Medicine

Medicine is an item that can heal sick villagers and cure bee stings. If a villager is sick, the player must go to the shop owned by Tom Nook and purchase some medicine for 400 Bells. An animal's sickness may last a week, and sometimes even longer, so be prepared to help it through. He/she will give the player an item for their gratitude after their sickness is cured, as well as a verbal praise after each dose of medicine. If you talk to them and don't have any medicine, make sure you ask them if they're okay- don't say, "Never mind!" or "I don't need you," because that will only make them feel worse. Also, don't say, "Need medicine?" if you don't even have any in the first place; it will confuse them and may lead them to "tasting clouds" or hallucinating other things. The only benefit of having a villager ill is that they will never try to move out the whole time they are sick. You should still give them medicine at least once; you will still receive a prize at the end.

Symptoms
Common syptoms of sickness are shivering, feeling depressed, sneezing during conversations and staying inside all day. The sick villager will have little purple and black swirling spirals around their head, and the background music (BGM) will change to a downbeat tune when you enter their house (the music stays the same as the original in Wild World). The first day or first few days of their illness you might not see the purple spirals, but if you go near them they will start to shiver.

Bee stings
Once you shake a tree and see a bee hive fall out, a swarm of bees will come and attack and sting you. Medicine works as a cure for a bee sting, however the sting will disappear if you save and restart the game (make sure you do save- otherwise Resetti the mole will appear and give you a lecture about how you didn't save). It is advisable to save your medicine and thus your money for your sick villagers!