Antidote

"Antidotes! You should all have prepared your recipes now. I want you to brew them carefully, and then, we will be selecting someone on whom to test one...."

— Severus Snape to fourth-year Potions students

An antidote was a substance, generally a potion, that would typically counteract poisons.

Description

Other antidotes worked against specific ailments or counteracted specific potions. Sometimes time was all that was needed for certain magical effect to wear off, such as in the case of Polyjuice Potion, but others required a special application to counteract such effects.

Antidotes were essential study for Aurors.

The Mandrake formed an essential part of most antidotes. There was a sign at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries reading "Antidotes are anti-don'ts unless approved by a qualified Healer." Antidotes were studied in third-year and fourth-year Potions classes at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Some poisons could not be cured with antidotes.

Golpalott's Third Law was a complex law concerning the making of antidotes. To put it in basic terms, it stated that blended poison - a poison made by mixing several different poisons together - could not be cured simply by mixing the antidotes of each individual poison together. Rather, one had to find the one ingredient they could add to the blended antidotes that would transform the mixture into a superior antidote that would counteract the blended poison itself.

Known antidotes

• Anti-venom: Counteracted the effects of venoms.
• Anti-Paralysis Potion: Counteracted the effects of paralysis.
• Antidote to Billywig stings: Counteracted the effects of Billywig stings, namely floating and giddiness.
• Antidote to Butterbeer: Counteracted drunkenness caused by Butterbeer.
• Antidote to Common Poisons: Cured the effects of most poisons.
• Antidote to garish pink blended poison: Cured the effects of poisoning caused by a garish pink blended poison.
• Antidote to Nagini's venom: Counteracted Nagini's venom.
• Antidote to Uncommon Poisons: Cured the effects of uncommon poisons, like Doxy venom.
• Antidote to Veritaserum: Counteracted the effects of Veritaserum.
• Ashwinder eggs: Cured ague.
• Bezoar: A stone from the stomach of a goat which cured most poisons.
• Bruise removal paste: Healed bruising; developed specially by Fred and George Weasley.
• Bubotuber pus: Cured persistent acne.
• Chocolate: Relieved the effects of a Dementor attack.
• Cure for ague: Cured ague; could have been poisonous if improperly brewed.
• Cure for Boils: Healed boils and skin eruptions. Also counteracted the Pimple Jinx.
• Deflating Draught: Reversed swelling caused by spells, stings or other magical causes for inflation such as the effects of the Swelling Solution.
• Elixir to Induce Euphoria: Cured uncontrollable sobbing.
• Glumbumble treacle: Counteracted the hysteria caused by eating Alihotsy leaves.
• Love Potion Antidote: Counteracted the effects of love potion.
• Mandrake Restorative Draught: Cured petrification and other curses and transfigurations.
• Mouth Itching Antidote: Cured mouth itching.
• Oculus Potion: Cured the effects of the Conjunctivitis Curse.
• Pepperup Potion: Cured the common cold.
• Phoenix tears: Like the bezoar, these tears could heal the most fatal poisons.
• Skele-Gro: Healed and mended broken bones, as well as regrowing missing bones.
• Ten-Second Pimple Vanisher: Removed facial blemishes.
• Wiggenweld Potion: Reversed the effects of the Draught of Living Death and the Sleeping Draught.

Behind the scenes

• According to W.O.M.B.A.T., it may be impossible to cure poison without the correct antidote.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Mentioned only)
• The Tales of Beedle the Bard
• Daily Prophet Newsletters (Mentioned only)
• Pottermore
• Harry Potter (website) (Mentioned only)
• The Making of Harry Potter
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
• Harry Potter Trading Card Game
• LEGO Harry Potter
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
• Wonderbook: Book of Potions (Mentioned only)
• Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
• Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells (Mentioned only)

See also

• Potions
• Antidote to Common Poisons
• Antidote to Uncommon Poisons
• Golpalott's Third Law