Sadaf - shell and molluscs that form shells

Properties.
Meat from the shell of land snails, if ground and smeared on the body, becomes very drying. Burnt purple shells have the ability to drive away winds and purify. Their power is a caustic, stimulating power; all shells, if consumed as they are, draw out arrowheads and bone fragments.

Cosmetics.
The valves of all shells and their burnt scales bring together the bahak, and the shell, as it is, extends the ends of large arrows. Boiling purple shell in olive oil and applying the oil to your hair will prevent hair loss.

Tumors and acne.
The sticky mucus of the snail - it is called its pus - if mixed with frankincense, sabur and myrrh so that the mixture reaches the thickness of honey, dries tumors arising at the base of the ear, and if it finds moisture deeply penetrated into the ear, it cures it. diseases.

Wounds and ulcers.
Burnt purple shells heal ulcers, cleanse and heal them; burnt shells with salt, in powder form, help against fire burns; they are left on the burn until the burn dries.

Burnt shells of all kinds help against jarab. The shells with their meat are useful for wounds, especially if the wounds are on nerves; “shells” are pounded with frankincense and myrrh, as well as mill dust, and they glue |the wounds. Galen tried to use the snail as it was.

Tools with joints.
Shells soothe pain and dissolve tumors in gout. They are applied as they are, in the form of a medicinal bandage, to all joint tumors.

Organs of the head.
Burnt purple shells, especially when burned with salt, have the property of cleaning teeth. The shells, crushed as they are, with vinegar, stop nosebleeds.

Organs of the eye.
All kinds of shells with meat, burnt and washed, are included in eye powders and eliminate thickening of the eyelids, cataracts and veils. If you burn the shell, known as “ancient talina,” mix it with kitran and grind it, and then drip this mixture onto your eyelids, this will prevent hair from growing. The sticky mucus present on land shells sticks to the eyelashes that have tucked under the eyelids. They say that if the sticky mucus of the snail, which has already been mentioned, is smeared on the forehead, it stops the matter pouring out to the eye and also sticks the hairs.

Nutritional organs.
Meat from the shells, called furfuras, is good for the stomach, and meat from the shells, not boiled or fried, soothes stomach pain. If you drink purple shell with vinegar, it will resolve the swelling of the spleen. If medicinal dressings are made from shells for dropsy, they are not removed until the dropsy subsides. They should be left until they fall off on their own. Horsemeat land snails are very effective in this regard, as they are very drying.

Eruption organs.
The meat of the purple shell does not soften the nature, but the meat of the shell, called talinus in Syria, while it is fresh, and especially the decoction from it, softens the stomach. The effect of a decoction of small shells is the same. If you fumigate those suffering from “uterine strangulation” with purple shells, it will bring benefits. Such fumigation expels the afterbirth, and fumigation with fragrant, as well as Babylonian and Kulzum shells that are found on the seashore, also helps against “suffocation of the uterus” and brings to life those affected by epilepsy attacks; their smell is reminiscent of the smell of a beaver stream. The shells, if inserted into the vagina, promote menstruation.

He says: “The shells known as kuhliya, if burned as they are, and mixed with their ashes green ink nuts and white pepper, are extremely useful for ulcers in the intestines, while these ulcers are fresh and not putrefied.” By weight they take: four parts of ash, two parts of ink nuts, one part of pepper; This mixture is sprinkled on food and eaten or given to drink with wine.

Poisons.
Conch meat is useful against the bite of a rabid dog.