Health and Disease

Treatment

The One Power

Main article: Healing

Other forms

For those that cannot use the One Power to Heal, there are still a wide range of herbs and other treatments. In most villages, this is the role of one woman, such as the Wisdom

Herbs

See also List of Herbs

Medicinal Herbs

Acem

Used as a tea for head pain (TSR, Ch. 52)

Andilay root

Used for fatigue (TDR, Ch. 48)

Boneknit

Used to aid mending bones (TDR, Ch. 48)

Blisterleaf

A herb from the Borderlands that can slow the spread of the taint from a Thakan'dar forged blade (ToM, Prologue)

Blue Goatflower

Used to aid mending bones along with boneknit (TDR, Ch. 48)

Bluespine

An unpleasant tasting tea, used mostly as a punishment (TFoH, Ch. 5)

Bluewort

Used as a tea for an upset stomach (TDR, Ch. 48)

Chainleaf

Used as a tea for an upset stomach (TDR, Ch. 48)

Corenroot

Helps make blood (TDR, Ch. 38)

Dogweed

Used as a tea on people who have been moping (TDR, Ch. 7)

Dogwort

For knitting flesh (TDR, Ch. 38)

Feverbane

Used for fever (TDR, Ch. 10)

Five-finger

Used with ivy and sunburst root as an ointment of bruising (TEotW, Ch. 38)

Flatwort tea

Used for fatigue (TDR, Ch. 48)

Foxtail

Used with marasin in a tea to help sleep but not leave the person groggy (TEotW, Ch. 19)

Gheandin Blossom

Used powdered to treat otherwise fatal heart pains (TDR, Ch. 48)

Healall

Unknown use (TDR, Ch. 38)

Heartleaf

Used as a tea to prevent conception (WH, Ch. 12

Ivy

Used ground with five-finger and sunburst root as an ointment of bruising (TEotW, Ch. 38)

Marisin

Used with foxtail in a tea to help sleep but not leave the person groggy (TEotW, Ch. 19)

Marshwhite

Used as a tea for an upset stomach (TDR, Ch. 48)

Rannel

Given along with sheepstongue root to people acting the fool or faking illness. It tastes unpleasant but does no harm (TGH, Ch. 8)

Red Daisy

Given as a tea with sheepstongue root. It may cure headaches, or may just be used on people who complain when nothing is wrong with them (TFoH, Ch. 13)

Sheepstongue Root

Given along with rannel to people acting the fool or faking illness. It tastes unpleasant but does no harm (TGH, Ch. 8)

Silverleaf

Used as a tea with timsin root to cure headaches (TSR, Ch. 34)

Sleepwell

Sunburst Root

Used with ivy and sunburst root as an ointment of bruising (TEotW, Ch. 38)

Timsin Root

Used as a tea with silverleaf to cure headaches (TSR, Ch. 34)

Whitefennel

Used to ease birthing pains in a hard birth (TDR, Ch. 48)

Willowbark

Used as a tea for headpain (TSR, Ch. 52) and general fever (TGH, Ch. 14)

Worrynot Root

Used for fever (TDR, Ch. 10)

Poisonous Herbs

Crimsonthorn root

A sweet tasting root that will kill, but slowly, even in large amounts, first paralysing the victim (ACoS, Ch. 28, TPoD, Ch. 8)

Tarchrot Leaf

A bitter tasting poison that needs to be administered either repeatedly or in large amounts (TGS, Ch. 32)

Illness

Black Fever

A disease that killed Artur Hawkwing's parents

Blackbile Fever

A contagious disease (TGH, Prologue)

Breakbone Fever

A disease that causes the sufferer to sweat and writhe, but will typically pass (TEotW, Ch. 21)

Spotted Fever

A disease that once killed eleven people in Emonds's Field (CoT, Ch. 30)

Yelloweye Fever

A fever that turns the irises yellow and leaves the person unable to stand (TEotW, Ch. 38)