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...[let them] drink [it] with water for up to ten days; it is beneficial for venereal discharge (gonorrhea), [but only] at that time when there is neither pain nor burning. *Mixtura Delpech*, Lat. It is a prepared medicine; drinking one spoonful four times a day is very useful for seminal discharge (gonorrhea), [yet] only at that time when there is no burning during urination and the lower canal does not ache at night. *Mixtura Chopart*, Lat. This also possesses one and the same virtue as mentioned above. *Unguentum basiliconis*, Lat. A prepared ointment, chestnut-brown [in color]; use it with linted linen for every kind of wound. *Unguentum nervinum*, Lat. It is a green ointment, beneficial for pain of the sinews, [to be] applied by rubbing twice a day. *Pasta althaeae*, Lat. It is a prepared medicine for children's coughs; give [it] to the child to suck. *Pasta liquiritiae*, Lat. This also possesses the same virtue. *Pulvis pro infantibus*, Lat. It is a prepared powder; administer ten grains to drink three times a day; it is very good for children's colic and diarrhea. *Radix jalapa*, Lat. Jalap, Arm. If one *miskhal* of this and two *miskhal*s of tartar are rubbed together and made into powder, and given to drink in the morning on an empty stomach, it will purge, kill worms, and is also beneficial for dropsy. *Radix tormentillae*, Lat. Tormentil, Arm. This is beneficial for bloody diarrhea; take two *miskhal*s of this, one *grvank'ay* of water, boil gently, strain, cool, and give to drink within one day, dividing [it] into three portions. *Radix valerianae*, Lat. Valerian, Arm. Let them boil the measure of six *miskhal*s in water and drink [it]; it is beneficial for one who has worms, for hemicrania, for the spitting of blood, and for a debilitated patient. *Species pectorales*, Lat. It is a chosen mixture of herbs and flowers; drinking it morning and evening like tea is beneficial for a cough. *Spiritus lavandulae*, Lat. Spirit of lavender, Arm. Three [times] a day...

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