Blood clotting paste

Mortal tier recipe. No cultivation requirements

Less of an ancient recipe this time round, but one that shows the ingenuity of all humans. Divine cultivators are not the only intelligent beings, and even they all started somewhere. This recipe is only more special since its creator never even tried reaching for greatness, he appeared completely content improving the life of all mortals. Even amongst the most selfless of alchemists such a person is rare, and as per his wishes he will be given no credit. However, he still holds a place in our hearts as the ideal knowledge seeker we should be.

Capable of completely stopping a person’s bleeding, the product certainly has saved many lives.

Ingredients and recipe Weeping dandelion, 10 petals – non magical flower Vampiric darkoak sap, 100 ml – non magical fluid Any flour, 50 grams – non magical plant

Another simple method begun by grinding the petals to a pulp, there are no equipment requirements for this. The weeping part of the name comes from an astounding quantity of water that drips from the flowerhead while plucking the petals. A biological reaction known to make more empathetic children cry, then again, would you like it if someone pulled out handfuls of your hair?

Disregarding that regular plants don’t feel pain, lightly press down on the pulp to force out a portion of the water. Either tip the water out or bottle it if wanted since it’s clean and high in nutrients.

The flour is purely a thickening agent, nothing impressive there. However the vampiric darkoak is an extremely symbiotic life form. Like meat-eating plants, it will only grow with the addition of blood, which it can easily extract with innumerable tiny thorns along its bark. These thorns slyly penetrate a resting creature’s body for small volumes of blood before secreting a small volume of sap into the site. The sap stops further, unnecessary, bleeding.

This entire process normally takes an entire night, Giving a lot of birds a safe resting spot. Through this a long standing relationship has formed between several hundreds of bird species and this type of tree.

To finish the recipe, mix together the flour, sap, and petal pulp. This will grow increasingly hard as the flour forces the sap to thicken further into a paste. If the paste is too thick, to the point where it clings together as a ball, add a small amount of the petal water back in. Continue mixing until you obtain a product likened to thick porridge.

The complete Blood clotting paste has a shelf life of roughly 3 months, greatly disproportionate to its roughly 10 minute production time.

Usage

This should not be necessary to explain, but here we go. The paste can be spread over a bleeding wound to create a surface level clot. This will stop blood from escaping from the wound, however it still must be closed through another method. You must take care to not let any enter an open wound as it may seal up the blood vessel and cause a deadly embolism.

Using the recipes given thus far, a suitable method is as follows. Wash the site with Wound cleaning fluid, then coat the outside of the cut with this paste. Stopping bleeding is pointless if the wound cannot close, so we use a bandage wrapped around the body to pull the two folds together. The aptly placed paste will spread across the closed cut and stop further bleeding.

This is the primary method used by less developed armies to save more soldiers. Currently, it only really applies to mortal armies, but it means that wounds previously classed as severe are salvageable. However, triage often means that these patients still rarely make it. So is the cruelty of war.