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axixpatli.

Headword: 
axixpatli.
Principal English Translation: 

medicinal plant for treating urinary disorders (see Karttunen)

Orthographic Variants: 
āxīxpahtli
IPAspelling: 
ɑːʃiːʃpɑhtɬi
Frances Karttunen: 

ĀXĪXPAH-TLI medicinal plant for treating urinary disorders / nombre de tres plantas medicinales (R) [(1)Rp.64]. See ĀXĪX-TLI, PAH-TLI.
Frances Karttunen, An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992), 15.

Attestations from sources in English: 

This plant derives from the area of Cuernavaca, especial Xochitepec and Cuernavaca itself, in flat and wild places. The roots were mashed and made into a diuretic, to clear obstructions to urination. A similar plant with the same name and used for the same purpose was observed near Quauhquechollan (here spelled "Quauhquechulla").
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), 148.

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Health, Sickness, Wellness, Medicine
Plants, Trees, Flora