Lupin and Wolfsbane potion

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 147616

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sydney" <sydpad at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> > Allie:
> > > <snip> Okay, even if it's very complicated and requires a lot 
> > > of hard to find ingredients, what else does Lupin have to do? 
> 
> 
> It's possible that the Wolfsbane potion could be poisonous if not 
made
> exactly right-- the main ingredient being wolfsbane or aconitum
> luparia, which like most aconites is fatally toxic.  It would explain
> why Lupin would be hesitant to experiment-- and why other werewolves
> are wary of trying it. Only a real master could be trusted to handle
> it-- like fugu! 
> 
> -- Sydney, picturing sushichef!Snape
>

Allie again:

Okay, THAT is plausible.  I wasn't believing the "it's just too hard" 
excuse.