Donkey milk even exist). In addition, the flavour and appearance of donkey milk have been found to be attractive to children. Equid (donkey and horse) milk can be considered a suitable substrate for probiotic beverage production. The use of fermented equid milk is an ancient tradition in central Asia, like koumiss or airag, a fermented mares milk very popular in Asia and Russia; but there are also traditional variants made from donkey milk. In Mongolia, where koumiss is the national drink, people have a saying that ‘kumys cures 40 diseases’. It is said that Cleopatra, Queen of Ancient Egypt, took baths in
Charmion (servant to Cleopatra) Charmion (servant to Cleopatra) Charmion (; ), alternatively Charmian, was a trusted servant and advisor to Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Contrary to what is generally believed, Plutarch in his "Life of Antony" writes that Charmion managed the principal affairs of Cleopatra's government therefore, she held an important position in Cleopatra's trusted circle. In his "Parallel Lives" biography of Mark Antony, Plutarch noted that Augustus Caesar "had a decree made, declaring war on Cleopatra, and depriving Antony of the authority which he had let a woman exercise in his place. Caesar added that [Antony] had drunk potions that had bereaved him