Mustafa Efendi’s Medical Recipes: Remedies for Sciatica and Constipation

The prescriptions whose full text and translation we present below are contained in manuscript Ms. Or. Oct. 2946 in the Turkish manuscripts section of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. The manuscript consists of two principal sections, comprising the works titled Żāhirü’l-ḳuḍāt (5b–42a) and Ḳānūn-nāme (42a–62b). In addition to these sections, the manuscript also contains various medicinal recipes and prayers.