Chrysogenum Juice

Chrysogenum juice is an unconventional treatment for sickened wounds.
The product is boiled out of a fungus and can be identified by its distinct odor, yeasty with a hint of sulfur. Once sufficiently boiled, the fungus and resulting liquid are decanted and the liquid is separated by weight. The final extract is very small in comparison to the quantity of fungus, but it can be quite potent when used at the right time. The liquid is given orally, usually delivered in water or tea.
The source fungus is often found on moldy fruits.

Use

Mage Healing Amulets are literally lifesaving technology, but they are not universally beneficial. One common error, especially by experienced or anxious healers, is the application of a mage healing amulet to a wound which has been insufficiently cleaned. While this is generally intended as a lifesaving measure in a critical moment, the same stimulating energies which prompt the body's natural healing responses also stir and invigorate whatever foreign material might have been introduced into the wound, and infection and blood poisoning are very real risks following the application of a mage healing amulet.
Chrysogenum juice may be useful in such a situation, as it appears to reduce the poisoning of the blood or wound. However, application too late will have little effect.

Utility

When first formally tested in a ward of desperately ill patients, two given chrysogenum juice sickened, showing itching hives over much of their bodies as their infections progressed. This led to a suspicion of the treatment—while some patients recovered, others died with visible disturbances.
Even healers who are aware of its potential are often hesitant to use it, waiting to introduce its risk until it is certain the patient will die without it. However, this can often mean that the window for its effective application has closed, and the patient will die with this treatment as well, leading to further distrust or suspicion of the treatment.
Thus, chrysogenum juice has not been readily adapted by the healing community. It is still largely unstudied and relatively unknown.

Manufacturing

Chrysogenum juice is boiled in small individual batches. The source fungus could be maintained on a steady collection of aging fruit, but the boiling and extraction must be done by a skilled practitioner.

Access & Availability

While the fungus which produces Chrysogenum juice is commonly found on aging fruits, it is not yet a widely accepted treatment and many healers or physickers may not even be aware of it, much less choose to employ it.

“Would you kill him?” demanded another physicker. “That’s hardly known. We can’t risk it.”
“While if you continue as you are, there’s no risk?” Callahan crossed his arms. “I haven’t even seen the patient, but I’ve listened to you argue enough to know you’re quietly delaying the inevitable. Am I right?”
There was a swell of indignant and furious silence. At last Pearst spoke again. “We are doing our best to support him in his fever. We hope it burns out the poison in the wound. We might have prevented this if we had received him immediately following his injury, but by the time anyone saw him, infection had already set in. Feeding energy to the injury to fuel his natural healing also sped the growth of infection, as the same metabolized—”
“I am familiar with the process,” Callahan interrupted dryly. “But you have not answered my question. What risk does chrysogenum juice offer that is not already present?”