Unguent
An unguent is a soothing preparation spread on
viscous. It is usually delivered as a semi-solid paste spread on the skin, and it is often oily in order to suspend the medication or other active ingredients
.
During the Victorian era, the use of the unguent macassar oil on the hair became so popular that antimacassars were invented to prevent damage to furniture.[1]
Mercurochrome unguent
Various preparations of
Kaposi sarcomas
, although mercurials should only be used in extreme cases due to high toxicity and severe hypersensitivity or idiosyncratic reactions.
It was also used by the Egyptians to help soothe their skin from the dry heat.
See also
- Aegyptiacum
- Salve
- Cream perfumes
Further reading
- Jones, Donald W. (1993). "Phoenician Unguent Factories in Dark Age Greece: Social Approaches to Evaluating the Archaeological Evidence". Oxford Journal of Archaeology. 12 (3): 293–303. ISSN 0262-5253.
References
- ISBN 0713909412
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