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Tequam-maitl

Subchapter 1d

Scurf or head-scald. The head is to be washed with urine. Then the roots of the huitz-quilitl, tezon-patli, tequam-maitl, tetzmi-xochitl, groundup with the bark of the copal-quahuitl and atoya-xocotl, are to be applied to the head.
https://archive.org/details/aztec-herbal-of-1552/page/10

Tiña o escaldadura de la cabeza. Se debe lavar la cabeza con orina. Luego se aplican sobre la cabeza las raíces de huitz-quilitl, tezon-patli, tequam-maitl, tetzmi-xochitl, molidas con la corteza de copal-quahuitl y atoya-xocotl.

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Leaf traces by: Daniel H. Chitwood, Michigan State University, USA