A medication rubbed into the skin in order to relieve muscular or joint pain.
n. a lotion rubbed onto the body to treat sprains and strains.
Embrocations are mixtures, usually of an oily nature, intended for external application in cases of rheumatism, sprains, and other painful conditions. Their action is due mainly to the massage employed in rubbing in the embrocations, in part to the counter-irritant action of the drugs which they contain. (See LINIMENTS.)... embrocations
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