Plantain Poultice
| Plantain Poultice | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | First Aid |
| Treats | Wounds |
| Health Panel | Plantain Poultice |
| Weight | 0.2 |
| Crafting Skill | None |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Crafted |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.PlantainCataplasm
|
The Plantain Poultice is a paste of crushed Plantain leaves laid on a wound. It helps a bandaged wound heal faster.
It suits any survivor who forages and wants wounds to close sooner. Under a bandage, the poultice speeds wound healing by roughly forty percent. Its cost is the herb itself, since each poultice takes five Plantain. It also needs a bandage on top to do any good.
The poultice is made by grinding Plantain with a Mortar and Pestle. Crafting is the only way to get one. The Doctor is the best occupation for first aid. It starts with the most First Aid skill. The Nurse and the Park Ranger also start with some First Aid skill.
How to Use Plantain Poultice
The poultice sits under the Plantain Poultice option on the health panel. It goes on the wound first, and a bandage goes on top of it. The poultice works only while a bandage covers it.
Only one poultice can sit on a body part at a time. A wound takes either a Plantain Poultice or a Wild Garlic Poultice. Plantain suits a clean wound that needs to heal. Wild Garlic suits one fighting infection.
Once applied, the poultice stays on until it wears out or the wound heals. How long it lasts depends on the First Aid skill of whoever applies it. A skilled medic makes each poultice last noticeably longer.
Making it uses the Grind Up Plantain recipe. It takes five Plantain or Plantain (Dried). A Mortar and Pestle or Ceramic Mortar and Pestle does the grinding and is kept. The recipe must be learned first.
Upkeep
The poultice wears away slowly while it works under the bandage. A higher First Aid level makes each one last longer. The bandage on top still turns dirty in the usual way and needs changing. A stock of dried Plantain keeps fresh poultices possible all year.
How to Craft Plantain Poultice
Each recipe that makes the Plantain Poultice is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Grind Up Plantain
The Grind Up Plantain recipe makes the Plantain Poultice. It needs no skill level. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortar and Pestle | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.MortarPestle
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| Plantain | 
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5x | No | /additem Base.Plantain
|
Notes
- The tooltip says it aids recovery from wounds when applied as a poultice.
- The poultice goes on first, then the bandage on top.
- The First Aid skill of the one applying it decides how long it lasts.
- Dried Plantain works in the recipe just as well as fresh.
- Only one poultice fits on a wound at a time.
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