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"Dragon Blood can be used as an ingredient in potion brewing."
— Description[src]

Dragon blood was the blood of any of the many species of dragon.

Description[]

It had a number of magical properties and was fairly expensive to buy bottled. It had twelve uses, the discoveries of which were typically all credited to the famous Hogwarts Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore,[7] although Ivor Dillonsby claimed that he had already discovered eight of them and that Dumbledore "borrowed" his notes.[8] The twelfth use was as an oven cleaner,[3] and some other uses included being a spot remover,[4] being a cure for verruca,[5] and being used in the brewing of the Wolfsbane Potion.[6]

Dragon blood seemed to have a notable taste, as Dumbledore was able to distinguish it from human blood by placing a small amount in his mouth in 1996. He was, however, the foremost expert on the substance, and the distinction may have been too subtle for anybody else.[2]

History of use[]

In 1995, Rubeus Hagrid used a bloody dragon steak to help with his injuries after being attacked by Giants during his ill-fated Mission to the Giant colony.[9]

The very next year, Horace Slughorn used dragon blood to try to fool Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter, pretending to have been attacked by Death Eaters in the Muggle house where he stayed.[2]

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