خِطْمِىٌّ
Root: خطم
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خِطْمِىٌّ
and خَطْمِىٌّ, or, accord. to Az, the latter only, the former being incorrect, but the former is the more common, [Althæa; the althæa officinalis of Linn.; i. e. marsh-mallow;] a certain plant with which, or with a preparation of which, the head is washed; a well-known preparation for washing the head: it is a dissolvent, suppurative, lenitive; good for dysury, and the stone, and sciatica, and ulcer of the bowels, and tremour, and for the suppuration of wounds, and the allaying of pain; and, with vinegar, for the [species of leprosy termed] بَهَق; and for toothache, used as a gargle; and for the sting or bite of venomous reptiles and the like, and for burns; the mixing of its seed with water, or its bruised stem or root, causes it to congeal; and its mucilage, extracted by hot water, is beneficial to the sterile woman.
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