The Extraordinary Apothecary at Hogwarts

The weather in September has not subsided, but Hogwarts is built by the lake and backed by the forest, the heat is obviously reduced a lot, and the morning sun does not feel scorching on Sissy's face.

Sissy could hear the melodious chirping of birds in the Forbidden Forest from a distance, and she was even more happy.

Hagrid sat down at the door, hugging a long piece of wood and didn't know what he was doing. He looked up and saw Sissy approaching with a smile, and his beard moved accordingly.

"Long time no see Sissi, how are you doing at school?"

"It's not bad, Professor Flitwick is very concerned about me." Sissy recalled that this week, this short professor left the deepest impression on her.

"Oh? That's good." Hagrid said after a pause, "Flitwick is your Ravenclaw headmaster. I like him very much—he is warm-hearted, and sometimes I will meet him when I go to the Three Broomsticks."

Sissy nodded, and then suddenly asked a question: "But he specifically reminded me to be careful of Professor Quirrell, Hagrid, do you know why?"

"Professor Dumbledore suspects Quirrell..." Hagrid almost blurted out, realizing something was wrong, blushing and suppressing the words from his mouth.

"No, it's nothing, kids, don't ask any more questions, just do what Professor Flitwick said." Hagrid put down the wood in his hand, looking flustered.

"Okay, I won't ask if you don't tell me." Sissy sat next to each other on the stone steps at the door, dangling her legs and pretending to be careless.

In fact, she didn't expect to ask about Quirrell's information so easily, she just asked with the mentality of giving it a try, maybe Dumbledore didn't reveal too much to Hagrid.

Quirrell became Voldemort's servant during that trip, and there was no need to ask. What Sissy wanted to find out was: Is there someone who secretly paved the way for Quirrell to appear there at such a coincidental time.

Ask Dumbledore directly now, and he will definitely not tell any useful information. The more you know, the more dangerous it is. The principal naturally wants to protect the children.

"By the way, what is this big piece of wood used for?" Sissy let go of her doubts and changed the subject.

"You said this. I want to make a bird feeder. The nuts on the tree are always eaten by the squirrels. If the wood is smoothed like this, and then oiled, they will slide down if they can't grasp it." From the wood to explain.

So it turns out that Sissy has watched the video of relaxing rat bird feeder more than once. Some are greased like Hagrid, some are equipped with small cages to cause the squirrels to be locked inside after being full, and some are equipped with rotators or springs. , people always do everything they can to deal with the gluttonous little squirrels.

But the result is that the little squirrels regard it as a toy, even if they can't eat it, it's not bad to come and play for a while before leaving, which makes people very helpless.

"Maybe you can go to the shopping malls of Muggles, they also sell this kind." Sissy suggested that she couldn't explain the structure of the bird feeder. It should be easy for Hagrid to see it by himself. An improved version was designed.

"Really? Muggles also like to feed birds, but the birds we feed are a little different." Hagrid thoughtfully planned to go and have a look, but he hated taking Muggle transportation, and the seat design was right. Too unfriendly for him.

Every time I sat on it, my body felt as if it was being compressed, and the jerry-built seat couldn't bear the weight and broke directly, so that when Hagrid had to go out like that occasionally, he almost didn't choose to sit down, and could only hunched his body against it. roof.

"I have to go out later, is it okay for you to be here alone?" Hagrid was also a little worried since he saw the mushroom cloud that exploded from Sissy's potion last time.

"Hey, Hagrid still understands me. I really plan to try again." Cici followed An's example and patted her chest hard to reassure, "Don't worry, I've studied it carefully this time, and there will be absolutely no problem."

Sissy did think about going to Professor Snape to get permission to enter the Potions classroom, but she is also guilty of her level now, if something really happened there...

She could imagine Snape with a livid face, looking down at the mess on the ground, pointing firmly to the door and saying to her, "Get out!"

So to be on the safe side, Sissy decided to come out and make potions. It would be better to apply after she got a little better.

Sissy purposely placed the cauldron farther away from the cabin, so that even if something happened, Hagrid would not be homeless when he went out.

She tried her best to learn this week, and she had deduced the experimental process in her mind. She still has some confidence in the experiment, but it is safe to do these things, and she is not afraid of [-], just in case.

The potion of oblivion... Get up from where you fell, and you must get this potion today.

The potion formula and experiment process once again appeared in Sissy's mind:

Amnesia Potion Recipe: Forget River Water, Mistletoe Berries, Valerian, and Standard Ingredients.

1. Mash 20g of mistletoe berries for later use, take 5g of Wangchuan river water, mix it with 95g of water and stir evenly

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More in-depth study made Sissy understand the reason for the failure in the first production.

Although the thermal conductivity of the brass crucible she used was not as good as that of pure copper, it was also much stronger than the pewter crucible recommended for first-year students.

The book explains that the standard size No. 2 copper crucible has a significantly improved potion brewing efficiency compared to brass and pewter crucibles of the same size, and is often used for potions suitable for rapid brewing.

For the same reason, her brass crucible is also more efficient, and the fire should be lowered when cooking, and the cooking time should be shortened appropriately.

In addition, she originally only looked up the medicinal properties of several materials to understand the potion formula, but now it is different. After seeing the properties of thousands of medicinal materials, her understanding of medicinal properties has gone to a deeper level.

The medicinal effect of the Wangchuan River water is so strong that even wizards can't bear it. There are many side effects, such as stomach cramps, acute liver and kidney poisoning, and even life-threatening in severe cases.

Valerian is mild and has a good calming and calming effect. The active ingredients dissolved in the medicine can promote the growth of the gastric mucosa. It can also be used as a tea drink to assist in the treatment of neurasthenia, gastritis and other diseases. Stomach damage.

What's more ingenious is that valerian also has a certain sterilizing effect. You must know whether the water of Wangchuan River can be sterilized by adding disinfectant or heating and boiling like tap water. Doing so is tantamount to suicide.

All the relevant knowledge in the book appeared in front of Sissy's eyes one by one, for her use.

The pulp of mistletoe berries is rich in mucus, and its medicinal effect is somewhat different from that of the leafy stems, but it is also effective in relieving muscle and bone pain, nourishing the liver and kidney, and the main purpose here is to protect the liver and kidney.

The reason for choosing berries instead of stalks is also ingenious. This kind of mucus is difficult for birds and humans to digest. After drinking it, the mucus is like a ball of gel, which goes all the way down the esophagus and absorbs the residual poison after neutralizing the medicinal properties. Take it out of the body.

The formula of a simple basic potion is also the crystallization of wisdom of the predecessors after many deliberations. The principle is not recorded in the book, and can only be understood by oneself.

As for the last "standard ingredient", it is indeed a mixture of various herbs as Sissy thought, which is equivalent to the acid-base stabilizer she used in chemical experiments--to make it gradually released during the reaction or long-term storage. Acid or alkali is used to maintain the stability of the whole bottle of medicine.

The medicinal properties of Wangchuanhe water are unstable and easy to deteriorate. The standard ingredients are added just to keep it stable, and a little more dosage will not affect it.

After thinking about this clearly, Qianqian first took out the ingredients, concentrated her energy to turn the magic power into extremely thin silk threads, and attached them to it. She closed her eyes and felt the strength of each medicinal material with her heart.

With the small beads, she was able to use more strength more freely, so this time her perception of the medicinal properties was also clearer.

After finally familiarizing with the medicinal properties of several ingredients, she slightly modified the original steps and dosage in her mind, and experimented with it.