Khalilaj - myrobalans

Essence.
They are yellow - immature; black - Indian, quite mature and fatter, as well as Kabul, larger than all others, and Chinese - thin and light.

Choice.
The best ones are yellow, bright yellow, turning greenish, heavy, full, hard. The best Kabul myrobalans are blue, heavy, sinking in water, and reddish. And among the Chinese, the best are those with a beak-like appendage.

Nature.
They say that yellow myrobalans are hotter than black ones and that Indian ones are less cold than Kabul ones. However, they are all cold in the first degree and dry in the second.

Actions and properties.
All types of myrobalans suppress bile and help with its action.

Cosmetics.
Myrobalans clear the complexion.

Tumors and acne.
Myrobalans of all types help against leprosy.

Organs of the head.
Kabul myrobalans sharpen the senses, memory and mind, and are also useful for headaches.

Organs of the eye.
Yellow myrobalans help relax the eye muscles; in powder form they drive away matter that flows into the eye.

Respiratory and chest organs.
In the form of a drink, they help against heart failure and heart anguish.

Nutritional organs.
Myrobalans help with pain in the spleen and are beneficial for all nutritional organs, especially both black types. They strengthen the stomach, especially in the form of jam. Myrobalans promote the digestion of food, strengthen the folds on the inner walls of the stomach with their tanning, cleansing and absorbing properties. Yellow myrobalans are an excellent tanning agent for the stomach, as are black ones; The Chinese are weaker than the Kabul ones. Kabul ones cause nausea; they help against dropsy.

Eruption organs.
Kabul and Indian myrobalans, fried in olive oil, strengthen, and yellow ones drive away yellow bile and a little mucus. Black myrobalans relieve black bile and help with kidney problems; Kabul myrobalans drive out black bile and mucus; they say that the Kabul people help with kulanj. Kabul myrobalans, soaked in water, are drunk for relaxation at a time from five to eleven dirhams, and not soaked - up to two dirhams, I will say - even more. And the yellow ones, I will say, can be drunk up to ten dirhams or more, crushed and diluted in water.

Fevers.
Kabul myrobalans are useful for old fevers.