Electuary

 ( Medical Terminology ) 

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

In German and Swiss cultures, electuary ( 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. Latwerge kocherei eberle.ch

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

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Types There are several different types of electuary: laxative electuary, joyful electuary, . The fermentation of mixed herbs in honey and their effects on each other are said to increase the medical properties already present and to create new ones.The Canon of Medicine/vol.5

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Famous electuary in medicine

• Chyawanprash
• Diasenna
• Mithridate
• Faroug
• Figra
• SootiraThe Canon of Medicine in Arabic/vol.4.page.434

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

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