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Numbweed
Leaves: gray-green leaves are opposing and arrowhead-shaped, with a terminating leaf at the end of the branch
Flowers: tufts of flowers
Locations: a succulent plant, it grows mostly in the semi-tropical and tropical regions, but can be found in all areas in lesser size and quantity
Healer use: Numbweed should never be used as raw sap, as it can blister the skin. The leaves are boiled down to prepare a salve which is used as an alternative. The salve takes three days of stewing, a day to strain it, and the juice must be skimmed to the right consistancy for the salve. This is an extremely malodorous process, but no Hold, Hall, or Weyr could do without its benefits. It is an external medicine, non-addictive, and in its salve form presents no danger of overdose. Skin around a wound is often rinsed with redwort to prevent numbweed from contacting uninjured skin.
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Flowers: tufts of flowers
Locations: a succulent plant, it grows mostly in the semi-tropical and tropical regions, but can be found in all areas in lesser size and quantity
Healer use: Numbweed should never be used as raw sap, as it can blister the skin. The leaves are boiled down to prepare a salve which is used as an alternative. The salve takes three days of stewing, a day to strain it, and the juice must be skimmed to the right consistancy for the salve. This is an extremely malodorous process, but no Hold, Hall, or Weyr could do without its benefits. It is an external medicine, non-addictive, and in its salve form presents no danger of overdose. Skin around a wound is often rinsed with redwort to prevent numbweed from contacting uninjured skin.
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