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^ Ghayat Al-Hakim ^
cures from most of the hot poison and cold poison and
from snakes and scorpions poisons.
As for the bite of a snake you need to compress very
fine grinded radish on the wound and the ground radish
will ease the pain and suck the poison out of the body- If
you realize reader all the wisdom, magical charms and
talismans that 1 have brought to your attention about all
the other nation's knowledge in this field, is nothing but a
sign for Allah's great wisdom and blessings that I can't
thank him enough for.
There is another charm that Masy Al-Surany has tried
and that is by taking three dirhams of laurel tree leaves
and seven dirhams of its branches, two dirhams of its
seeds. Dry and grind very fine like powder then add half
of the total weight of the other ingredients and human
feces and kneed all with soft honey and do not make more
then this amount. Then store mis mixture in a silver or
gold container and use it as an antidote for all poison. The
ancients also used to hang laurel trees branches in terrified
little children's rooms to stop their nightmares and fears
and it is very beneficial for them. Also they said if you
plant the laurel tree in the house it would keep evil away
and it would increase the good morals of the people in the
house and they would have a better nature. There is
another plant called shilam and it is a Persian name, this
plant numbs the brain and causes loss of eye sight, it is
very harmful and it is used as an anesthetic. Rawahty said
that the shilam is a kind of anesthetic that anesthetize
people and make them lose their minds and tie their
tongues so they cannot talk or move and that is something
the evil people and the swindler robbers do to rob people's
money and property. Rawahty also said that the shilam is
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