In Theophrastus' treatise on odours, from around 300 BCE, he mentions a sweet-smelling mixture known as Megalium that was capable of relieving the inflammation caused by any wound [102].
Megalium contained [102]:
Resin and oil of Balanos (Balanites aegyptiaca)
Cassia (probably Cinnamomum aromaticum)
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)
Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha)
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