Medicinal plants

Medicinal plants
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General
Category	Food
Encumbrance	0.1
Nutrition
Hunger	-1
Calories	0.1
Carbohydrates	0
Proteins	0
Fat	0
Technical details
Item ID	Item IDs

A medicinal herb is any one of the herbs forageable by a herbalist.

Usage

First Aid

Main article: First Aid

There are seven different types of medicinal herbs, with each having a unique effect applying to the player's health once consumed. Plantain, comfrey, and wild garlic must first be crafted into a poultice using a mortar and pestle, whilst the others can be consumed raw.

Item	Description	Effect
Black Sage	Provides mild pain relief.	Reduce pain by 7
Comfrey	Aids recovery from broken bones when applied as a poultice.	-
Common Mallow	Eat to relieve cold and flu symptoms.	Reduce cold symptoms by 5
Ginseng	Eat to restore endurance.	Reduce exertion by 2
Lemon Grass	Eat to soothe bouts of food poisoning.	Reduce food sickness by 12
Plantain	Aids recovery from wounds when applied as a poultice.	-
Wild Garlic	Helps to fight against infection when applied as poultice.	-

Crafting

Some medicinal herbs need to be crafted into a poultice using a Mortar and Pestle for their medicinal effects to be utilised.

Product	Skill(s)	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2
Plantain Poultice	none	Mortar and Pestle (keep)	Plantain x5 (consumed)
Comfrey Poultice	none	Mortar and Pestle (keep)	Comfrey x5 (consumed)
Wild Garlic Poultice	none	Mortar and Pestle (keep)	Wild Garlic x5 (consumed)

Distribution

Medicinal herbs can only be found by foraging. They can only be found if the player has the herbalist Herbalist trait or has read "The Herbalist".

Item IDs

Icon	Name	Base ID
	Plantain	Base.Plantain
	Comfrey	Base.Comfrey
	WildGarlic	Base.WildGarlic
	Common Mallow	Base.CommonMallow
	Common Lemon Grass	Base.LemonGrass
	Common Black Sage	Base.BlackSage
	Common Ginseng	Base.Ginseng

Code

From items_food.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/)

Plantain Retrieved: Build 40.43

	item Plantain
		Weight		= 0.1,
		Type		= Normal,
		DisplayName	= Plantain,
		Icon		= PlantainPlantago,
		Tooltip 	= Tooltip_Plantain,

Comfrey Retrieved: Build 40.43

	item Comfrey
		Weight		= 0.1,
		Type		= Normal,
		DisplayName	= Comfrey,
		Icon		= Comfrey,
		Tooltip 	= Tooltip_Comfrey,

Wild Garlic Retrieved: Build 40.43

	item WildGarlic
		Weight		= 0.1,
		Type		= Normal,
		DisplayName	= Wild Garlic,
		Icon		= WildGarlic,
		Tooltip 	= Tooltip_Garlic,

Common Mallow Retrieved: Build 41.51

    item CommonMallow
    {
        HungerChange	=	-1,
        Weight	=	0.1,
        Type	=	Food,
        DisplayName	=	Common Mallow,
        Icon	=	CommonMallow,
        FluReduction    =   5,
        Tooltip = Tooltip_Mallow,
        Carbohydrates = 0,
        Proteins = 0,
        Lipids = 0,
        Calories = 0.1,
        WorldStaticModel = CommonMallow,
    }

Lemon Grass Retrieved: Build 41.51

    item LemonGrass
    {
        HungerChange	=	-1,
        Weight	=	0.1,
        Type	=	Food,
        DisplayName	=	Lemon Grass,
        Icon	=	LemonGrass,
        ReduceFoodSickness = 12,
        Tooltip = Tooltip_LemonGrass,
        Carbohydrates = 0,
        Proteins = 0,
        Lipids = 0,
        Calories = 0.1,
        WorldStaticModel = LemonGrass,
    }

Black Sage Retrieved: Build 41.51

    item BlackSage
    {
        HungerChange	=	-1,
        Weight	=	0.1,
        Type	=	Food,
        DisplayName	=	Black Sage,
        Icon	=	BlackSage,
        PainReduction = 7,
        Tooltip = Tooltip_BlackSage,
        Carbohydrates = 0,
        Proteins = 0,
        Lipids = 0,
        Calories = 0.1,
        WorldStaticModel = BlackSage,
    }

Ginseng Retrieved: Build 41.51

    item Ginseng
    {
        HungerChange	=	-1,
        Weight	=	0.1,
        Type	=	Food,
        DisplayName	=	Ginseng,
        Icon	=	Ginseng,
        EnduranceChange	=	2,
        Tooltip = Tooltip_Ginseng,
        Carbohydrates = 0,
        Proteins = 0,
        Lipids = 0,
        Calories = 0.1,
        WorldStaticModel = Ginseng,
    }