embrocation
/ˌɛmbrəˈkeɪʃən/
noun
- A liquid medicine or lotion rubbed into the skin to relieve pain or stiffness in muscles or joints.
- After the long hike, she applied an herbal embrocation to her sore knees.
- My grandmother always kept a bottle of camphor embrocation in the medicine cabinet for aches and pains.
- The athlete's trainer recommended a warming embrocation for his strained shoulder.