Xabas is slag

Choice.
Iron slag is the most drying material.

Nature.
Iron slag is dry to the third degree, and copper slag is close to it; other slags are less hot.

Actions and properties.
All slags are dried, and iron slag dries the most; they all dry out fluids in the body.

Tumors and acne.
Iron slag dissolves hot tumors.

Wounds and ulcers.
Silver slag helps against jarab and safa; it heals ulcers and prevents bleeding from renal cones and fistulas.

Organs of the eye.
Iron slag helps against roughness of the eyelids, and tin slag is useful for eye ulcers, replacing lead oxide.

Nutritional organs.
Iron slag strengthens the stomach and absorbs moisture from it, stopping the stomach from relaxing if it is given to drink in old nabiz or drunk in boiled wine.

Eruption organs.
Iron slag helps against bleeding and kidney bumps, especially if the patient is put in an old nabiz with this slag. Slag prevents pregnancy and stops excessive menstruation; in this respect it is extremely useful, as well as in relation to urinary incontinence. In the form of an ointment, it strengthens the anus.

Poisons.
The iron slag in shikanjubin protects against harm caused by a drug called furinthus.