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An electuary is a medicine consisting of a powder or other ingredient mixed with something sweet such as honey to make it more palatable.[1]

In German and Swiss cultures, electuary (German: Latwerge or Latwerg) is also more generally a thickened juice and honey preparation with a thick, viscous consistency that is used in for culinary purposes, such as a (bread) spread or as a sauce ingredient.[2][3]

In the Indian Ayurveda tradition, electuaries are call lehya[4] (literally, "lickable").

Types

Electuary have many different types. laxative electuary, joyful electuary etc. Fermentation of mixed herbs in honey and their effect on each other, It increases properties and creates new properties.[5]

Famous electuary in medicine

References

  1. Avicenna (1999). The Canon of Medicine (al-Qānūn fī'l-ṭibb), vol. 5. translate by Abdurrahman Sharafkandi.
  1. ^ "The Doctor and the Buccaneer: Sir Hans Sloane's Case History of Sir Henry Morgan, Jamaica, 1688" by Richard B. Sheridan, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Vol. 41, No. 1 (January 1986), pp. 76-87.
  2. ^ https://www.eberle.ch/shop/latwergekocherei/?p=2
  3. ^ "Latwerge". 7 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Lehyam: Herbal Elixirs from Ayurveda | Kerala Ayurveda India".
  5. ^ The Canon of Medicine/vol.5
  6. ^ The Canon of Medicine in Arabic/vol.4.page.434
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