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*[[J. K. Rowling]] writes in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' that Harry's knowledge tells him this spell could belong to a variety of healing spells, in the same way a species of plants belongs to a larger genus.
 
*[[J. K. Rowling]] writes in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' that Harry's knowledge tells him this spell could belong to a variety of healing spells, in the same way a species of plants belongs to a larger genus.
 
*In the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', [[Luna Lovegood]] finds [[Harry Potter|Harry]] on the [[Hogwarts Express]] instead of [[Nymphadora Tonks]]. Luna also uses the ''Episkey'' spell to mend Harry's broken nose when they reach the Entrance Gates to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]].
 
*In the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', [[Luna Lovegood]] finds [[Harry Potter|Harry]] on the [[Hogwarts Express]] instead of [[Nymphadora Tonks]]. Luna also uses the ''Episkey'' spell to mend Harry's broken nose when they reach the Entrance Gates to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]].
*Luna mentions in the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' that she had never fixed a broken nose before, prior to healing Harry's with this spell "only a few broken toes, and, well, how different are they really?". It is therefore likely that this spell can be used to mend broken toes too.
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*Luna mentions in the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' that she had never fixed a broken nose before, prior to healing Harry's with this spell "only a few broken toes, and, well, how different are they really?". It is therefore likely that this spell can be used to mend broken toes, or might be primarily intended for that purpose.
 
*In the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', Episkey does not cause a cold-hot sensation, but rather pain. Harry yells in pain when Luna sets his nose, although this may just be because of the usual pain of setting a dislocated bone.
 
*In the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', Episkey does not cause a cold-hot sensation, but rather pain. Harry yells in pain when Luna sets his nose, although this may just be because of the usual pain of setting a dislocated bone.
   

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Episkey is a healing spell that heals relatively minor injuries such as broken toes.

Known users

In 1996, Nymphadora Tonks used this spell to fix Harry Potter's broken nose, and that same year Harry used it to fix Demelza Robins' broken lip; he probably had not learned it in class, but assumed that if it could heal broken noses, it could heal split lips.

Known practitioners

Etymology

The word comes from the Greek "episkevi" ("επισκευή"), which means "repair".

Behind the scenes

Appearances