tetrapharmacum
Sign in to saveTetrapharmacum, Latinized from the Greek τετραφάρμακος tetrapharmakos (feminine; also τετραΦάρμακον tetrapharmakon) "the "fourfold drug", was an ancient Greek pharmaceutical compound, a mixture of wax, pine resin, pitch and animal fat, most often pork fat.
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It is catalogued under topics including Ancient Greek medicine and Food in ancient Rome.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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Tetrapharmacum, Latinized from the Greek τετραφάρμακος tetrapharmakos (feminine; also τετραΦάρμακον tetrapharmakon) "the "fourfold drug", was an ancient Greek pharmaceutical compound, a mixture of wax, pine resin, pitch and animal fat, most often pork fat.
The word tetrapharmakos has been used metaphorically by 1st-century Epicureans to refer to the four Κύριαι Δόξαι ("chief doctrines") or remedies for healing the soul. The name cannot be traced further back than Cicero and Philodemos.
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