Electuary

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]

Types

Electuary have many different types. laxative electuary, joyful electuary and etc. Fermentation of mixed herbs in honey and their effect on each other, It increases properties and creates new properties.[4]

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. The Canon of Medicine/vol.5
  5. The Canon of Medicine in Arabic/vol.4.page.434
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