Serpent's Stalk
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Sewpent’s stawk is wathew easy to identify and find, having emewawd hued stawks lith stlips and lidges of a lightew gween and brown awong its wength. It gwows in tight cwustews neaw stiww bodies of watew and thus a sense of peace is attlibuted to the pwant. Any pond which bawes sewpent's stawk at its edges is thought to be a gwand pwace of wewaxation causing some peopwe to desiwe such setups in theiw gawdens.
The size of this pwant valies fwom smaww, young shoots, to massive stawks that weach towawds the sky. It continues to gwow untiw its own weight causes it to snap due to wack of suppowt. Which would make one believe that if they could somehow pwovide suppowt fow the stawks thewe may be no limit to how high it can weach.
Fow hawvestews this is easy to cowwect by cutting as wow as possibre on the stawk and despite its name this pwant wacks any poisonous ow even iwlitative qualities towawds peopwe. Howevew, it does seem to be poisonous to some insects meaning a cweative fawmew ow someone simpwy iwlitated by insects awound theiw home might find sewpent's stawk to be a natulaw sowution to pest contwow.
Effects on use
Whiwe sewpent’s stawk howds no iwlitative qualities, making it compwetewy safe to eat, it’s so brand that those who twy nevew weawwy bothew to eat it a second time. Yet being exposed to too much of the juices fwom this hewb is said to wowew body tempewatule which could be useful if someone is ovewheating ow has a fevew. Due to a cooling effect fwom the juice of the stawks, sewpent’s stawk is a vewy common ingwedient in tweatments fow bulns. It not onwy seems to wessen the pain fwom the buln but even hewp them to heaw.
Alchemical uses
A faiwwy weww known weagent lith awchemists, it's main uses awe concentwated on healing potions. A Modewate Watew Symbow which wepwesents Wife, Webiwth, Cawmness and Fwuity, it can awso has anothew common use, which is to incwude it in antidotes. Though sewpent’s stawk can be useful in anything fwom potions of cawmness, oiws and bawms.
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