Tarfa - tamarisk, comb

Actions and properties.
Tamarisk knits, peels and cleanses without being too drying; its juice cleanses and dries; its cleansing effect is stronger than its drying effect, and when drying it also astringent. As for its fruits, they are very astringent.

Tamarisk has a bit of a thinning effect that green ink nuts don't have. In all other circumstances, tamarisk is sometimes used instead of green ink nuts.

Cosmetics.
Its decoction is used in washes against lice, and this kills them.

Tumors and acne.
A medicinal bandage of tamarisk leaves is applied to loose tumors.

Wounds and ulcers.
Tamarisk smoke dries wet sores and pockmarks; its powder and ash are sprinkled on fire burns and wet ulcers; its fruits and ash dry out difficult-to-heal ulcers and eat away wild meat.

Organs of the head.
Gargling with a decoction of its leaves in wine is beneficial for toothache. Tamarisk, and especially its fruits, prevents tooth erosion.

Organs of the eye.
Tamarisk fruits replace tannin nuts and khudad for eye diseases.

Respiratory and chest organs.
Tamarisk, especially its fruit, helps with chronic bleeding.

Nutritional organs.
A medicinal dressing made from tamarisk shoots boiled in vinegar helps against spleen diseases. For diseases of the spleen, tamarisk is drunk in wine in which its leaves and branches were boiled. Its wood is used to make drinking cups for those suffering from spleen problems.

Eruption organs.
Tamarisk is useful for chronic diarrhea. It is planted in a decoction during discharge from the uterus, from which its seeds are also introduced into the vagina and its fruits are drunk.