Ointments against bites

Lubricate the bitten area with white or blue oil, garlic as it is or boiled with melted butter, or beaver stream with olive oil, or squeezed leek juice that has not been touched by water. River mint perfectly draws out poison, just like sulfur with urine or the meat of chicken and rooster, they are opened alive and a medicinal bandage from their insides is applied to the bite, which is changed every hour; this remedy is used in the form of a medicinal bandage. Some people say that chicken is very hot by nature and because of this the copper, sand and pebbles it swallows melt, it seems that this property is inherent only in the crop and stomach, but not in other places.

They also apply dressings with salt, vinegar or ox gall to the bites, thyme, asphodel leaves and ash with vinegar, especially the ash of fig wood or grapevines, mainly at the beginning, as well as boiled zift with salt. It is said that a dressing of garlic, salt and goat feces helps against any bite except that of a snake  al-asalat al-summ, and a dressing of noora with honey and olive oil helps even against asala.

They also take mustard, vinegar and nour and spread it over the bite with soapy water or kitran, or boil zift with salt and spread it. Boiling olive oil works well when poured over bites, even viper bites; this is one of the medicinal remedies of the inhabitants of Egypt, and it is an excellent cautery. Onions with oatmeal and a plaster prepared with salt, or a plaster with soda also help. Good waterings include hot sea water, by itself or with mustard, as well as a decoction of boiled live locusts and weasels in the form of an ointment.