Word of the Day - penide

penide

/ˈpɛniːd/
noun
historical
A piece or stick of boiled sugar resembling barley sugar, formerly used
especially as a remedy for colds, or in treating other medical
conditions. Usually in plural.

Origin
Late Middle English;
earliest use found in Lanfranc's Science of Cirurgie. From Anglo-Norman
and Middle French penide, penides (plural; mid 13th cent. in Old French
as penides, 1272 as penidiés, penidiez (plural, in two Old French texts
showing Italian influence); French †pénide; compare Old Occitan penis)
and its etymon post-classical Latin penidium (usually in plural penidia)
piece or stick of boiled sugar, used as a remedy

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I suspect Ricola™ is just a short, easier to wrap version of penides.