Antidotes

Antidotes in general reverse the effects of a poison or spell.

Ingredients

ingredients: vary, but often include mandrakes or a bezoar.

Preparation

various

References from the canon

• Antidote for Swelling Solution is the Deflating Draught (CS11)
• Fourth-year Potions studies antidotes; Snape hinted that he might poison a member of the class before Christmas to see if his or her antidote worked (GF15)
• The Mandrake Draught is the antidote for Petrification
• A bezoar will act as an antidote to most poisons (PS8). Ron consumed one during his sixth year (HBP19).
• Snape had an antidote handy to restore Trevor the toad when he was turned into a tadpole with Shrinking Solution (PA7).
• Mrs. Weasley had an antidote handy for Doxy bites when she and the children spent the morning de-Doxifying the draperies of the drawing room of number twelve, Grimmauld Place (OP6).
• A sign on the wall of St. Mungo's Hospital said "A CLEAN CAULDRON KEEPS POTIONS FROM BECOMING POISONS and ANTIDOTES ARE ANTI-DON'TS UNLESS APPROVED BY A QUALIFIED HEALER" (OP22).
• At least one antidote to counter the effects of Veritaserum exists (HBP17)
• Slughorn supplied "a glass of clear liquid" as an antidote to the love potion Ron had accidentally eaten (HBP18)