Aphrodisiacs
"One dish I recall was composed of the tongues of eels and was sprinkled with flavored aphrodisiacs..."
Book 5, Assassin of Gor, page 204Brak Bush - A shrub whose leaves have a purgative effect when chewed.
"On the first day of the Waiting Hand, the last five days of the old year, the portals of Ar, including even that of the House of Cernus, had been painted white, and in many of the low-caste homes had been sealed with pitch, not to be opened until the first day of En'Kara. Almost all doors, including that of the House of Cernus, had nailed to them some branches of the Brak Bush, the leaves of which, when chewed, have a purgative effect. It is thought that the pitch and the branches of the Brak Bush discourage entry of bad luck into the houses of the citizens."
Book 5, Assassin of Gor, page 211Breeding wine - A sweet beverage which counteracts the effects of slave wine, making a slavegirl fertile; also called second wine.
"The active ingredient in breeding wine, or the "second wine", is a derivative of teslik."
Book 25, Magicians of Gor, page 320Capture scent - An anesthetic used by soaking a rag with it and holding it over the mouth and nose. May also be administered as an anesthetic dart.
"'Uncork it for me, you sleen,' said she. I wondered if I had, in my life, seen ever so scornful, so proud, so cold a woman.
I uncorked the vial.
'Hold it beneath my nostrils,' she said. She bent forward. I held the vial beneath her delicate nostrils. She closed her eyes, and breathed in, deeply, expectantly.
She opened her eyes, and shook her head. 'What is this?' she said.
'Capture scent,' I said."
Book 9, Marauders of Gor, page 116Emetics - Mix the powder with water, drink.
--Dancers of Gor, page 238. (unverified)Frobicain Injection
" 'They seem very quiet,' I observed. 'We permit them,' said Flaminius, deigning to offer a bit of explanation, 'five Ahn of varied responses, depending on when they recover from the frobicain injection. Mostly this takes the form of hysterical weeping, threats, demands for explanation, screaming and such. They will also be allowed to express their distress for certain periods at stated times in the future.' "
Book 5, Assassin of Gor, page 126Gieron - A drug, an allergen, which causes a yellowing of the whites of the eyes; in combination with Sajel, it reproduces the symptoms of the Bazi plague. Non-infectious.
"My pursuit of you was foiled," I said, "by the results of the drug you placed in my paga."
"The drug," said Shaba, "was a simple combination of sajel, a simple pustulant, and gieron, an unusual allergen. Mixed they produce a facsimile of the superficial symptoms of Bazi plague."
"I could have been killed," I said, "by the mob."
" I did not think many would care to approach you," said Shaba.
"It was not your intention then that I be killed?" I asked.
"Certainly not," said Shaba. "if that was all that was desired, kanda might have been introduced into your drink as easily as sajel and gieron""I simply did not feel ill. I was slightly drunk and heated from the paga, but I did not believe myself fevered. My pulse and heartbeat, and respiration, seemed normal. I did not have difficulty catching my breath. I was neither dizzy nor nauseous, and my vision was clear. My worst physical symptoms were the irritation about my eyes and the genuinely nasty itchiness of my skin. I felt like tearing it off with my own fingernails."
--Explorers of Gor, page 136.Healing ointment/balm -
"The ointment will soon be absorbed," she(vika) said. "In a few minutes there will be no trace of it nor of the cuts." "The Physicians of Treve," I said, "have marvelous medicines."
"It is an ointment of Priest Kings," she said.
--Priest Kings of Gor page 64" 'Return him to his kennel,' she said. 'Put balm on his wounds.' "
Book 14, Fighting Slave of Gor, page 207Honey - Applied on a wound helps promote healing. (unverified)
Kanda - A shrub of the Gorean desert; a lethal poison can be extracted from its roots, while chewing the leaves has an addictive narcotic effect. Rolled leaves, chewed for pain relief. They are not to be swallowed.
"Kutaituchik absently reached into a small golden box near his right knee and drew out a strong of rolled kanda leaf. The roots of the kanda plant, which grows largely in the desert regions of Gor, are extremely toxic, but, surprisingly, the rolled leaves of this plant, which are relatively innocuous, are formed into strings and, chewed or sucked, are much favored by many Goreans, particularly in the southern hemisphere, where the leaf is more abundant.
Kutaituchik, not taking his eyes off us, thrust one end of the green kanda string in the left side of his mouth and, very slowly, began to chew it."
Book 4, Nomads of Gor, page 43"Now from the right side of his mouth, thin, black and wet, there emerged the chewed string of kanda, a quarter of an inch at a time, slowly."
Book 4, Nomads of Gor, page 44"It was a throwing knife, of a sort used in Ar, much smaller than the southern quiva, and tapered on only one side. It was a knife designed for killing. Mixed with the blood and fluids of the body there was a smear of white at the end of the steel, the softened residue of a glaze of kanda paste, now melted by body heat, which had coated the tip of the blade. On the hilt of the dagger, curling about it, was the legend, 'I have sought him. I have found him.' It was a killing knife.
'The Caste of Assassins?' I had asked.
'Unlikely,' had said the Older Tarl, 'for Assassins are commonly too proud for poison.' "
Book 5, Assassin of Gor, page 42"I found a comb on a nearby vanity. Sheathing my knife and holding her by the back of the neck with my left hand I swiftly, but with some care, combed out her hair.
She sobbed in anger when the tiny, cloth-enfolded needle, tipped with kanda, fell from her hair, caught, and drawn out, by the teeth of the comb of kailiauk tusk.
I turned her about, roughly.
I looked down at her.
She looked up at me, her eyes flashing. 'I am now defenseless,' she said."
Book 12, Beasts of Gor, page 404" 'My pursuit of you was foiled,' I said, 'by the results of the drug you placed in my paga.'
'The drug,' said Shaba, 'as a simple combination of sajel, a simple pustulant, and gieron, an unusual allergen. Mixed they produce a facsimile of the superficial symptoms of Bazi plague.'
'I could have been killed,' I said, 'by the mob.'
'I did not think many would care to approach you,' said Shaba.
'It was not your intention then that I be killed?' I asked.
'Certainly not,' said Shaba.
'If that was all that was desired, kanda might have been introduced into your drink as easily as sajel and gieron.' "
Book 13, Explorers of Gor, page 154Laxatives -
"Some girls I have been told sometimes try to swallow small coins but this is foolish. The coin can be produced swiftly enough in such cases by emetics and laxatives."
Dancer of Gor, page 238.Misc. Drugs
" 'Sometimes, said Flaminius, shock cannot be so easliy prevented. Indeed sometimes the lash itself drives the girl into shock. Then sedations and drugs are called for.' "
Book 5, Assassin of Gor, page 128Ost bites - Immediate death. Its venom is a neurotoxin, there is NO anecdote. Massive tissue necrosis meantioned in Outlaws and Assassins (quotes forthcoming)
Sajel - A drug which causes harmless pustules to erupt on the body; in combination with Gieron, it reproduces the symptoms of the Bazi plague. Non-infectious. ( See Gieron for more description. )
"The drug was a simple combination of sajel, a simple pustulant and gieron, an unusual allergen. Mixed, they produce a facsimile of the superficial symptoms of the bazi plague"
Explorers of Gor, page 153Shock - Common symptoms include - Pale, sweaty, or clammy skin. A drop in blood pressure and elevated pulse rate. Rapid, shallow respiration
"Sometimes, said Flaminius... shock cannot be so easily prevented. Indeed sometimes the lash itself drives the girl into shock. Then sedations and drugs are called for."
Assassin of Gor, page 128.Sip root - contraceptive
"A bitter root, which can either be made into a liquid contraceptive, or chewed, for the same result. The effect of the sip root, in most women is effective for three or four months. In the concentrated state, as in slave wine, developed by the caste of Physicians, the effect is almost indefinate, usually requiring a releaser for it remission, usually administered, to a slave, in what is called the breeding wine, or the second wine"
Book 9, Marauders of Gor, page 23
Stabilization Serums - A series of medical injections which, among other things, retards the aging process; an invention of the Priest-Kings, approved by them for use by humans; administered in 4 injections.
"The Player was a rather old man, extremely unusual on Gor, where the stabilization serums were developed centuries ago by the Caste of Physicians in Ko-ro-ba and Ar, and transmitted to the physicians of other cities at several of the Sardar Fairs. Age, on Gor, interestingly, was regarded, and still is, by the caste of Physicians as a disease, not an inevitable natural phenomenon. the fact that it seemed a universal disease did not dissuade the caste from considering how it might be combated. Accordingly the work of centuries was turned to this end. Many other diseases, which presumably flourished centuries ago on Gor, tended to be neglected, as less dangerous and less universal then that of aging. A result tended to be that those less susceptible lived on, propagating their kind."
Book 5, Assassins of Gor, page 29"But different human beings respond differently to the stabilization Serums, and the Serums are more effective with some then others. With some the effect lasts indefinitely, with others it wears off after but a few hundred years, with some the effect does not occur at all, with others, tragically, the effect is not to stabilize the pattern but to hasten its degeneration. The odds however, are in favor of the recipient, and there are few Goreans who, if it seems they need the Serums, do not avail themselves of them."
Book 5, Assassin of Gor, page 31Tassa powder - A reddish powder, usually mixed with red wine, which renders the consumer unconscious.
"'It was done by Tassa powder,' she said. 'It was tasteless, and effective,' I said. 'It shows up, of course,' I said, 'in water.' 'It is meant to be mixed with red wine,' she said."
Book 14, Fighting Slave of Gor, page 223Teslik - A plant whose extract is the active ingredient in breeding wine.
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