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Unsalted butter preserved in the month of May and sometimes used medicinally (see quots. 1615, 1718).
Dew formed or gathered on May Day or in the month of May, popularly supposed to have medicinal and cosmetic properties.
A name given to various solid or viscous substances found on rock in India and Nepal (see quot. 1903), esp. a usually dark-brown odoriferous…
the rainwater which collects in the stumps of hollow-trees, associated esp. with folk remedies and charms.
medical practice based on long-held beliefs passed down through a particular culture, viewed as distinct from modern, conventional Western medicine…