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Tzon-pilihuiz-xihuitl

Variants:

  • tzonpilihuiz-xihuitl

Morphemes:

  • Tzon/hair
  • Xihuitl/herbs, green leaves

Subchapter 4a

Catarrh. One who has running at the nose or a cold will be helped by smelling the plants a-toch-ietl and tzonpilihuiz-xihuitl, and the catarrh thus cured.
https://archive.org/details/aztec-herbal-of-1552/page/24

Catarro. Quien sufre de secreción nasal o resfriado se beneficiará oliendo las plantas a-toch-ietl y tzonpilihuiz-xihuitl, y así se cura el catarro.

Subchapter 7g

Medicine to kill worms. Let the herbs tzonpilihuiz-xihuitl and ahhuachcho tonatiuh-yxiuh be ground with frankincense and boiled. Let the broth well cooked be clarified and then drunk, which will get rid of the worms.
https://archive.org/details/aztec-herbal-of-1552/page/51

Medicina para matar lombrices. Las hierbas tzonpilihuiz-xihuitl y ahhuachcho tonatiuh-yxiuh se trituran con incienso y se hierven. El caldo bien cocido se clarifica y luego se bebe, lo cual eliminará las lombrices.

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