The user must prepare a bowl fulled with children bones and an amount of red powder made from unknown ingredients. A Latin incantation must be recited before the mixture ignited: "Cruciatus letumque. Crucianti!" (in Latin, 'Torture and death, agonize!") The target will immediately cough up a large amount of blood. However, with a simple gesture, the user is capable of stopping the effects of this spell.