Foment (verb)

1. Encourage or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action).
2. Apply warm water or medicated lotions to (a part of the body) as a treatment.

Origin:

Late middle english: from latin fomentare, from fomentum "application of warm water", from fovere "keep warm".

Examples:

1. The government accused the opposition of fomenting a revolution.
2. He was accused of fomenting unrest among the workers.
3. She fomented the idea of a general strike.
4. The nurse fomented the patient's chest to relieve the congestion.
5. The doctor fomented the wound to promote healing.