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nextlacotl.

Headword: 
nextlacotl.
Principal English Translation: 

an herb that is known in Yacapichtla (Cuernavaca are?), could be made into a liquid from the roots or the leaves and drunk in portions of two drams to provoke urine; it was favored for use with women who had recently given birth

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), 147.