Ash Plant
Plant that upon consuming reduces the amount of Ash in the blood. Often needed for efficient training of young mages and mages who Ash Eye malfunctions (i.e injury, illness).
Location
Ash Plant can be found on every continent. The only biom which it doesn't grow in is dessert. Locations where there's an abundance of Ash Plant are usually highly frequented by powerful fractions.
Biology
Usually, on an Ash Plant there are 20 edible leaves. Ash Plants usually grow as a couple of plant per one location.
The plant enjoys sunlight and humid environment, these conditions allow for biggest wild Ash Plant saturations.
Farm
Making an Ash Plant Plantation is doable but really difficult. It requires RI to be small enough that the plant can grow even in the unperfect soil. The same goes for humidity and sunlight.
Discovery of its usefulness
After the Dark Nuclear Age a lot of species came together to fund/provide resources for scientific research. Magical exploration was a phenomenon that nobody took seriously but Dr. Horn was not discouraged. She believed that people before the nuclear war and mutants now ridiculed magic because it was easy to dismiss. She was right, the magic could be utilized to its full extent since the technology was really difficult to use since most energy sources in camps were hand made and weak. Discovering was a major breakthrough in treating Ash oversaturation *insert illness article*. Mages soon realised that with great power came great torment.
Medical instructions
100 leaves usually treat all temporary syptoms of Ash oversaturation.
This is the most unsufficient way of consumption but works if the mutant doesn't have access to the following materials:
coal
zynk
nettle
All of these when powdered and mixed with the leaves help to decrease the amount of leaves needed to treat temporary syptoms.
"With great power came great torment" is one of the best lines. Love this.