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All natural, in the sense of not having been made in a particle accelerator.
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That one needs an explain-smbc...
Anyway, looks like "green vitriol" = iron sulfate (so it's enriched with iron), "spirit of hartshorn" = amonia (spoiled beans certainly release lots of this), "brimstone" = sulfur, "quicksilver" = mercury, and "aquafortis" = nitrates (on this context, but also nitric acid - afaik, our bodies can't use nitrates for anything).
(EDIT: yes, quicksilver is mercury, not lead.)
Where are you seeing aquafortis
All from the first result in Duckduckgo. Mostly wikipedia, but I got "aqua fortis" on some dictionary.