In iliac passion, enemas of colocynth were used effectively where most other pre-modern medicines had failed.

In pre-modern medicine, this was thought to be caused by a sanguine and bilious humour.

Antimonials, in pre-modern medicine, were remedies principally containing antimony, used chiefly for emetic purposes.

In pre-modern medicine, the name "diatragacanth" was applied to certain powders that contain the natural gum tragacanth as its basis.

In pre-modern medicine, the term catagmatic generally referred to any treatment purported to heal bone fractures, by promoting the formation of a callus.

In pre-modern medicine, these shells were considered an excellent alkali, and apothecaries would pulverize them for use in several preparations.

It has an aromatic flavor, and was used in pre-modern medicine.

Apocroustics, in pre-modern medicine, were medications intended to stop the flux of malignant humours to a diseased part.

Axungia is a kind of soft animal fat, usually from around the kidneys of geese or pigs, used in pre-modern western medicine.

Antihecticum poterii, in pre-modern medicine, was a celebrated chemical preparation for use in hectical disorders.