Medical Remedies of the World of Gor

Medical remedies in use on the World of Gor

Although the books define Gorean Physicians as advanced, a great many tend to take a primitive approach. This seems especially true for Free Woman who prefer the holistic nature of fragrant soaps and candles to the crimson and steel of advanced medicine, although this is not always the case. The location of One’s Home Stone dictates what is reasonably available. A Raider’s Camp in the deep Tahari is less likely to have access to a state-of-the-art medical facility like an infirmary than the grand City of Tor is.

Listed below is medications and remedies typically found in Gorean medicine, organized by primary function and alphabetized.

ANTIBIOTICS/ANTISEPTICS

Healing Ointment

Paste of the Kurii - Antibiotic Salve (Rare)

Honey

Promotes healing, both internally and externally. Drank in tea or applied directly to wounds.

Kalana Root

Steeped in water and used to sanitize wounds.

Paga
Often used as a quick source of antiseptic or anestetic.

Saline Solutions

Solution used for general antiseptic and for IVs.

EMETICS (Vomit Inducing)

Emetics are used to make a person vomit, as in the case of poisoning.

Diruetics

Increases Urination

Clover (Green)

Diuretic.

Colored Grass

Diuretic.

FEBRILE (Fever Reducing)

Tem Bark

Used for pain relief and fever reducing. Bark of the Tem Wood tree is chewed. Leaves, buds and inner bark are brewed as a tea.

ANTIDOTES AND ANTIVENOMS

Antidotes

Various serums used to treat poisoning.

Antivenoms

Antidotes for various snake bites.

COAGULANT (Stops Bleeding)

Stinging Spice (Cayenne Pepper)

Helps regulate blood pressure. When used in tea, it will help stop internal bleeding. Used in a paste, it will help stop external bleeding.

Green Herbal Powder

Generally mixed with water and the solution is used to sanitize wounds. May also be sprinkled into a clean wound to prevent infection or drank in tea for internal healing.

Healing Balm/Salve

A gift of the Priest Kings what will heal a cut in a few minutes when applied.

Tubers

Used to make packs to stop external bleeding. Tubers are dried and crushed, then mixed with water. The pack should be moist, but stick together easily.

ANTI-INFALMMATORY 

Bazi Tea (Green Tea)

Has anti-microbial, anti-neoplastic (anti-cancer) and anti-inflammatory effects. Often used as a mouthwash when cooled to decrease the swelling of periodontal disease.

Dina (Similar to the earth rose)

Treats conditions of the skin used against rashes (applied as salve). An effective health tonic (taken internally).

PAIN RELIEF (sedative/tranquilizer)

Capture Scent

Similar to Chloroform, Capture Scent will render a person unconscious when inhaled. It is also used in darts as a tranquilizer.

Frobicain

A sedative injection used to render a person unconscious.

Hemp
Works like dopamine to increase blood pressure.

Kanda Leaf/Leaves

A Kanda Leaf is chewed for severe pain. The Leaf and produce should not be swallowed. Use caution as it is a very powerful narcotic and highly addictive.

Kanda Salve (Numbing Paste)

Kanda leaves that have been dried and ground then mixed with lard. Numbs the area where it is applied.

Sleeping Powder

An amber powder that is mixed with water and turns dark blue.

Tassa Powder

A reddish powder that is mixed with kalana to render the patient unconscious.

Valerian

Dried roots and heliotrope made in Bazi Tea. Used as a sedative and antispasmodic.


LAXATIVE

Laxatives are used to purge toxins from the body and combats constipation.

Brak Bush Leaves

Chewed leaves have a purgatory (laxative) effect.

Yellow Powder
Concentrated brak bush ia often used as a laxative and may cause diarrhea.

CONTRACEPTIVES

The Breeding Wine (The Second Wine)

The Breeding Wine counteracts the effects of slave wine, making a female fertile and able to become pregnant. It is often referred to as The Second Wine, or Second Wine. Active ingredient is Teslik Root.

Slave Wine

Bitter, black beverage that is used as a contraceptive. Effect is instantaneous and effects are generally indefinite unless countered by breeding wine. Made from Sip Root.

Sip Root

The root of the Sip plant the active ingredient in the Slave Wine of Gor. A bitter root whose extract is the active ingredient in slave wine. Chewed in its raw state is an effective means of birth control, lasting approximately three months.

Teslik Root

The root of the Teslik, plant that is the active ingredient in breeding wine.

ANTI-CONGESTION

Citrus Fruits

Used with honey and ginger in a tea as a restorative for sore throats.

Peppermint

Local anesthetic for small scrapes. Burning sensation, when applied. Aids in the easement of nausea, headache and cold symptoms. Is also a mild stimulant and aids in concentration.

MISCELLANEOUS

Mudpacks

Placed on a sprained limb to help with swelling and pain.

Sajel

A drug which caused harmless pustules to erupt on the body. In combination with Gieron, it reproduces the symptoms of the Bazi plague. Non-infectious.

Stabilization Serum

Series of four injections that gives the body semi-regenerative abilities that increases healing time, slows aging process.

Zingiber (Ginger)

Treats nausea. Used with peppermint will ease indigestion.

NOTE – This is a work in progress - Changes will be made as appropriate. Quotes to support their use will be added.