Draught of Living Death

The Draught of Living Death is an extremely powerful sleeping potion. It sends the drinker into a deep trance that mimics the state of death. Ingredients needed are wormwood, asphodel, valerian roots, Sloth brain, and a single Sopophorous bean(witch should be crushed with the dull edge of a silver knife to get more juice from it).

The potion should resemble a smooth, black currant-coloured liquid at the halfway stage; it should then turn a light shade of lilac, then clear as water, after you stir the potion counter-clockwise seven times. However, stirring the potion counter-clockwise seven times and clockwise once, as directed by the Half-Blood Prince, had apparently a much stronger effect.

Behind the scenes

 * The Draught of Living Death is briefly mentioned in 1991, however, Potions students create it in 1996. The potion was never really used.
 * It is most likely based off of the potion Juliet Capulet used to fake her death in the Muggle story Romeo and Juliet.
 * The story of the princess was based on Sleeping Beauty.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
 * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
 * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)

Notes and references
Philtre de Mort Vivante