HOW TO: Pills and potions

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Types of potions:

 - Philtre - water-based, delicate ingredients.

- Infusion - water-based, delicate ingredients.

- Decoction - for immediate ingestion, concentrated, sturdy ingredients, reduce to remove excess water. 

- Tincture - alcohol based, keeps for up to a year, time is needed for preparation, highly concentrated, dilute. 

- Vinegar - vinegar-based, masks ingredients, highly concentrated.

- Syropp - ingredients preserved in a sugar solution, very sweet.

- Poultice - chopped plant material, compress, can be infused with potions.

- Formentation - clothes dipped in potions, compress.

- Salve - oil or fat based, thick and creamy for external application.

- Elixir - alcohol based, very pure.

- Tisane - hot water-based herbal extract.

- Macerate - cold water-based plant infusion, requires up to 12 hours.

- Essential oils - diluted extracts.

- Inhalation - vapour from a potion.

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