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{{Quote|Second-year Hogwarts students brew Swelling Solution in Potions class. This potion causes things to grow and expand. Its effects can be reversed with a Deflating Draught.|Description|Pottermore}}
{{Quote|Harry's Swelling Solution was far too runny, but he had his mind on more important things.|A description of [[Harry Potter]]'s failed attempt at making this potion|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}}
 
 
The '''Swelling Solution''' is a [[potion]] which causes whatever it touches to swell in size; its three key ingredients (the only ingredients in it) are [[bat spleen]]s, [[Nettle|dried nettles]], and [[puffer-fish eyes]].
 
The '''Swelling Solution''' is a [[potion]] which causes whatever it touches to swell in size; its three key ingredients (the only ingredients in it) are [[bat spleen]]s, [[Nettle|dried nettles]], and [[puffer-fish eyes]].
 
==History==
 
==History==
   
The [[trio]] decided to steal some ingredients for the [[polyjuice potion]] from [[Severus Snape's storeroom|their potions teacher's private stores]] in [[1992-1993 school year|their second year]] the day the class tried to make this potion. [[Harry Potter]] set off one of his [[Dr. Filibuster's Fabulous Wet-Start, No-Heat Fireworks|fireworks]] as a diversion for [[Hermione Granger]] to get the necessary ingredients; whether intentionally or accidentally, the firework landed in [[Gregory Goyle]]'s [[cauldron]], causing the solution to explode across the class, causing the inflammation of various body parts; those splashed had to go to the [[professor]] for a [[Deflating Draught]].<ref name="cos11">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', Chapter 11 (''The Dueling Club'')</ref>
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The [[trio]] decided to steal some ingredients for the [[Polyjuice potion]] from [[Severus Snape's storeroom|their potions teacher's private stores]] in [[1992-1993 school year|their second year]] the day the class tried to make this potion. [[Harry Potter]] set off one of his [[Dr. Filibuster's Fabulous Wet-Start, No-Heat Fireworks|fireworks]] as a diversion for [[Hermione Granger]] to get the necessary ingredients; whether intentionally or accidentally, the firework landed in [[Gregory Goyle]]'s [[cauldron]], causing the solution to explode across the class, causing the inflammation of various body parts; those splashed had to go to the [[professor]] for a [[Deflating Draught]].<ref name="cos11">''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', Chapter 11 (''The Dueling Club'')</ref>
   
 
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"Second-year Hogwarts students brew Swelling Solution in Potions class. This potion causes things to grow and expand. Its effects can be reversed with a Deflating Draught."
— Description[src]

The Swelling Solution is a potion which causes whatever it touches to swell in size; its three key ingredients (the only ingredients in it) are bat spleens, dried nettles, and puffer-fish eyes.

History

The trio decided to steal some ingredients for the Polyjuice potion from their potions teacher's private stores in their second year the day the class tried to make this potion. Harry Potter set off one of his fireworks as a diversion for Hermione Granger to get the necessary ingredients; whether intentionally or accidentally, the firework landed in Gregory Goyle's cauldron, causing the solution to explode across the class, causing the inflammation of various body parts; those splashed had to go to the professor for a Deflating Draught.[1]

Brewing instructions

Part 1

  1. Add 2 scoops of dried nettles to the mortar
  2. Add 3 puffer-fish eyes to the mortar
  3. Crush into a medium-fine powder
  4. Add 2 measures of the crushed mix to your cauldron
  5. Heat on a medium temperature for twenty seconds
  6. Wave your wand
  7. Leave to brew and return in 60 minutes (depends on the type of cauldron used)

Part 2

  1. Add 1 bat spleen to the cauldron
  2. Stir 4 times, anti-clockwise
  3. Heat to low for 30 seconds
  4. Wave your wand to complete the potion[2]

Appearances

Notes and references

Potions (class)
Wideye-or-awakening-potion
Potioneers
Arsenius Jigger · Baruffio · Bella Navarro · Bilius Finbok · Blossom Degrasse · Dai Ryusaki · Damocles Belby · Dorothy Sprottle · Erica Stainwright · Fatimah Lawang · Fleamont Potter · Gethsemane Prickle · Gilderoy Lockhart · Glossy · Glover Hipworth · Golpalott · Gregory the Smarmy · Gunhilda de Gorsemoor · Hector Dagworth-Granger · Hesper Starkey · Jalal Sehmi · J. Pippin · Laverne de Montmorency · Libatius Borage · Linfred of Stinchcombe · Mulpepper · Mundungus Fletcher · Nicolas Flamel · Phineas Bourne · Priya Treadwell · Quintia McQuoid · Regulus Moonshine · Rogue alchemist · Rubens Winikus · Sacharissa Tugwood · Skower · Tilden Toots · Dr Ubbly · Vindictus Viridian · Zenith Xeep · Zygmunt Budge
Potions at Hogwarts
Cauldron cupboard · Dungeon Five · Potions basement · Potions Classroom · Potions Club · Potions Staircase · Potion Master's office · Potions Storeroom
Professors Bartholomew · Horace Slughorn · Severus Snape · Swoopstikes · Unnamed Professor (16th century) · Aesop Sharp (19th century) · Unnamed Professor (2021)
Textbooks A Collection of Above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick, and Surgery · Advanced Potion-Making · Ingredient Encyclopedia · Magical Drafts and Potions · One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
Potions studied at Hogwarts
Ageing Potion · Amortentia · Antidotes · Antidote to Common Poisons · Antidote to garish pink blended poison · Antidote to Uncommon Poisons · Antidote to Veritaserum · Babbling Beverage · Befuddlement Draught · Calming Draught · Cheese-Based Potions · Confusing Concoction · Cough Potion · Cure for Boils · Deflating Draught · Doxycide · Draught of Living Death · Draught of Peace · Elixir to Induce Euphoria · Erumpent Potion · Essence of Insanity · Everlasting Elixirs · Felix Felicis · Fire Protection Potion · Forgetfulness Potion · The Famous French Method for the Bite of a Mad Dog · Garish pink blended poison · Garrotting Gas · Girding Potion · Hair-Raising Potion · Herbicide Potion · Hiccoughing Solution · Invigoration Draught · Laughing Potion · Mandrake Restorative Draught · Memory Potion · Pepperup Potion · Polyjuice Potion · Pompion Potion · Potion for Dreamless Sleep · Rat Tonic · Regerminating Potion · Scintillation Solution · Shrinking Solution · Skele-Gro · Strength Potion · Strengthening Solution · Swelling Solution · Undetectable Poisons · Veritaserum · Weedosoros · Wideye Potion · Wiggenweld Potion · Wit-Sharpening Potion · Wolfsbane Potion · Wound-Cleaning Potion