elementWaxElementsA soft moldable stuff of bees and later candles. Not oil as liquid fat, and not resin as tree gum.Wax is used in Medicine.Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica lists wax among ointment bases and plasters. First-century pharmacological use of wax as a working drug base, not beeswax under a forced second id alone and not tallow.from Pedanius Dioscorides · De Materia Medica, 1st century CEused in · sourced · documentedsourcesDe Materia Medica · Pedanius DioscoridesDioscorides, De Materia Medica.