Parthian royal ointment.....

Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on February 01, 2000 at 03:10:42:

The Medes and Persians used henna way back when ..... and Partington,
1935, p 424, "Origins and Development of Applied Chemistry" supplies
one of their formulae for the royal ointment of Parthian Kings
(presumably a Persion inventions) :
"...cinnamon, spieknard, myrrh, cassia, gum storax, saffron, cardamon,
ben (myrobalanos), costus, ammomum, arbutus (comarus) ladannnnum,
opobalsamum, sweet calamus, wild vine flower (oenanthus) malabathrum
serichatum , cyperus, aspalathus, opoponaz, HENNA, marjoram, clarified
honey and wine. "
The King of the Medes got an ointment of lion's fat, palm wine,
saffron and helianthes.

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