A Styptic pencil is a short stick of medication, usually alum, used for staunching blood, especially for cuts caused by shaving. A medication is a licenced drug taken to cure or reduce symptoms of an illness or medical condition. ... For alum meaning graduate, see Alumn. ... Red blood cells (erythrocytes) are present in the blood and help carry oxygen to the rest of the cells in the body Blood is a circulating tissue composed of fluid plasma and cells (red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets). ... A razor shaving some stubble off the underside of a chin. ...
Styptic pencils have been used for years to stop bleeding of minor wounds; particularly cuts which occur on the face during shaving.
Styptic pencils, while causing bleeding to stop in the wound because of the presence of alum, i.e., aluminum potassium sulfate or aluminum ammonium sulfate, cause significant pain to the user and often leave a large residue of alum on the surface of the skin.
The styptic material utilized in the present invention is preferably of the vascular styptic type.
Many of these spells were intended to help inexperienced clerics temporarily stave off the worst effects of illness or injury in their patients until more powerful aid became available.
One of the most useful spells he developed during this period was styptic, a spell that would stop bleeding from a serious wound, even one resulting from a wounding effect.
Styptic has no effect on injuries resulting from other types of damage, or on conditions that do not deal hit point damage.
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