A potion (from Latin potio, potionis, meaning beverage, potion, poison) is a drinkable medicine or poison. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Medicine is the branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining human health or restoring it through the treatment of disease and injury. ... The skull and crossbones symbol traditionally used to label a poisonous substance. ...

In legend a potion is a concoction used to heal, bewitch or poison people, made by a magician, sorcerer or witch. i.e., there can be cited love potions, intended to make a person fall in love with another, or potions for the opposite effect, intending that a person hate another. The love potion figures tragically into most versions the tale of Tristan and Iseult, including Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde. A legend (Latin, legenda, things to be read) is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. ... Magic or sorcery are terms referring to the alleged influencing of events and physical phenomena by supernatural, mystical, or paranormal means. ... Magic (also called magick to distinguish it from stage magic) is a supposed way of influencing the world through supernatural, mystical, or paranormal means. ... This article is part of the Witchcraft series. ... Tristan (Latin/Brythonic: Drustanus; Welsh: Trystan; also known as Tristran, Tristram etc), was a Cornish hero from folklore, and one of the Knights of the Round Table whose story is told in the Matter of Britain. ... Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 in Leipzig[1] – February 13, 1883 in Venice[2]) was an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as he later came to call them). ... Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde) is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based on the romance by Gottfried von Strassburg, which in turn was based on the story of Tristan and Isolde incorporated into Arthurian legend from earlier interpretations of...

Creation of potions of different kinds was a common practice of alchemy. For other uses, see Alchemy (disambiguation). ...

During the 19th Century it was common in certain countries to see wandering charlatans offering potions to heal every disease, ache, etc. These eventually gained reputations as quack medicines. In later years, these became replaced by/known as patent medicines. Quackery is the practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power. ... Patent medicine is the term given to various medical compounds sold under a variety of names and labels, though they were for the most part actually trademarked medicines, not patented. ...

Potions have been used in literature many times. For example in Harry Potter, Severus Snape is known as the potions master. He is one of the antagonists of the novel, perhaps symbolizing potions are evil. Potions have been known as evil and are used classically by witches gathering around a boiling cauldron. This article is about the Harry Potter series. ... Severus Snape (born January 9, 1959) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. ...

Potions have also gained popularity as a standard item in role playing games, usually as a healing item. The availability of healing potions in the popular Final Fantasy series of games eventually resulted in the release of an actual beverage named "Potion" in Japan by Square Enix, the creators of Final Fantasy. Potions are also frequently made use of on the TV show Charmed. This article is about traditional role-playing games. ... Final Fantasy (Japanese: Fainaru FantajÄ«) is a popular series of role playing games produced by Square Enix (originally Square Co. ... SQUARE ENIX (Japanese: スクウェア・エニックス) is a Japanese producer of popular video games and manga. ... Final Fantasy (Japanese: Fainaru FantajÄ«) is a popular series of role playing games produced by Square Enix (originally Square Co. ... Charmed is a long-running U.S. television series by Aaron Spelling about three sisters who are powerful good witches known throughout the supernatural community as The Charmed Ones. ...

A philter or philtre is a magical charm, usually a potion, that is said to have the power to cause its imbiber to fall in love with the person who gave it to them. Magic or sorcery are terms referring to the alleged influencing of events and physical phenomena by supernatural, mystical, or paranormal means. ...

See also

• elixir

Elixir, by Yousuf Karsh, 1938 Elixir has several meanings: In alchemy, an elixir was a substance believed to be able to change base metals into gold. ...

External links

• Poisoning in the Middle Ages