Medicinal herb
A medicinal herb is a healing item in the Dragon Quest series. It typically heals a low amount of hit points for a single character. It can be found in all item shops in Dragon Quest. In games with Alchemy, it is often used to manufacture more powerful healing herbs.
Appearances
Dragon Quest
| Medicinal herb (やくそう Yakusō) |  |
| Buy | Sell | Effect |
| 24 gold* 10 gold* |
12 gold* 5 gold* |
Restores between 23 ~ 30 HP to the Hero in the original NES version. In the remakes, this range was widened to 20 ~ 35. Consumed after a single use. |
| Usable outside of battle? | Usable in battle? |
 YES |
YES |
| Shop(s) | Tantegel, Galenholm, Kol, Rimuldar, Cantlin |
| Location(s) |
| In-game description | |
| Mobile | ? |
Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line
| Medicinal herb (やくそう Yakusō) |  |
| Buy | Sell | Effect |
| 15 gold* 10 gold* |
12 gold* 8 gold* |
Restores around 30 HP. Restores 20-35 HP*. Consumed after a single use. |
| Can Be Used Outside Of Battle? | Can Be Used In Battle? |
| YES |
YES |
| Shop(s) | Midenhall, Leftwyne, Cannock, Hamlin, Moonbrooke, Rippleport, Tantegel, Beran, Slewse, Dirkandor, Zahan, Burrowell |
| Location(s) |
| In-Game Description | |
| Cell phone | Restores 20-35 HP. |
Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation
Medicinal herbs can be purchased for 8 gold coins and sold for 5 (6 in the Game Boy Color version.) It restores around 30 HP to a single character.
It can also be used to inflict damage on Zoma after he is weakened.
Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen
Medicinal herbs can be purchased for 8 gold coins and sold for 6. It restores around 30 HP.
Tessie will sell medicinal herbs at Torneko's shop for 12 gold coins.
Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride
Medicinal herbs can be purchased from most item shops for 8 gold and sold for 6 gold. They restore around 35 HP per use.[1]
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past
Medicinal herbs can be purchased for 8 gold from most item shops and sold for 4 gold. Up to 50 can be held at a single time in the bag (99 in the Nintendo 3DS version). Early in the game, they are invaluable in certain sections where the characters' magic has been sealed away such as Alltrades Abbey. Medicinal herbs can also be won as prizes from the Lucky Panel at the Casino in sets of 1 or 3.
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King
Medicinal herbs can be purchased for 8 gold coins and sold for 4. It restores around 30 HP. Enemy Treefaces can also use them to heal themselves or their allies.
Herbs can be mixed with various other items with the usage of the Alchemy Pot:
- With another medicinal herb to create strong medicine.
- With two other medicinal herbs or strong medicine to create rose-root.
- With an antidotal herb to create a strong antidote.
- With two antidotal herbs to create a special antidote.
- With another medicinal herb and a moonwort bulb to create a rose-wort.
- With an antidotal herb and a moonwort bulb to create a mystifying mixture.
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Medicinal herbs can be purchased for 8 gold coins and sold for 4. They restore around 30 HP. Gemma will use medicinal herbs on the Hero at Cobblestone Tor if his HP gets low.
Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon
In the Torneko series, the amount of HP restored by medicinal herbs is fixed at 25. Herbs will also restore Torneko's Hunger by 5%. They have the additional effect of increasing Torneko's max HP by 1 if he uses once when he is at full HP.
Dragon Quest Monsters
Herbs can be purchased from shops and can be found randomly on the ground while exploring Travelers' Gates. Terry will also be given one whenever he returns from exploring a gate unless his inventory is already full. They restore 30~40 HP to a single monster.
Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below
Medicinal herbs will restore around 30 HP to whichever character the player is controlling. Rather than appearing as usable items, medicinal herbs appear as stage powerups that can be dropped by various monsters or found in smashed pots or barrels. Since they do not carry over between levels, they should be used as needed.
Dragon Quest Builders
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Dragon Quest Builders 2
Medicinal herbs have be crafted using medicinal leaves that are dropped by various enemies. They restore around 30 HP.
Dragon Quest Tact
Medicinal Herb appears as a skill and is known naturally by Mottle slime and Stump chump at level 1, costing 7 MP to use. It has a range of 1-2 squares away from the user, can be used on themselves, and restores some HP to the target.
| Medicinal Herb (やくそう Yakusō) |  |
| Medicinal Herb | |||
| Role * | Type * | Element | MP cost |
| Support | Martial |  |
7 |
| Range | Additional effects | ||
 1 |
None | ||
| Description | |||
| Heals HP for 1 ally | |||
| Naturally learnt by | |||
| Mottle slime, Stump chump | |||
In Animation
Captain N: The Game Master
Trading in his digital watch, Kevin Keene/Captain N purchases some herbs (referred to as magical herb) from a shopkeeper in Brecconary. Duke, Kevin's dog, later removes one from a the pouch to cure Kevin after he is frozen.
Descriptions
| Game | Description |
 | Restores 20-35 HP.[2] |
 | Restores 20-35 HP.[2] |
 | This healing herb restores a little of one party member's HP.[3] |
 | This healing herb restores a little of one party member's HP.[3] |
 | This healing herb restores a little of one party member's HP.[3] |
 | Heal HP of one.[4] This healing herb restores a little of one party member's HP.[5] |
 | Restores 30 or more HP to a single ally. |
 | Restores at least 30 HP to a single ally. Consumed upon use.[6] |
 | A carefully prepared pouch of pain-relieving leaves. Restores 30 HP.[7] |
In Other Languages
| Language | Translation | Meaning |
 Español | Planta Medicinal | Literally medicinal plant |
 Français | Herbe médicinale | Literally medicinal herb |
 Deutsch | Heilkraut | Literally healing herb |
 Italiano | Erba medicinale | Literally medicinal herb |
Gallery
Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon.
See Also
References
- ↑ http://shrines.rpgclassics.com/snes/dq5/items.shtml#regular
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cell phone Version.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Nintendo DS and Cell phone Version.
- ↑ Sony PlayStation Version.
- ↑ Nintendo 3DS Version.
- ↑ Nintendo Switch Version.
- ↑ PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Nintendo Switch Version.
