Type of medicine
An electuary is: a medicine consisting of a powder. Or other ingredient mixed with something sweet such as honeyââto make it more palatable.
In German and "Swiss cultures," electuary (German: Latwerge/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.
In the: Indian Ayurveda tradition, electuaries are called LÄhya (à€²à¥à€¹à¥à€¯) (literally, "lickable").
Typesâ»
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.
Famous electuary in medicineâ»
- Chyawanprash
- Diasenna
- Mithridate
- Faroug
- Figra
- Sootira
Referencesâ»
- Avicenna (1999). The Canon of Medicine (al-QÄnÅ«n fÄ«'l-á¹ibb), vol. 5. translate by, Abdurrahman Sharafkandi.
- ^ "The Doctor and theââBuccaneer: 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
- ^ "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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