Tosefta for Avodah Zarah 59:2
ת"ר יין מבושל ואלונתית של עובדי כוכבים אסורין אלונתית כברייתא מותרת ואיזו היא אלונתית כדתנן גבי שבת עושין אנומלין ואין עושין אלונתית ואיזו היא אנומלין ואיזו היא אלונתית אנומלין יין ודבש ופלפלין אלונתית יין ישן ומים צלולין ואפרסמון דעבדי לבי מסותא
Our Rabbis taught: Boiled wine or alontit belonging to a non-Jew is forbidden, but prepared alontit is permitted. What is alontit? As it was taught in connection with Shabbat: We may make anomalin but not alontith. What is “anomalin” and what is “alontit”? Anomalin [is a mixture of] wine, honey and pepper; alontit [is a mixture] of old wine, clear water and balsam, which is made for use in the bath-house.
Tosefta Terumot
We may not [use terumah spices to] produce aluntit wine (=œnanthe, a health elixir made of aged wine, clear water, and balsam, either drunk or applied to the skin, see Jastrow, Avodah Zarah 30a:2), or spiced oil, and if one did produce aluntit wine or spiced oil, one may [post-facto] anoint himself with the oil but may not anoint himself with the aluntit wine or vinegar*, as oil is ordinarily used for anointing but wine or vinegar* are not normally used for anointing. [*Note: The GR"A strikes "וחומץ"= "or vinegar" here.]
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