Medications

There are in total 13 medications in this game (14 if you count fresh water, which behaves in a way like the medications in that it fixes a problem which impairs you - dehydration ).

All medications can be created by finding and analysing the right herbs and putting them into a sythesizing tray. Beware that you can only store one of each kind in your journal, so creating more than one batch of each drug at a time is pointless.

Temporary effects

These medications provide only temporary solution to maladies . However - they are easily created (e.g. from largely available herbs) and are necessary. Some for sheer survival, others to make things much easier in the survival business:

Medication	Effect	Ingredients
Basic medicine	Eliminates fever (for a duration of time)	A lot, nearly everywhere found. Rule of thumb: the white colored stuff
Extra-strength medicine	Eliminates fever (longer duration than basic)	One of the above herbs	One additional, rule of thumb: pink colored herbs
The following meds are boosters for your abilities. Taking them can increase your level in the associated stat by one level for each taking. (Low -> Normal -> High)
Herculean tonic	+1 strength level	Yellow Mushrooms
Energy stimulant	+1 endurance level	One of the following: Fleshy Rooted Plant,Red-Green Tree Fungus,Carnivorous Trap
Mental stimulant	+1 perception level	One of the following: Grey Shelf Fungus, Pearl Blue Shelf Fungus
And for orientation this one is very helpful, due to the fact that your position is, in a lot of cases, not instantly visible on the map:
Mental clarity tonic	Shows your position on the map (map is not revealed)	One of the following: Red Poisonous Mushroom, Fabaceae

Permanent effects

These drugs are shots which provide a permanent level-up of your stats to Normal level. They consist of rare herbs, which are often found only in one location. You will find map clues, marking these locations on your map.

Medication	Effect	Ingredients
Muscle emphasis drug	Strength level permanently becomes Normal	Large Jungle Flower	Fleshy Purple Fruit
Endurance emphasis drug	Endurance level permanently becomes Normal	Blue-Capped Toadstool	Giant Bloom
Brain emphasis drug	Perception level permanently becomes Normal	Trumpet Mushroom	Sponge-like fungus

Plague cure

The cure consists of three components, which individually are of no use.  The instant you have all three of the components the Cure is created:

Medication	Effect	Ingredients
Agent X	Component for The Cure	Bulbous Fruit Plant	Blue Scaly Tree Fungus
Agent Y	Component for The Cure	Bio-Luminescent Algae	Rainbow Orchid
Agent Z	Component for The Cure	Titan Plant	Carnivorous Pitcher Plant