^ 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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