What Wierd Ingredients Do You Use? Options

I want to kow what kind of wierd, or out of the ordinary ingredients you use in your powders, or oils? You don't have to put entire recipes as I know alot of people are secretive when it comes to their powders & oils, just some wierd single ingredients you may use to give your stuff a little oomph. Example, one ingredient I use in my cursing/war powder is powdered mosasaur tooth. I like to buy Dino fossils & petrified wood & fossilized plants & powder them & use them in my powders. Other out of the ordinary ingredients I've used are human bones & burned & powdered snake skin. So, I know some of you have SOME out of the ordinary ingredients you use, let's hear 'em ;-).

.::Sempre Bene::..::Chris::.
-Fiat Lux

yo,

soseneda, point well taken. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) I know zilch about chemistry, so the boric acid was odd for me.heh. And i'm so jealous. Making your own wine, I've wanted to do that for years now, but i'm too lazy.lol

and Gaius, for the human teeth, I used them in healing magick for my sister. We have this tradition of keeping the first baby tooth you lose. So when she was sick at one point, I used the tooth and personal item and charged it in the fashion of a talisman. It worked quite well.
As for other uses, I'm not sure. Maybe have to look into some Shamanism.
Peace