The meaning of this dream may vary depending on the ointment aspect and it usually represents our relation with others. If the ointment is nice and has a good smell, it means that our relation, both in business and intimate ones, are really nice and friendly.
Dream dictionary: Ointment dream meanings
…Dreaming of ointment, denotes that you will form friendships which will prove beneficial and pleasing to you. For a young woman Dreaming that she makes ointment, denotes that she will be able to command her own affairs whether they be of a private or public character….
Life joy.
Sickness. 209.
A tedious time in doing a job of work. 230.
(See Electuary)
(Medicinal paste | Ointment | Salve) Licking a paste made from drugs mixed with honey or syrup, or applying a salve in a dream means recovering from an illness or having a sizeable offspring.
…To take care of one’s health in a dream means trying to amend one’s life for the better. The same meaning is applied if one sees himself applying an ointment to his eyes. (Also see Medicine | Physical fitness)…
…that someone will help him overcome his adversities. If a traveller sees that dream, it means that he will never return to his homeland. If one sees that his eyes belong to an unknown person in a dream, it means that he will become blind. If he recognizes that person in the dream, it means that he will be married to his daughter. If one’s eyes fall into his lap in a dream, it means the death of his brother or son. The eyes of a human being in a dream also represent his beloved, his son or his faith. Any defect in them in the dream may reflect in such people. Having one hundred eyes in a dream means money. The eyes of a ruler represent his spies. Eyes in a dream also represent a controller, a man or a spring. Treating one’s eyes with medicinal ointment in a…
In a dream, sesame oil represents someone who enjoys a material and a spiritual life. If burned, then its light means guidance, and if heated to fry something, then it represents something valuable. Eating sesame oil or using it as an ointment in a dream means profits, comfort, honor, rank, good deeds, or having prior knowledge about something.
…(Pith) In a dream, a martingale represents braces for a broken rib, bone setting, ointment for chest pain, the support by which one finds courage, feeling good about oneself, or the core that evokes pride about one’s achieve- ment. A martingale in a dream also could mean self-restraint, or self control….
…pills in a dream means obliging a sinner to correct himself, to repent, or to go on the straight path. It also could mean caring to teach an ignorant person. If a woman applies a medicinal make-up in a dream, it represents her menstruation. As for an unwed girl, it means marriage, and for a barren woman, it means a child. Inserting a suppository into the rectum in a dream means spying or eavesdropping. To take a laxative in a dream means attempting to correct one’s religious devotion, or it could mean washing one’s body from impurities. The success of one’s attempt depends on the potency of his medi- cine. Seeking good health in a dream means trying to amend one’s life for the better. The same meaning applies if one sees himself using an ointment for his eyes. A yellow colored medicine in a dream means illness. A laxative…
And salve or ointment denotes much ill-will shall be thine.
(Palm branch | Spadix) In a dream, palm leaves represent an ointment, purification, cleanliness, a nurse, a bridegroom, or a physician who performs circumcision. (Also see Palm branch)