An Aztec Herbal by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780486140346
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2012-09-06T04:00:00+00:00

Cure of festering or swelling gums

Pains of the teeth and gums are allayed by scarifying and properly purifying the gums, while the seeds and root of the nettle, rubbed up with yolk of egg and white honey, are applied to the festered part.

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Toothache

Weak and decaying teeth are first to be punctured by a dead tooth. Then the root of the tall plant teo-nochtli is to be ground up and burned with deer’s horn; these precious stones iztac-quetzaliztli, chichiltic tapachtli and a little poorly ground farina should be heated with salt; all these wrapped in a cloth are to be compressed on the teeth for a while, especially on those where the injury or trouble with the pain is felt severely. Finally white frankincense and the kind of ointment we call xochi-ocotzotl are burnt over the coals, with the odor whereof a coarse pad of cotton is impregnated, and then is kept moving frequently between the cheeks, so as best to reach the pain spot.

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