Dodecapharmaceum (dodekafarmaceum) je lijek od dvanaest sastojaka.
Najpoznatija je bila Apostolska mast (latinski: Apostolorum unguentum), ili Venerina mast (latinski: unguentum Veneris) koja je bila mast koja se pripisuje Aviceni i sastoji se od dvanaest sastojaka.
Sastojci su bili terpentin, vosak, amonijačna guma, korijenje rodne trave, olibanum, bdelij, smirna i galbanum, opoponaks, verdigris, litarga, plus maslinovo ulje i ocat.
Ova se mast koristila za tretman rana.
Receptura koju je opisao Galen u djelu Methodus medendi glasi:
Cerae (100 drahma*),
Terebinthnae (200 drahma),
Secundum alios rubric (100 drahma),
Squamae Areis (8drahma),
Aeruginis Rasea (8 drahma),
Aristolochiae rotunda (8 drahma),
Thuris (8 drahma),
Salis Ammoniac (8drahma) ),
Guttae ammoniac (8 drahma),
Aluminis Ustivel rotunou (6 drahma),
Aeris Usti (8 drahma),
Myrrhae, (12 drahma),
Aloes (12 drahma),
Galbani (12 drahma),
Olei Veteris (heminan unam),
Aceti acris (heminas duas).
*1 drahma (grčki zgrabiti, uzeti), odnosi se na težinu i na jedinicu za kovanice načinjene od srebra odnosno oko 3,4 grama
Avicenna opisuje sastojke i omjere takvog recepta u Qanun V.1.11.
Neki kasniji pisci doveli su u pitanje je li naslov recepta “Apostolska mast” ili “Venerina mast” koristio sam Avicena, međutim, kada je arapska verzija Kanona medicine prvi put tiskana 1593. u Rimu, recept br. . 442 (arapski ٤٤٢) nosio je naziv “mast apostola” (arapski: مرهم الرسل marham ur rusul)
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A dodecapharmacum is a medicine of twelve ingredients.
The best known was the Apostles’ Ointment (Latin: Apostolorum unguentum), or Ointment of Venus (Latin: unguentum Veneris) which was an ointment attributed to Avicenna (d.1037) made of twelve ingredients.
The ingredients were turpentine, wax, gum ammoniac, birthwort roots, olibanum, bdellium, myrrh and galbanum, opoponax, verdigris, litharge, plus olive oil, and vinegar.
The recipe described by Galen in the work Methodus medendi reads:
Cerae (100 drahms*),
Terebinthnae (200 drahms),
Secundum alios rubric (100 drahms),
Squamae Areis (8drahms),
Aeruginis Rasea (8 drahms),
Aristolochiae rotunda (8 drahms),
Thuris (8 drahms),
Salis Ammoniac (8drahms),
Guttae ammoniac (8 drahms),
Aluminis Ustivel rotunou (6 drahms),
Aeris Usti (8 drahms),
Myrrhae,(12 drahms),
Aloes (12 drahms),
Galbani (12 drahms),
Olei Veteris (heminan unam),
Aceti acris(heminas duas).
*1 drachma (Greek to grab, to take), refers to the weight and to the unit for coins made of silver, about 3.4 grams
Avicenna describes the ingredients and proportions of such a recipe in Qanun V.1.11. Some later writers have questioned whether the title of the recipe “Ointment of the Apostles,” or “Ointment of Venus” were used by Avicenna himself, however when an Arabic version of the Canon of Medicine was first printed in 1593 in Rome, recipe no. 442 (Arabic ٤٤٢) was entitled “ointment of the Apostles” (Arabic: مرهم الرسل marham ur rusul)