Fuklaminus - cyclamen

Essence.
They say that this is bakhur maryam, that is, a type of artanis.

Properties.
Its power is cleansing with tearing off juices, opening, resolving. It is a strong diaphoretic if you drink it and it drives out urine.

Cosmetics.
If you drink it no more than three mithqals in grape must or diluted honey water, it cures jaundice. The patient should lie down and cover himself with many items of clothing to release profuse perspiration the color of bile.

Cyclamen rhizome cleanses the skin and reduces freckles, and its decoction is useful for cracks from the cold. Olive oil, which is heated on hot ashes in its hollowed out rhizome, also works.

Tumors and acne.
Cyclamen rhizome reduces acne, and its squeezed juice, whether fresh or dry, resolves hardenings, swelling of the spleen, mumps and abscesses. The rhizome also eliminates prickly heat.

Wounds and ulcers.
If the rhizome of cyclamen is mixed with vinegar and honey or consumed alone, it heals wounds before they become old, and if you pour the decoction on your head, it is suitable for ulcers that form on it.

Tools with joints.
It is useful for “nerve constriction” and for gout - and all this in a medicinal bandage.

Organs of the head.
If you mix cyclamen with wine, it will become very intoxicating. Its juice is sometimes put into the nose to clear the head. If you pour its decoction on your head, it is suitable for ulcers that form on it. It also soothes cold headaches.

Organs of the eye.
Cyclamen juice with honey is suitable for treating cataracts in the eye and weakened vision; It also works well in the form of nasal drops.

Respiratory system.
There are people who give its rhizome to drink to those suffering from asthma.

Nutritional organs.
Medicinal dressings for the spleen are made from cyclamen and vinegar.

Eruption organs.
If you drink it with honey water, it removes mucus and watery chyme. In the form of a drink or when inserted into the vagina, it drives menstruation. Some claim that fresh cyclamen causes miscarriage, and that if it is tied around the neck or arm, it prevents conception. It is inserted into the anus in a woolen cloth to relax the stomach. If it is applied to the navel, bladder area, abdomen and sides, it softens the stomach and expels the fetus. It quickly kills the fruit, and its squeezed juice has a stronger effect in this case. If you mix cyclamen juice with vinegar and lubricate the prolapsed rectum with it, this returns it inside. Its squeezed juice opens the mouths of the vessels located in the anus, and its rhizome, in the form of a drink or inserted into the vagina, drives menstruation. If you drink five dirhams of its rhizomes in honey, it will cause severe relaxation. At one time it is given to drink up to four darachmi.

Poisons.
It is drunk in wine against deadly drugs and poisons, especially from the sea hare.