Shrinking Solution

Shrinking Solution / Shrinking Potion

ingredients: chopped daisy roots, skinned shrivelfig, sliced caterpillar, one rat spleen, dash of leech juice

Effect: Makes things shrink in size, apparently reversing the aging process as well

.Harry had to write a particularly nasty essay on Shrinking Potions as one of his holiday assignments for Potions the summer before his third year (PA1).

.Apparently it's important that the daisy roots be chopped evenly before they're used (PA7).

.Adding too many rat spleens or too much leech juice can cause the potion to turn orange instead of the bright acid green it's supposed to be; making errors in the potion can cause the mixture to become poisonous (PA7).

.Administered to Trevor in Potions, the toad didn't just become smaller but turned into a tadpole; this was the expected effect