embrocation

/ˌɛmbrəˈkeɪʃən/
noun
  1. 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.
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