#historical pharmacy

• Abt Frantz — The traditional popular and pharmaceutical name (originating from the Germanic area as 'Abbe Franz') for a tonic gastric tincture or elixir, historically used as a stomachic remedy to stimulate digestion, combat flatulence, and soothe abdominal spasms. Its formula was based on hydroalcoholic extracts of bitter and aromatic herbs, being a common preparation in Transylvanian and Central European pharmacies until the mid-20th century.
• Aloes — A traditional pharmaceutical preparation obtained by evaporating and concentrating the juice extracted from the fleshy leaves of various aloe species (notably Aloe ferox or Aloe perfoliata). This dried, resinous, brownish-black extract was utilized in ancient medicine as a powerful purgative, stomachic tonic, or healing agent, holding a major structural weight in medieval elixir recipes.
• Amygdalous compound — A rare, archaic medical and pharmaceutical term structurally utilized to denote a medicinal preparation, oil, ointment, or emulsion derived from almond kernels (especially bitter almonds), or a dense cosmetic substance historically used for skin softening. In a rare adjectival sense, it describes an element with a fatty texture or specific scent directly derived from processing amygdalin compounds.
• Apioline — An archaic pharmaceutical or old commercial name (used primarily in the late 19th and early 20th centuries) for a purified active principle or medicinal preparation derived from apiole; administered in the form of oily capsules as a uterine stimulant, emmenagogue, or sedative for menstrual pain.