He said it was the "counter poison" to any physical, mental, or spiritual threat.

In his lips he holds a spell and in one hand he grasps a herb to counter poison.

Here are a few examples: Armadillo Counter Poison Pill, an all-purpose antidote: scales of the pangolin (a protected anteater species), ground freshwater turtle shell and orchids.

In a speech today at a conference on countering poison gas and germ warfare, Richard A. Clarke, the Administration's national coordinator for anti-terrorism programs, said that Attorney General Janet Reno is completing the new structure, which she would announce next week.

Frodo lying bound and naked; he has recovered his wits owing to a draught given him by orcs to counter poison - but he has talked in his delirium and revealed his name and his country, though not his errand.