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Subchapter 7k

Dysentery. The following serve well against dysentery: leaves of the herb tlacomatl, leaves of the xa-xocotl, almonds, laurel, almond husks, pine bark, the quetzal-ylin, the ylin, capul-xihuitl and alectorium, deer’s horn burned to ashes, greens and grain ground up in hot water. The liquor is then to be taken into the rear parts by injection.
https://archive.org/details/aztec-herbal-of-1552/page/53

Diarrea disenteriforme. Contra la disentería sirven bien: hojas de la hierba tlacomatl, hojas del xa-xocotl, almendras, laurel, cáscaras de almendra, corteza de pino, el quetzal-ylin, el ylin, capul-xihuitl y alectorium, cuerno de venado quemado hasta cenizas, verduras y granos triturados en agua caliente. El licor se administra por las partes traseras mediante inyección.

Subchapter 9j

Wounds. An inflicted wound will heal if the juice from the bark of the ylin tree, the root of the tlal-ahuehuetl bush, wax salve and yolk of egg be injected.
https://archive.org/details/aztec-herbal-of-1552/page/84

Heridas. Una herida causada sanará si se inyecta jugo de la corteza del árbol ylin, raíz del arbusto tlal-ahuehuetl, ungüento de cera y yema de huevo.

Subchapter 9o

Dyspepsia, or difficult digestion. When any one by reason of overloading the stomach becomes constipated, give him cypress nuts, laurel leaves, the root of the plant zaca-matlalin, the bark of the blackberry bush, the cherry and the ylin tree, with the root of the tonatiuh-yxiuh, which is red as bright gold. Then crushed together in acid water let them be boiled with honey; the liquor drunk aids wonderfully in clearing the bowels.
https://archive.org/details/aztec-herbal-of-1552/page/89

Dispepsia o digestión difícil. Cuando alguien, por haber sobrecargado el estómago, se constipa, se le dan nueces de ciprés, hojas de laurel, la raíz de la planta zaca-matlalin, la corteza del arbusto de zarzamora, del cerezo y del árbol ylin, con la raíz del tonatiuh-yxiuh, que es roja como el oro brillante. Todo se tritura junto en agua acidulada y se hierve con miel; el licor bebido ayuda maravillosamente a limpiar los intestinos.

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Leaf traces by: Lachlann Simms, Acadia University, Canada