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tlatlacotic.

Headword: 
tlatlacotic.
Principal English Translation: 

the root of this plant was used to treat a pressure in the chest related to anxiety

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), 41 [27r].

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

la raíz de esta plana se usaba en contra de la opresión molesta del pecho, o "cuando el pecho se siente oprimido como por una repleción y se halla angustiado"
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), 41 [27r].

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