Potion Journal

Name: William. Z. Cullack
House: Ravenclaw
Year: 2nd

Type of Potion you are Making (choose ONE):
Behaviorally Altering

Intent (what you think the potion you make should do):
I hope to make the drinker fall asleep and babble their most hidden secrets to the world without realizing it.

Ingredients:
water (500mL)
lavender (a pinch; crushed)
chamomile (a handful; crushed)
for nightmares: purslane (a pinch) *not needed for this potion*
for more powerful brew: ginger (a pinch)
Valerian root (one small root, crushed)
Armadillo bile (3ml)**
Jobberknoll feathers (one bunch)**
peppermint (2 sprigs)
lovage (two leaves finely minced **

Preparation:

Take a pinch of lavander and crush it in your mortar using your pestle.
Clean you mortar and pestle thoroughly before crushing your chamomile.
Clean mortar and pestle again.
Slice up a thin slice of fresh ginger and crush it in your mortar and pestle.
Clean mortar and pestle.
Crush the small root of Valerian Root with mortar and pestle.
Clean again.
Add 3ml of Armadillo Bile to a vial and close the cap.
Set one bunch of jobberknoll feathers aside.
Place 2 sprigs of peppermint beside the jobberknoll feathers.
Using your knife, which had been cleaned before mince the two leaves of lovage and add them to a bowl.

Process:
Bring water to a slow boil. Use medium flame
Add lavender and stir 21 times, counter-clockwise.
Add Jobberknoll feathers, allow the potion to come to a full boil.
Add peppermint
Add chamomile and let simmer for 20 minutes (potion should be pale, clear, purple with a tint of green, though the green may not always be observable)
Add Valerian Root**, stir ten times clock-wise, then five times counter clock wise.
Let boil for two minutes exactly. Potion should turn to a soft lime green state.
Add armadillo bile** and lovage** let simmer until the color has become the shade of turquoise.
reduce heat until a very low flame is under the cauldron then wait two minuets before filling a flash.