Medicinal herb

Medicinal herb
Japanese	やくそう 薬草
Romaji	{{{romaji}}}
Old localisations	Herb Medical herb
Found in	Dragon Quest Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten Past Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies Dragon Quest X Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age Dragon Quest Monsters Dragon Quest Monsters 2 Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon Torneko: The Last Hope Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below Dragon Quest Heroes II Dragon Quest Builders Dragon Quest Builders 2 Dragon Quest Tact
Effect	Restores a small amount of HP to one character

A medicinal herb (herb, medical 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.

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.

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.

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)

Ability information

Medicinal Herb
Role *	Type *	Element	MP cost
Support	Martial		7
Range		Additional effects
		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.
	Restores 20-35 HP.
	This healing herb restores a little of one party member's HP.
	This healing herb restores a little of one party member's HP.
	This healing herb restores a little of one party member's HP.
	Heal HP of one. This healing herb restores a little of one party member's HP.
	Restores 30 or more HP to a single ally.
	Restores at least 30 HP to a single ally. Consumed upon use.
	A carefully prepared pouch of pain-relieving leaves. Restores 30 HP.

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

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  Dragon Quest.
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  Dragon Quest IV.
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  Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon.
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  Dragon Quest VIII.

See Also

• Antidotal herb
• Strong medicine
• Special medicine
• Fading Jenny