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{{Infobox main|medicine
 
{{Infobox main|medicine
 
| name = Herbal medicine
 
| name = Herbal medicine
| image = Herbal medicine.png
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| image = Herbal medicine.png|Herbal medicine
 
| description = A pack of herbal concoctions typically extracted from the healroot plant. It is less potent than industrial pharmaceuticals, but much better than nothing.
 
| description = A pack of herbal concoctions typically extracted from the healroot plant. It is less potent than industrial pharmaceuticals, but much better than nothing.
 
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| medical quality max = 0.7
 
| medical quality max = 0.7
 
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| defName = HerbalMedicine
 
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'''Herbal medicine''' is an organic medicine used in [[doctoring]] to improve the results of medical treatment over not using medicine at all, but is significantly less effective than [[medicine]] and [[glitterworld medicine]].  In addition, herbal medicine will spoil in 150 days, or 2.5 years, if not refrigerated. See [[Temperature#Temperature Thresholds|Temperature]] for details. It will also [[Deterioration|deteriorate]] when left outdoors, under the usual conditions.
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'''Herbal medicine''' is an organic medicine used in [[doctoring]] to improve the results of medical treatment over not using medicine at all, but is significantly less effective than [[medicine]] and [[glitterworld medicine]].  In addition, herbal medicine will spoil in 150 days, or 2.5 years, if not refrigerated. See [[Temperature#Temperature Thresholds|Temperature]] for details
  
 
== Acquisition ==
 
== Acquisition ==
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== Usage ==
 
== Usage ==
Herbal medicine can also be used to make industrial [[medicine]]. This requires {{Required Resources|Medicine}}, and a crafter with at least 4 Intellectual and 4 Crafting in order to do.
 
{{Ingredient List|noCollapse=true}}
 
  
== Summary ==
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Herbal medicine is a cost-efficient choice for treating injuries or minor illness, where its maximun tend quality of 70% will suffice. It also combines well with the tend quality offset of [[hospital bed]]s, which allow tending results ''above'' this normal maximum. If a sick colonist's immunity is sufficiently far ahead of the disease progress, herbal medicine can be used in place of better medicine.
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Any form of medicine can be used whenever a [[doctoring|doctor]] tends to an [[injury]] or [[disease]]. In most cases, medicine does not directly cause healing. Instead, using medicine and better types of medicine will increase [[tend quality]], increasing the [[injury#Healing rate|rate of healing]] for injuries, or slowing down progression of a disease. For [[gut worms]] and [[muscle parasites]], tend quality is directly used to cure the disease.
 
  
With a Medical Potency of 60%, herbal medicine has a 60% multiplier on both tend quality and surgery success. Herbal medicine has a maximum tend quality of 70%.
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Under most circumstances it is not practical to use herbal medicine for surgery, as a 60% medical potency means surgery has a greater chance to fail, unless using your most enhanced doctors.
  
Unlike other forms of medicine, herbal medicine will spoil in 2.5 years when left [[Temperature|unrefrigerated]].
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Herbal medicine can be used to make medicine when combined with [[cloth]] and [[neutroamine]] at a [[drug lab]], which requires somebody who has at least 4 intellectual and 4 crafting in order to do.
 
 
=== Experience ===
 
{{Medicine Experience Gain Table}}
 
 
 
== Analysis ==
 
Herbal medicine is a cost-efficient choice for treating injuries and illnesses. With a good doctor, herbal medicine will be sufficient to treat almost all [[disease]]s, where its maximum tend quality of 70% will suffice. Even if you don't have a good doctor, if a patient is sufficiently far ahead of their disease, then herbal can be used to save industrial medicine.
 
 
 
It often isn't practical to use herbal medicine for surgery, as a 60% medical potency means surgery has a greater chance to fail. But in the right setup, it is possible to reach the 98% [[surgery|surgery success chance cap]], even with herbal medicine. For example, the following conditions give 98% success with herbal medicine:
 
* Surgeon with 8 Medical skill, and with (at least) 100% [[Manipulation]] and 100% [[Sight]]
 
* [[Sterile tile|Sterile room]] (0.6 Cleanliness) that is well-[[light|lit]]
 
* [[Hospital bed]] of ''excellent [[quality]] or higher''
 
 
 
Note that some surgeries, like [[carcinoma]] removal, are more difficult than usual. Others, like [[ovum]] extraction {{BiotechIcon}}, are much easier and require less stringent conditions. It is also possible to use herbal medicine for [[prisoner]]s and other pawns you don't care about, even if you don't reach the surgery success cap.
 
  
 
== Version history ==
 
== Version history ==

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