[HPforGrownups] Re: Wolfsbane Dosing (was: Neville/Wolfsbane/Fluffy/Filk/Snape/Time Travel)

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 169473

JW:
>Continuously boiling the potion might keep it fresh, but the 
>resultant evaporation of volatile ingredients (as evidenced by the 
>smoke) would quickly change the proportion of the mixture, presumably 
>rendering it ineffective, or even dangerous.

Bart:
You are making an assumption, here, that the volatile ingredients have already boiled off, and that the potion is a solution, rather than a unified substance that boils off evenly. Or, it could be that the only volatile ingredient is water, and that the dosage doesn't have to be that exact (although one may speculate that, if one COULD control the dosage exactly, it would allow Lupin to actually do useful things in wolf form, rather than just resting). Perhaps Beel could take a swig of it before eating one of his mother's meals...

Bart