An Arthritic Plaister.
Take Gum Elemi, Colophonia, Burgundy Pitch, each 2 ounces; powdered Red Lead, Mastic, Olibanum, Bole, each 2 drams; Oil of Petre, Spike, Anise, each 1 dram and half, mix.
It obtunds sharp gnawing Pains, attenuates thick obstructing Humours, and calls them out through the Pores. Also it gently relaxes Spasmodic, dolorific Tensions of the Fibrille; and at the same time wonderfully comforts and corroborates the Nerves and Joints.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710