Olive Oil as Medicine in Ancient Rome

Olive oil. In Ancient Rome it was also used as a natural medicine

olive oil performed a medical and curative function among many peoples of antiquity (https://www.pilloledistoria.it/5888/storia-antica/etruschi-olio-doliva-come-medicamento-per-lumination and https://www.pilloledistoria .it / 5918 / medieval / medieval-olive-oil-as-medicine-cosmetic), including the Romans.

Consumed pure or in addition to other beneficial substances, olive oil in Rome was prescribed as if it were a real medicine to soothe various ailments, especially intestinal and stomach ones, such as ulcer and colic of various origin and nature.

And not only that:it was also frequently used as an antipyretic, or to lower fever in both adults and children.

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