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tetzmitl.

Headword: 
tetzmitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a medicinal plant used for curing swollen eyes

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), 25 [13r.].

IPAspelling: 
tetsmitɬ
Alonso de Molina: 

tetzmitl. cierta yerua.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 111v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

"The herb called the tétzmitl of Tonalla . . . cures pains in all parts of the body; it stimulates the desire to eat; it gets rid of pimples on the face; it provokes vomiting; and it cures burns."
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), 137.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

una planta medicinal plant usada para curar ojos hinchados
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), 25 [13r.].

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