Hair-Raising Potion's exact effects are unknown. One of the ingredients is rat tails.

Hate Potion-
This potion was mentioned by the Daily Prophet. The effects are said to be that it reveals the worst faults of the target of the drinker. It is supposed to help rid you of emotional attachments to a person.

Hiccuping Solution-
This potion is presumed to cause hiccups. Draco Malfoy made this as a 6th year potions assignment. The ingredients were never listed.

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Invigoration Draught-
This potion is brewed in 5th year potions. The effects are presumed to invigorate the drinker. The ingredients are unknown.

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Love Potion-
This potion causes the drinker to become infatuated with the target. (NOTE: A love potion can not induce real love.) The ingredients may include Ashwinder eggs. Also see: Amortentia.

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Mandrake Draught-
This potion is an antidote for petrification. Mature Mandrakes are used to revive petrified individuals. The ingredients used in this should include Mandrake.

Memory Potion-
The effects are unknown but it presumably improves the drinker's memory. The ingredients should include Jobberknoll feathers.

Murtlap Essence-
This is a solution used to heal wounds and soothe. It is strained and pickled tentacles of Murtlap. It appears yellow in colour.

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PepperUp Potion-
This potion is used to cure the common cold. This was invented by Glover Hipworth and has an odd effect, it causes steam to come out of the drinker's ears for a few hours.

Polyjuice Potion-
This potion transforms a person to look exactly like someone who he/she is not. This will only last for the maximum of one hour. After that, you will start slowly returning to your original form. The ingredients for this potion are, Lacewing flies that are stewed for 21 days, powdered bicorn horn, knot-grass, leeches, shredded boomslang skin, fluxweed that is picked on a full moon night, and a tiny bit of the person you wish to transform into. (NOTE: Hair of the person you wish to look like is suggested. Also, this potion is for human to human transformations. All other uses are discouraged. For full instructions you should read 'Moste Potente Potions'.)

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Scintillation Solution-
Effects of this are unknown. This was mentioned by one of the students that found the Kwikspell course helpful.

Shrinking Solution-
This potion will cause things to shrink in size and will also reverse the process of ageing. The ingredients for this potion are sliced caterpillar, a dash of leech juice, daisy roots that are chopped, one rat spleen, and skinned shrivelfig. This potion should be made with caution because making it incorrectly could cause it to become poisonous. If made properly, it should be a bright green in colour. (NOTE: Make sure the daisy roots that you use are chopped evenly before being added to the cauldron.)

Skele-Gro-
This is a potion which regrows bones. This should take about 8 hours to complete the regrowing process and is said to be quite painful. It is supposed to burn the mouth as it is ingested orally.

Sleeping Draught-
Also known as Sleeping Potion. This potion is used to cause the drinker to fall asleep. The potion is the colour purple. Also see: Draught of Living Death.

Strengthening Solution-
This potion is presumed to to increase the drinker's strength. 5th year students make this in Potions. This potion apparently takes a few days to make. The only known ingredient is salamander blood.

Swelling Solution-
This potion is used to cause something to grow in size. 2nd year students typically learn this in potions. The antidote to cure the effects of this potion is the Deflating Draught.

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Veritaserum-
This is the most powerful truth serum in the wizarding world. This will make anyone who drinks it tell the complete truth even if they are unwilling. The potion has nice characteristics as it appears to look like water. It is also tasteless and odorless. The common dose seems to be only 3 drops.

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