Lexicon of Historical Remedies and Medical Artifacts

• Antirheumatic — An old spelling form or lexical variant for the word 'antireumatismal'; combating, soothing, or treating rheumatism and inflammatory joint diseases. The term circulated historically in old recipe books, folk botanical monographs, or past centuries' pharmacopoeias to describe teas, natural remedies, or ointments meant to reduce pain and inflammation in bones and muscles.