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Electuary

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Type of medicine

Anelectuary 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 orLatwerg) 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 IndianAyurveda tradition, electuaries are calledLēhya (लेह्य)[4] (literally, "lickable").

Types

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There are several different types of electuary: laxative electuary, joyful electuary,etc.The fermentation of mixedherbs inhoney and their effects on each other are said to increase the medical properties already present and to create new ones.[5]

Famous electuary in medicine

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References

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