Electuary

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An electuary is a medicine consisting of a powder or other ingredient mixed with something sweet such as honey to make it more palatable.[https://www.jstor.org/stable/24633817 "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 ({{langx|de|Latwerge}} or {{lang|de|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.[https://www.eberle.ch/shop/latwergekocherei/?p=2 Latwerge kocherei] eberle.ch {{dead link|date=April 2024}}{{Cite web|website=wiktionary.org

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In the Indian Ayurveda tradition, electuaries are called Lēhya (लेह्य){{cite web | url=https://www.keralaayurveda.biz/blog/lehyam-herbal-elixirs-from-ayurveda | title=Lehyam: Herbal Elixirs from Ayurveda | Kerala Ayurveda India }} (literally, "lickable").