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[She should] walk slowly on foot in cheerful and heart-opening [pleasant] places; use as food non-fasting, light things; and observe a regimen just as is written in Article 18. Whenever she feels improvement and sees that her strength has returned to its place, and in its proper time the sign of the coming of the female root [the menses] begins to stir, as is written in Article 154, she must use concerning this the means written in Article 155. 160. If the monthly flow of the female root comes in its customary order, it will keep women free from many kinds of diseases; and the contrary of this, when it does not appear [lit. fall into the light] at its proper time, or is cut off contrary to order, then it becomes the cause of severe illnesses, as is written below. Therefore, one must assist [it] when the signs appear for the first time (read Article 155) at the age of twelve or fourteen years. At these times one must strive so that the natural order may operate with ease: A. If she be sweated, she must not lie down in wet clothing. B. She must not drink cold and sour drinks. C. She must not work much. D. She must not wet her feet, nor walk barefoot. E. She must beware of sudden fright. 161. Besides the rules of caution mentioned above—which, if they are not observed, can cause great harm to the regular coming of the natural flow in women—there are also other harmful occurrences; for example, it is very harmful if adolescent girls, upon the first and sudden appearance of the female root's regular course, out of their inexperience, or fear, or shame, instead of informing their parents, secretly wash the private member with cold water. From this the blood is cut off, and it harms the health greatly. 162. From the natural flow of the female root failing to come or being cut off, diverse ailments appear; for example: dropsical swelling of the feet and hands, likewise also upon the head, chest, and shoulder blades (*t‘iak‘ner*), as well as pain in the belly and knees, vomiting mixed with blood, and the like. To cure this disease one must proceed thus: A. [Apply] a warmed woolen cloth [*shal*] or...