aroph
[According to Scott Suppl. to Chambers, a contr. for aroma philosophorum philosophers' spice.]
Name given to various medicinal preparations of Paracelsus and the Paracelsians, said to be efficacious against the stone, quartan ague, etc.
| 1657 G. Starkey Helmont's Vind. 327 Thus is made the most noble Aroph of Helmont out of Satyrion. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Aroph was a preparation of saffron and rye-bread, digested with spirits of wine. |