See an image that represents patli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
yehica ypan ycuiliuhtica yn teotlatolli y nepapan xihuitl yn çacapahtli = because in holy scripture are written the various herbs and "grass medicines" (Central Mexico, 1552)
Fray Alonso de Molina, Nahua Confraternities in Early Colonial Mexico: The 1552 Nahuatl Ordinances of fray Alonso de Molina, OFM, ed. and trans., Barry D. Sell (Berkeley: Academy of American Franciscan History, 2002), 84–85.
iztac pahtli, yztacpahtli = an herbal medicine in the form of drops put in the nose to cure headaches (Note: the Florentine Codex, Book 11, folio 172v, states that another name for iztac patli is tezonpatli or tezompatli; SW)
Martín de la Cruz, Libellus de medicinalibus indorum herbis; manuscrito azteca de 1552; segun traducción latina de Juan Badiano; versión española con estudios comentarios por diversos autores (Mexico: Fondo de Cultural Económica; Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 1991), 27 [16r.].
xoxouhqui pahtli = an herb whose seed was used in curing purulent ears
Martín de la Cruz, Libellus de medicinalibus indorum herbis; manuscrito azteca de 1552; segun traducción latina de Juan Badiano; versión española con estudios comentarios por diversos autores (Mexico: Fondo de Cultural Económica; Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 1991), 27 [14v.].
"The word patle/patli (sometimes compared to bebedizo or yerbas) is used frequently in an ecclesiastical court investigation in 1573 in Tuxpan, Jalisco: AGN, Inq., vol. 116, exp. 2. What I find interesting is that these words are not translated or explained by the Spanish notaries who transcribe them, which suggests that monolingual Spanish speakers readily understood them."
Personal communication, Martin Nesvig. June 6, 2017.