HERBAL REMEDIES

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Herbal preparations supply a large part of the medicines that Tuchuk healers use. Herbs for medicines may be collected during the movement of the herds, acquired from raids, or traded and bought from caravans, cities and settlements passed along the journey.

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Agrimony ? As a salve or ointment, it is good as an antibiotic. It numbs and keeps away infection. Blended with willow, it is used for minor wounds. As a tincture, it is used as an oral antibiotic.

Antiseptic Ointment ? A remedy in a base of fat that is smoothed onto a condition, such as a wound or rash. There are a number of blends that can be used, such as agrimony/willow, valerian/kanda and peppermint/white sage.

Arro - As a tea, it is useful for fever. It is also used as a tincture. The aerial parts of the plant are used.

Bergament ? Used as a salve, it is good for itching and rashes.

Black Pepper ? Sprinkled on in powder form, it is used to stop external bleeding. Can be used in a tea to treat internal bleeding. It is very painful when used externally. Also known as stinging spice.

Blue Short Grass ? This plant grows under the water of waterfalls. When dried and crushed into powder it has numbing qualities and reduces pain. Works well as a salve or ointment.

Brak Bush - A shrub whose leaves have a purgatory (laxative) effect when chewed. In higher doses it can induce vomiting. It may also be used as a powder.

Breeding Wine ? A sweet liquid given to slave girls to make them fertile again. It counteracts slave wine, the active ingredient being teslik. Also known as second wine.

Calendula ? As a salve it is an antibiotic. It can also be used as a tea. Also known as marigold.

Cayenne Pepper ? This herb levels out blood pressure. When made as a tea, it helps to stop internal bleeding. When applied as a paste, it stops external bleeding. Also known as stinging spice.

Chamomile - As a tea, it aids with sleep especially during pregnancy. The dried flower is used in a tea for stomach upset and pain.

Emetics ? This can be used in herbal or drug forms as a laxative or to induce vomiting.

Green Herbal Powder ? There is no detail as to what the ingredients of this powder is. It may vary according to what is available, since it is obviously an herbal medicine.  This is a strong antiseptic and antibiotic. As a powder, it can be sprinkled directly onto a wound or mixed with water to cleanse. It can also be used as a tea.

Healing Salve ? A salve or ointment used to promote fast healing. It is quickly absorbed. There is mention in the Scrolls of different kinds of healing salve with different effective rates. The healing salve of the Caste of Physicians may be more effective than that of outlying settlements and camps. The healing salve of the Priest-Kings is the most effective being very quickly absorbed and very fast to heal with no scarring.

Honey - Applied to a wound, it helps promote healing. On burns, it takes away pain, promotes healing, and minimizes scarring. In a tea, it works to fight congestion and settle upset stomach, and decreases pain.

Kanda ? This is a shrub of the Gorean desert. It can be a lethal poison when extracted from the roots. Chewing the leaves causes an addictive narcotic and euphoric state. The leaves may be chewed for pain relief. The leaf must not be swallowed because they are poisonous. When blended with other herbs, it makes a good pain relief tea or pain relief and numbing salve.

Kur Fat ? This fat is prized for its antibiotic properties. Often desired for the making of salves and ointments and is also used as a treatment for the skin of newborn infants.

Lavenia ? The flowers are used as a tea to treat pain.

Laxatives ? There are herbal and drug forms of this. They are used to control the stomach and bowels of slaves. Vomiting may also be induced with this as a treatment for poisoning.

Lyptus ? The leaves are used in a tea. It can also be made into a tincture. For relief of congestion or soothing of breathing passages, the oil can be used with boiling water and breathed.

Matchweed ? This herb works as an anti-coagulant, keeping the blood from clotting or thinning it out when too thick.

Mud Packs - Placed about a sprained ankle or other area, it helps to decrease swelling and pain.

Numbing Salve ? Any salve or ointment that contains ingredients that give a numbing effect. Some are kanda, blue short grass, and agrimony.

Paga ? When distilled, it is used as a strong cleanser. It can be applied alone for quick cleansing. It is a strong antiseptic. Can be called sterile or distilled paga.

Peppermint ? As an oil, it can be used as a local anesthetic for small scrapes and burns. In a tea with zingiber (ginger), it fights off infections and settles nausea.

Sip Root - A bitter root whose extract is the active ingredient in slave wine. Red Savages make their slaves chew it as a means of birth control.

Slave Wine ? A liquid that is bitter and black and given to slaves for birth control. The effects are immediate and last until counteracted with breeding wine.

Sleeping Powder ? An amber powder that turns blue when mixed with water. It is a strong sleep inducer (There is no description that says it is herbal, but it is included here anyway).

Sunflower ? The leaves are burned in copper burners. It helps with a cold and congestion. The seeds are smoked in a pipe for the same effect.

Tassa Powder ? A reddish powder that is mixed with kalana. It renders a person unconscious (There is no description to say that this is an herbal, so it is included here).

Teslik ? This is a plant whose extract is the active ingredient in breeding wine.

Thyme ? The leaves and flowering tops are used either as a tea or a tincture. It works as an astringent or cleanser.

Tubers ? These grow in waterfalls and are used make poultices to stop external bleeding. They are dried, crushed and mixed with water.

Valerian ? This is used as a very strong pain reliever. It can be used as a tea or tincture. It can be used as a sedative and antispasmodic when infused as a tea. In a powder, it can be used for causing sleep. Be careful of dosage. In higher dosages, it can be poisonous.

White Sage ? As a tea or salve, this is good in fighting infection. The leaves can be used as a poultice to draw out infection.

Willow ? This is used for pain and fever. The bark is chewed and the leave and buds used as tea. It is also effective with bruises and head injuries.

Yellow Powder ? This is the powder form of the brak brush. It is concentrated in this form and used as a laxative. It will cause diarrhea in strong doses.

Zingiber ? This is used in tea to lessen nausea and stomach upset. Also known as ginger.

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Thanks are given to Lysette and Kangi?Cetan for their information.

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