Undoing of Aiguillettes (impotence for a Time)
Know, O Vizir (God be good to you!), that impotence arises from three causes:
Firstly, from the tying of aiguillettes.191
Secondly, from a feeble and relaxed constitution.
And thirdly, from too premature ejaculation.
To cure the tying of aigullettes you must take galanga,192 cinnamon from Mecca, cloves, Indian cachou,193 nutmeg, Indian cubebs, sparrow-wort,194 cinnamon, Persian pepper, Indian thistle,195 cardamoms,196 pyrether, laurelseed, and gillyflowers. All these ingredients must be pounded together carefully, and one drinks of it as much as one can, morning and night, in broth, particularly in pigeon broth; fowl broth may, however, be substituted just as well. Water is to be drunk before and after taking it. The compound may likewise be taken with money, which is the best method, and gives the best results.
The man whose ejaculation is too precipitate must take nutmeg and incense (oliban)197 mixed together with honey.
If the impotence arises from ............