healing potion

Wound-mending liquid

A healing potion is a drinkable concoction in fantasy games and fiction that restores health or cures wounds.

The term is standard in video games, tabletop RPGs, and related media: I'm low on health—do you have any healing potions?

Players stock up on them before difficult encounters.

The concept has become so familiar that it appears in jokes and memes about everyday recovery: Coffee is my healing potion.

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effect on health

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Harmful ingested substance

venom · bane · toxin · disease · acid

intent/purpose

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Harmful ingested substance

weapon · curse

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G