elementBeeswaxElementsWax from the honeycomb, for light and seal. Not tallow as animal fat, and not the bare wax id already published.Beeswax is used in Medicine.Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica names beeswax among wax drugs and ointment bases. First-century pharmacological use of hive wax, not the bare wax class alone and not tallow.from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CEused in · sourced · documentedsourcesDe Materia Medica · Pedanius DioscoridesDioscorides, De Materia Medica.