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Historic Medicinal Potions And Potables Made From Oil Of ChocolateA "" FactsheetOil of Chocolate also taken seasonably, may be a wonderful Antidote against corrosive Poisons.Its Vertues are no ways inferior, if used outwardly. 1. It is the best and most natural Pomatum for Ladies to clear and plump the Skin when it is dry, rough, or shriveled, without making it appear either fat or shining. The Spanish Women at Mexico, use it very much, and it is highly esteemed by them. If it is thought too hard, it may be softened with Oil of Ben, or Oil of Sweet Almonds, cold drawn. 2. I am persuaded if the antient Custom of the Greeks and Romans, of anointing their Bodies with Oil, was revived, there is nothing would answer their Expectations better, in augmenting the Strength and Suppleness of their Muscles, and preserving them from Rheumatisms and other torturing Pains. The leaving off this Practice, can be attributed to nothing else but to the ill Smell and other Properties that attended it; but if Oil of Chocolate was used instead of Oil of Olives, those Inconveniences would be avoided, because it has no Smell, and dries entirely into the Skin: nothing certainly would be more advantageous, especially for aged Persons, than to renew this Custom, which has been authorized by the Experience of Antiquity. 3. Apothecaries ought to make use of this preferably to all others, as the Basis of their Apoplectick Balsams; because all other Oils grow rancid, and the Oil of Nutmegs, though whitened with Spirit of Wine, always retains somewhat of its natural Smell, whereas Oil of Chocolate is not subject to any of these Accidents. 4. There is nothing so proper as this to keep Arms from rusting, because it contains less Water than any other Oil made use of for that purpose. 5. In the American Islands they make use of this Oil to cure the Piles; some use it without Mixture, others melt two or three Pounds of Lead, and gathering the Dross, reduce it into fine Powder, and after it is finely searced, incorporate it with this Oil, and make a Liniment of it very efficacious for this Disease. Others for the same Intention mix with this Oil the Powder of Millepedes, Sugar of Lead, Pompholix, and a little Laudanum. Others use this Oil to ease Gout Pains, applying it hot to the Part, with a Compress diped in it, which they cover with a hot Napkin. It may be used after the same manner for the Rheumatism. 6. Lastly, This Oil enters the Composition of the wonderful Plaister, and the Pomatum against Tetters. You will find their Description and Properties among the Remarks at the End of this Treatise. ~*~ Research Provided By Teresa Thomas Bohannon |
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