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tozpatli.

Headword: 
tozpatli.
Principal English Translation: 

an herb, something like a fern, believed to have medicinal value; it grows in warm and humid places in Tepuztlan (Tepoztlan); to alleviate pain in the stomach and constipation

The Mexican Treasury: The Writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández, ed. Simon Varey, transl. Rafael Chabrán, Cynthia L. Chamberlin, and Simon Varey (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000), 139–40.

Orthographic Variants: 
tuzpatli, tuzpahtli, tozpahtli
themes: 
Health, Sickness, Wellness, Medicine