# Electuary

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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.[1]

In German and Swiss cultures, electuary ([German](/source/German_language): *[Latwerge](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Latwerge)* or *[Latwerg](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/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](/source/Ayurveda) tradition, electuaries are called *[Lēhya](/source/Lehyam)* (लेह्य)[4] (literally, "lickable").

## Types

There are several different types of electuary: laxative electuary, joyful electuary, *etc*. The fermentation of mixed [herbs](/source/Herbs) in [honey](/source/Honey) and their effects on each other are said to increase the medical properties already present and to create new ones.[5]

## Famous electuaries in medicine

- [Chyawanprash](/source/Chyawanprash)

- [Diasenna](/source/Diasenna)

- [Mithridate](/source/Mithridate)

- [Faroug](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Faroug&action=edit&redlink=1)

- Figra

- Sootira[6]

## References

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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-sher_1-0)** ["The Doctor and the Buccaneer: Sir Hans Sloane's Case History of Sir Henry Morgan, Jamaica, 1688"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/24633817) by Richard B. Sheridan, *[Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences](/source/Journal_of_the_History_of_Medicine_and_Allied_Sciences)*, Vol. 41, No. 1 (January 1986), pp. 76-87.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Latwerge kocherei](https://www.eberle.ch/shop/latwergekocherei/?p=2) eberle.ch [*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Latwerge"](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Latwerge). *wiktionary.org*. 7 February 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Lehyam: Herbal Elixirs from Ayurveda | Kerala Ayurveda India"](https://www.keralaayurveda.biz/blog/lehyam-herbal-elixirs-from-ayurveda).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** The Canon of Medicine/vol.5

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** The Canon of Medicine in Arabic/vol.4.page.434

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