Chamaepitys original: chāmāfīṭus; Ground-pine (continued)

A botanical illustration of a plant, likely Spikenard (Sunbul). It features a central cluster of thick, winding green roots or lower stems from which several thin, branching stalks grow upwards. These stalks terminate in small, circular, brownish-yellow clusters representing flowers or seeds. The style is traditional for Islamic medicinal manuscripts, using line work and watercolor washes.

It is a plant with heads similar to the leaves of wheat original: al-ḥinṭa, except that it is longer and more slender. It possesses stalks about a span original: shibr; approximately 9 inches in length that are covered with five or six leaves, which emerge from the ground. Its flower is similar to the lesser Gentian original: al-janṭiyānā al-aṣghar, though it is smaller than it. It is extremely bitter, and its root is white and thin. It is used as an infusion in perfumes original: al-ṭīb and grows in the wilderness.

If a quantity of three obols original: awbūlūsāt; an ancient Greek unit of weight of its leaves is drunk daily with oxymel original: sakanjabīn; a medicinal mixture of honey and vinegar diluted in water, and this is continued for forty or fifty consecutive days, it is effective against sciatica original: ‘irq al-nisā. Furthermore, if this same amount is drunk with water every day and persisted in for six or seven days, it is beneficial for jaundice original: al-yaraqān.