how to make an oxymel – Domestic Medicine

Making a Proper Oxymel

Oxymel was traditionally made by simmering honey and vinegar into a syrup. Some of the earliest written documentation of oxymels used as remedies can be found in the Hippocratic treatise On Regimen in Acute Diseases written around 400 BCE. Oxymel was recommended by Hippocrates as a dietary intervention during acute illnesses. “You will find theContinue reading “Making a Proper Oxymel”