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Type of medicine

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

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.

In the Indian Ayurveda tradition, electuaries are called Lēhya (लेह्य) (literally, "lickable").

Types

There are many different types of electuary: laxative electuary, joyful electuary etc. The fermentation of mixed herbs in honey and their effects on each other, increases medical properties already present and creates new ones.

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. Latwerge kocherei eberle.ch
  3. "Latwerge". wiktionary.org. 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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