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Huitzihtzil-xochitl

Variants:

  • huitzitzil-xochitl

Morphemes:

  • Huitzihtzil/colibri
  • Xochitl/flower

Subchapter 8k

Against lassitude. One fatigued will be restored if the feet be bathed in choice liquor, with the ahuiyac-xihuitl or tlatlanquaye, tlatlaolton, itzcuin-patli, xiuh-ecapatli, iztauh-yatl, the huitzihtzil-xochitl flower, and the stones tetlahuitl, tlaca-huatzin and eztetl, to be crushed in hot water.
https://archive.org/details/aztec-herbal-of-1552/page/66

Contra el cansancio. Uno fatigado se restaurará si se le bañan los pies en un licor escogido, con ahuiyac-xihuitl o tlatlanquaye, tlatlaolton, itzcuin-patli, xiuh-ecapatli, iztauh-yatl, la flor huitzihtzil-xochitl y las piedras tetlahuitl, tlaca-huatzin y eztetl, todo triturado en agua caliente.

Subchapter 12a

Infantile skin eruptions. Phthiriasis, or the skin breaking out on infants, is cured by anointing the body with a poultice made from the seeds of the well known michi-huauhtli, red incense, grain, which are to be burned; then the plant tlatlanquaye, leaves of the huitzitzil-xochitl, the root of the tlal-ahuehuetl and tla-yapaloni, laurel leaves, xiuh-ecapatli leaves from which the acid water is to be drawn; let the boy also drink medicine made from white earth, the small white stones gathered from the bottom in flowing water, the stone a-camallo-tetl and coltotzin, the bush tlal-mizquitl, and points ground in water.
https://archive.org/details/aztec-herbal-of-1552/page/113

Erupciones cutáneas infantiles. La ftiriasis, o las erupciones en la piel de los niños, se cura untando el cuerpo con una cataplasma hecha de las semillas del conocido michi-huauhtli, incienso rojo, grano, que deben quemarse; luego la planta tlatlanquaye, hojas del huitzitzil-xochitl, la raíz del tlal-ahuehuetl y tla-yapaloni, hojas de laurel, hojas de xiuh-ecapatli de las cuales se extrae el agua ácida; que el niño también beba medicina hecha de tierra blanca, las pequeñas piedras blancas recogidas del fondo en aguas corrientes, la piedra a-camallo-tetl y coltotzin, el arbusto tlal-mizquitl, y puntas molidas en agua.

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Leaf traces by: Mariana Jaired Ruíz Amaro, Laboratory of Agrigenomic Sciences, ENES Unidad León, México