Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine is a type of item from the Pokémon games. They can be used during or out of battle to restore a Pokémon's HP, remove status conditions, or revive a Pokémon, all with a side effect of lowering a Pokémon's happiness due to their bitter taste. They can be found on the ground, whether readily visible or hidden from sight and requiring an Itemfinder to locate; however, herbal medicine is usually bought from special herb shops. It should be noted that other than the Revival Herb, the items are cheaper than their more-common form (such as Super Potion). Even the Revival Herb has a stand though, as Max Revives cannot be bought.

Types of herbal medicine

File:EnergyPowderSprite.jpg EnergyPowder

Costs $500 at Herb Shops. The herbal form of Super Potion: restores 50 HP.

File:EnergyRootSprite.jpg Energy Root

Costs $800 at Herb Shops. The herbal form of Hyper Potion: restores 200 HP.

File:HealPowderSprite.jpg Heal Powder

Costs $450 at Herb Shops. The herbal form of Full Heal: removes all status conditions.

File:RevivalHerbSprite.jpg Revival Herb

Costs $2800 in Herb Shops. The herbal form of Max Revive: revives a fainted Pokémon to full HP.

Trivia

The effect of lowering a Pokémon's happiness due to its bitter taste applies even to those with a Calm, Gentle, Sassy, or Careful nature, which are supposed to prefer bitter taste. This may be due to the fact that herbal medicine was introduced in Generation II, while natures weren't introduced until Generation III.

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.