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]

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

Types[edit | edit source]

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.^[5]

Famous electuary in medicine[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

Avicenna (1999). The Canon of Medicine (al-Qānūn fī'l-ṭibb), vol. 5. translate by Abdurrahman Sharafkandi.

↑ "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.
↑ Latwerge kocherei eberle.ch ^{[dead link]}
↑ "Latwerge". wiktionary.org. 7 February 2022.
↑ "Lehyam: Herbal Elixirs from Ayurveda | Kerala Ayurveda India".
↑ The Canon of Medicine/vol.5
↑ The Canon of Medicine in Arabic/vol.4.page.434

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[sher-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 ^{[dead link]}

[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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