A Rooted Wisdom Workshop

Sweet Medicine

An Introduction to Electuaries

Format Virtual
Date May 27th
Time 6:00 PM PT
Level All Welcome

Choose Your Experience

Join the Workshop

General Admission

Workshop Access

$20

Includes

  • Live virtual workshop — full 1h 45m session
  • Pre-workshop handout with all recipes and supply list
  • Q&A with Dara — 45 minutes
  • Workshop recording — available for 30 days
Join Workshop — $20

VIP

Workshop + Community

$35

Everything in General, plus

  • 30 days in the Herb-Curious Community
  • Access to past workshop recordings
  • Materia Medica library & resources
  • Free workshops included with membership
Join as VIP — $35
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Some of the oldest medicine in the world
was made with just two things.

Powdered herbs. Something sweet. That is the whole formula — and it has been carried through Greek medicine, Ayurvedic tradition, Persian and Arab pharmacology, and the hands of West African and diasporic healers for thousands of years.

An electuary asks very little of you. No special equipment. No distillation setup. Just herbs, honey, and your hands. What you make is real medicine.

A Form Held Across Traditions

Medicine that has
always existed.

Greek & Persian MedicineAmong the oldest written records of herbal preparation — described and refined across centuries of practice.

Ayurvedic TraditionThe avaleha — herbal honey jams like Chyawanprash — have been prepared continuously for over two thousand years.

West African & Diasporic HealingSweetened herbal compounds carried through midwives, root workers, and kitchen healers who knew that nourishment and medicine were never separate.

Caribbean TraditionHoney and bush medicine woven into the daily practice of keeping a household well.

What We'll Cover

One hour and forty-five minutes —
grounded foundations.

Expect real teaching, practical knowledge, and time to ask questions.

01

History and lineage — where electuaries come from across Greek medicine, Islamic golden age pharmacology, Ayurveda, and the African diaspora

02

Choosing your base — raw honey, maple syrup, blackstrap molasses, date paste, and nut butter, and how each carries medicine differently

03

Blending and method — powdered herbs, ratios, consistency, and how to adjust and troubleshoot as you go

04

Making herbal pills — how to shape your paste into hand-rolled pills, coating options, sizing, setting, and storage

05

Three starter formulas — Calm & Ground, Breath & Open, and Deep Nourish — with specific herbs, bases, and intentions

06

Working intentionally — how to bring presence and purpose to the making process

Included with Every Ticket

Pre-Workshop Handout

All registered participants receive a pre-workshop handout with the supply list, all three formulas, and a quick-reference guide to the paste and pill methods. Gather your materials beforehand and follow the demo live — or simply watch and learn. Both are complete.