Not everyone has access to magical healing spells. The following herbal remedies and potions may be commonly available from apothecaries and herbalists, at the Narrator’s discretion.
Drinking or administering a potion **or remedy** takes an action.
[Expertise dice](https://a5e.tools/node/77 "Click to view a local node.") granted by the use of medicine can only be gained from that type of medicine once between [long rests](https://a5e.tools/rules/resting "Click to view a local node.") .
# Common Medicinals
Details on the core medicinals can be found here:
https://a5e.tools/rules/medicinals
Tables for determining medicinals randomly are found at the bottom of this page.
# Obscure Medicinals
The medicinals below may sometimes be found randomly in loot. But gathering these herbal remedies in the wild requires special knowledge, such as the druid's Secret of Nature (knack) Gather Obscure Medicinals.
[Obscure Medicinals](https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wrkoncz4ahn6acqwhftbs/variantCodex-ObscureMedicinials-v1.3.pdf?rlkey=vkb315j7ipp128zcgcsdxep83&st=at2dld0w&dl=0) (Gather Obscure Medicinals knack)
# Randomized Medicinals
#### Common Medicinals Table
| % | Item |
| ----- | -------------------------------- |
| 1-5 | Adderwort roots |
| 6-10 | Antitoxin |
| 11-20 | Bandage |
| 21-25 | Dried yewclaw bark |
| 26-30 | Fairy cap |
| 31-36 | Healer’s satchel (10 uses) |
| 37-44 | Healing potion (basic) |
| 45-49 | Healing potion (greater) |
| 50-52 | Healing potion (superior) |
| 53-54 | Healing potion (supreme) |
| 55-59 | Ironwood acorn |
| 60-65 | Jar of leeches (5 uses) |
| 66-70 | Laudanum |
| 71-75 | Lavender paste (5 uses) |
| 76-85 | Medicinal salve (3 uses) |
| 86-90 | Pressed spiderbulb |
| 91-95 | Sycamore petal poultice |
| 96-00 | Roll on Obscure Medicinals Table |
#### Obscure Medicinals Table
| 1d10 | Item |
| ---- | ------------------- |
| 1 | Ayahuasca |
| 2 | Calendula |
| 3 | Camphor |
| 4 | Coca |
| 5 | Comfrey |
| 6 | Eyebright |
| 7 | Garlic |
| 8 | Gingko Biloba |
| 9 | Heartberry |
| 10 | King's Candle |
| 11 | Salvia |
| 12 | Stinking Nightshade |