Recipe of a beneficial electuary for both chronic and recent cough and it also facilitates expectoration [f.122vº]
This electuary is amazing and well known for chest diseases treatment.

Take licorice root, poppy seed, white tragacanth, weakling and spikenard, from each, 30 dirhams; and  gum arabic, licorice syrup, sweet flag, broad bean flour, ennel seed, lettuce seed, starch, purslane seed and peeled sweet pumpkin seed, from each, 5 dirhams. Then, crush, sift and knead it with honey. The dose is 3 dirhams.

2. Recipe of an electuary made with poppy from Isḥāq ibn ‘Imrān [7] beneficial for all chest diseases due to colds and bad cough [f.122vº-f.123rº]
Take 30 dirhams of peeled licorice root, after having crushed ind sifted it some times; weakling, spikenard and peeled sweet almond, from each, 36 dirhams; white tragacanth, gum arabic and broad bean flour, from each, 1 ounce; 10 dirhams of barley; [f.123rº] coriander, maidenhair, fennel seed, anise and purslane seed, from each, 1 ounce; and 20 dirhams of poppy seed. Crush each one  separately, sift what you like and knead it with honey. Then, it is collected in a flat clay container and used according to the patient´s symptoms.

3. Recipe of a beneficial remedy for cough with fever and thick sputum difficult to expectorate [f.125rº]
Take 10 dirhams of maidenhair; 5 dirhams of melon seed; and sealing wax, cucumber seed and broad bean flour, from each, 5 dirhams. Everything is combined, previously crushed and sieved, and it kneaded with violet syrup. The dose is 4 dirhams.

4. Recipe of beneficial poppy pills for dry cough as well as for catarrhs and colds [f.125rº-f.125vº]
Take 30 dirhams of white poppy; pumpkin seed, cucumber seed and white henbane seed, from each, 15 dirhams; and starch and gum Arabic, from each, 15 dirhams. Everything is combined, previously crushed, sieved and kneaded with psyllium mucilage, and make with this some pills of 3 dirhams in weight, The dose is one pill taken with poppy syrup and barley wáter. It is good for cough with fever and sputum.

5. Recipe of an oil composed by Ibn Al-Jazzār [8] for a young woman who was suffering from a dry cough [f.127rº]
The patient was extremely thin and with a very weak and complaining nature, and benefited greatly from this remedy:

Take mustard grain and marshmallow seed, from each, 10 dirhams; and flowers of violet, melon seed starch, pumpkin seed starch and white tragacanth, from each, 5 dirhams. Put that together in 1 pound of pomegranate water and roasted pumpkin water, ½ pound of violet oil and ½ pound of sweet almond oil, and simmer until dry without liquid. Then, take the oil and filter it into a glass container. The dose is 5 dirhams mixed with water. This remedy certainly soothes and relieves.

6. Recipe of a beneficial oil for cough due to fever that was composed by Ibn Māsawayh [9] [f.127vº]
Take marshmallow seed, violet leaves, licorice root and pitted raisins, from each, 10 mithqāls; and 100 mithqāls of sweet pomegranate.  Crush these simple remedies and macerate them in pomegranate water for one night. Later add 50 mithqāls of violet oil and let this simmer until 2/3 of water evaporates and only 1/3 remains. Then, strain the oil bit by bit and put it in some jars. The dose is 1 mithqāl to be drunk along with 6 mithqāls of psyllium mucilage. It is a very fast acting oil.

7. Description of a beneficial bandage for dry cough [f.128vº]
Take pumpkin rind, barley flour and a little bit of marshmallow, mix everything with violet oil and apply from this on the chest and stomach.

Appendix

-Glossary: Weights and Measures

1 Dirham= 3,12 grams

1 Mithqāl= 4,68 grams

1 Ounce ((ūqiyya)= 28,34 grams

1 Pound (raṭl)= 453,59 grams

-Authors cited in the text (in alphabetical order)

Ibn Māsawayh
Abū Zakarīyā Yūḥannā ibn Māsawayh (c.777-857) is one of the main authors of science from Middle Ages. His knowledge involves a mixture of Hellenistic elements, Christian ideas and recipes from Orient, the result of which was to unite alchemy, medicine and astrology. He translated many Greek scientific works and belonged to the famous Bayt al-Ḥikma (House of Wisdom) in Bagdad, which he became the director of. Failing to obtain human subjects for dissection, a practice which was never encouraged by Islam, had recourse to apes. Under these conditions little progress was made in the science of anatomy, except possibly in studying the anatomical structure of the eye. He wrote the oldest systematic treatise on ophthalmology in Arabic, entitled Al-‘Ashr maqālāt fī l-‘ayn (The ten treatises on the eye). According to the Arabic sources, Ibn Māsawayh wrote over forty works, but only ten remain. The Latin versions are more numerous.

Ibn Al-Jazzār
Abū Ja‘far Aḥmad ibn Abī Khālid Al-Jazzār (d.circa 1005) is a famous Tunisian physician from Kairouan, belonging to a family of doctors, since his father and uncle were also. He was a philanthropist and wise and cared about healing not only the rich and powerful but also the poor and disinherited ones for whom he composed the book entitled in Arabic Kitāb ṭibb al-fuqarā’ (Medicine of the poor), unfortunately lost as well as all his medical production, about twenty, with the exception of two works, Risāla fī-ibdāl al-adwiya (Epistle about substitute medicines) and above all Zād al-musāfir (Traveler's allowance). He also wrote about philosophy and history.

Isḥāq ibn ‘Imrān
Born in Baghdad, he lived in the 10th century and died in Kairouan, Tunisia. He practiced medicine in North Africa, was also an instructor and teacher of doctors and had a very prominent role in the exercise of his profession. He stood out among the rest of colleagues for his books on botany, and his treatise on melancholy (Al-Maqāla fī l-mālījūlīyā) achieved great influence and fame even after his death.