Bulbadox powder

Bulbadox powder
Object information
Usage	Causes the victim's skin to break out in boils
Owners	Fred and George Weasley

George Weasley: "Half our year had minor breakdowns coming up to OWLs. Tears and tantrums… Patricia Stimpson kept coming over faint…"

Fred Weasley: "Kenneth Towler came out in boils, d'you remember?"

George Weasley: "That's 'cause you put Bulbadox powder in his pyjamas"

Fred Weasley: "Oh, yeah, I'd forgotten… hard to keep track sometimes, isn't it?"

— Fred and George talking about their O.W.L. year

Bulbadox powder was a magical joke product that caused the victim's skin to break out in boils.

History

Bilton Bilmes once poured a bit of Bulbadox powder in Horace Slughorn's mead. The consequences of this caused Slughorn to not let Rita Skeeter into the Slug Club, which infuriated Rita and caused her to hold a lifelong grudge against him, especially since Bilton was a member of the Slug Club.

Coating a cauldron with Bulbadox powder before brewing the Cure for Boils potion could make the cauldron explode. In 1984, Merula Snyde coated Bulbadox Powder onto Jacob's sibling's cauldron during a Potions class, causing it to explode and also getting punished by Professor Snape. Snape took ten house points off of their house.

Merula Snyde covered in boils

During the 1987–1988 school year, Merula Snyde attempted to make her own Bulbadox powder, however her experiments backfired and she ended up hiding in the Hogwarts Library. She was found by Jacob's sibling, and the pair cured Merula's boils by brewing a Cure for Boils potion under the supervision of Professor Snape.

Fred and George Weasley snuck some into Kenneth Towler's pyjamas during their O.W.L. year.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First mentioned)
• Pottermore (First appearance)
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery

See also

• Bulbadox juice