Digressive Musings on Old-School D&D

Tag: Herbalism

Plant Lore and Healing Remedies in D&D: Adderwort

For an adder’s bite take this same uiperinam (i.e., Adderwort), pound it, mix with wine, give it to drink, it heals the bite marvellously and drives away the poison.”

Entry VI, The old english herbarium, trans. pollington (2000)
Adderwort Entry from Cotton MS Vitellius C III, f. 24r

**All information in this post regarding the uses of various plants are for gaming purposes only. This information does not represent actual medical guidelines/recommendations.

Herbal Lore & Remedies in D&D

I’ve always been an outdoor person, and I spent a lot of time playing in the woods or splashing around in a creek not far from my childhood home when I was young. This love of nature has continued throughout my life. Knowledge of edible and medicinal plants, however, was something I only got into later in life. Although I consumed all kinds of easily identifiable plant life and fruit when I was a child (wild onions, cattails, honeysuckle, kumquats, etc.), I never really dedicated any kind of serious attention or study to the subject. I think this first began to change when I lived in Japan.

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