Magic substances

thumb|right|Ointment (salve) from a tube A salve is a medical ointment used to soothe the skin.

thumb|A bottle of colored liquid labelled as a love potion thumb|A collection of vials labelled as potions

painting material and natural resin

perfume used to anoint the vessels of the Jewish Tabernacle

type of potion supposed to secure the love of the person to whom it is administered; now generally found in creative works, but formerly popular in the pre-modern world, and still being compounded to this day in the superstitious East

thumb|upright|The so-called "female" and "male" mandrakes, from a 1583 illustration thumb|The flowers of [[Mandragora officinarum]] thumb|A carved mandrake root, 16th or 17th century (Wellcome Collection)

hallucinogenic salve used in witchcraft to enable flight