{"title":"Epimedium Macun — Turkish Honey Herbal Paste","description":"\u003cp\u003eTurkish herbal honey paste — \u003cem\u003emacun\u003c\/em\u003e — is a traditional Anatolian preparation built on a base of honey, blended with epimedium leaf and a mix of herbs, seeds and spices. Every brand keeps its own formula.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the full Turkish macun shelf, brought in from Istanbul: \u003cstrong\u003eThemra\u003c\/strong\u003e in the 240g jar and the 12-piece single-serve box, \u003cstrong\u003eŞahımerdan Gold\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eVplis\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMplus\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMysem\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eQ7 Gold\u003c\/strong\u003e. Each one is the original Turkish product, not a re-label.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSold as a food. Composition and origin are listed on every product page.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"themra-epimedium-macun-box-of-12-pcs-12-gr","title":"Themra Epimedium Macun Turkish Honey Paste Mix - 12 Sachets","description":"Themra Epimedium Macun is a traditional Turkish honey-based herbal paste, packed in a box of 12 ready-to-use single-serve sachets of 12 g each. \"Macun\" is a centuries-old Ottoman tradition: thick, spoonable pastes built on honey and a blend of herbs and spices. The most famous example is the Mesir macunu of Manisa, a recipe traced back to the 16th-century Ottoman court physician Merkez Efendi. Themra carries that heritage into a modern, portion-controlled sachet.\n\nThe base is filtered flower honey, rounded out with glucose syrup and mulberry molasses for a deep, dark sweetness. From there it layers in a wide botanical mix: pollen, carob, oat, ginger, galangal and cinnamon for warmth, plus a roster of well-known roots and herbs - Lepidium (maca), American ginseng, Siberian ginseng, red ginseng, nettle, Ginkgo biloba and honey gourd. Its signature botanical is epimedium (common plant name \"horny goat weed\"), here at 0.79% of the blend - a plant used in traditional Turkish and Asian herbal pastes for centuries. A touch of natural-identical vanilla aroma finishes it.\n\nThe taste is what you would expect from a real macun: thick and sticky, intensely honeyed and molasses-rich, with a warm spiced edge from the ginger, cinnamon and ginseng. Each sachet is a single serving you can take straight off the spoon or stir into warm milk, tea or coffee.\n\nHow it is taken: one teaspoon - one sachet - once a day, on a full stomach. It is traditionally taken by both men and women. The 12-sachet box keeps each dose fresh and mess-free, making it easy to carry or travel with. Store in a cool, dry place. A genuine Themra product.","brand":"Themra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46914297233695,"sku":"","price":10.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/0155\/2927\/files\/thema-macun-12-gr.webp?v=1696161064"},{"product_id":"maacun-mysem-epimedium-turkish-honey-mix-turkish-paste-230-gr","title":"Epimedium Macun Turkish Honey Paste - Mysem Life Herbal Mix 230g","description":"\u003cp\u003eMysem Life Epimedium Macun is a traditional Turkish honey paste (\"macun\"), an herbal mixture spooned from a glass jar and built around a pine-honey base. This 230g jar carries the dark, syrupy texture of a classic Turkish macun, the heritage paste Turks have made for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMacun is one of Turkey's oldest sweet-and-herbal traditions. Descended from Ottoman-era Mesir paste, it was made by blending herbs and spices into honey, which both flavored the paste and preserved it. Traditional macuns leaned on warming spices such as cinnamon, mastic and mint, and the paste was served as both a confection and a heritage herbal preparation. This jar continues that tradition in a modern herbal blend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe signature botanical in this paste is epimedium, the plant commonly known as horny goat weed. Epimedium has long been one of the herbs folded into Turkish and Asian honey pastes. Mysem Life blends it with pine honey, bee pollen, carob (keciboynuzu) powder, ginseng and ginkgo, giving the macun its deep color and rich, earthy-sweet, slightly bitter herbal taste.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe format is simple: a thick, dark paste in a glass jar (also sold with a red retail box reading \"Epimedium Herbal Mixture Paste\"). It is traditionally taken by both men and women, about one teaspoon or one dessert spoon a day, on its own or stirred into warm milk, tea or water. Keep the jar sealed in a cool, dry place and use a clean dry spoon each time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone curious about authentic Turkish food heritage, a jar of epimedium macun is a way to taste a centuries-old Turkish paste tradition at home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mysem Life","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46914323972383,"sku":"","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/0155\/2927\/files\/3_55fec8e5-04d2-437a-beeb-5418dc170056.png?v=1770293003"},{"product_id":"maacun-themra-epimedium-turkish-honey-mix-turkish-paste","title":"Themra Epimedyumlu Macun — Turkish Herbal Honey Paste, 240 g Jar","description":"\u003cp\u003eThemra Epimedyumlu Macun is one of the most searched-for herbal honey pastes to come out of Turkey — a 240 g glass jar of dark, thick macun made by Themra Bitkisel Ürünler in Mersin and sold in aktar (herbalist) shops across the country. If you have seen the red box with the ornate heart design in a Turkish bazaar and wondered what is actually in it, this page answers that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat macun is.\u003c\/strong\u003e Macun is the Ottoman tradition of blending honey with dozens of herbs and spices into a spoonable paste. The most famous example, mesir macunu of Manisa, dates to 1527, when the physician Merkez Efendi prepared it for Hafsa Sultan, mother of Suleiman the Magnificent — a tradition UNESCO added to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2012. Themra's version follows that same format: a honey base carrying a long list of botanicals in one jar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is inside.\u003c\/strong\u003e The base is filtered flower honey with glucose syrup and mulberry molasses, joined by bee pollen and epimedium (0.79%, as stated on the label) — the herb known in English as horny goat weed and in Turkish as epimedyum, which gives the paste its name. The blend also includes carob, oat, ginger, galangal, cinnamon, Lepidium (maca family), American ginseng, Siberian ginseng, red ginseng, nettle leaf, and Ginkgo biloba.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaste and texture.\u003c\/strong\u003e Dense and molasses-dark, sweet from the honey and mulberry with a warm, spiced edge from the ginger, galangal, and cinnamon. It is eaten straight from the spoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow it is traditionally taken.\u003c\/strong\u003e The maker's direction is one teaspoon a day on a full stomach, for both men and women. At that pace, a 240 g jar lasts roughly a month.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGood to know.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is a traditional food product, not a medicine. It contains honey and bee pollen — not suitable for infants under one year, and people with pollen or bee-product allergies should avoid it. Store the jar in a cool, dry place away from sunlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt comes in its original sealed Themra retail box.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Themra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46914325315871,"sku":"","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/0155\/2927\/files\/1_880da31b-1efe-463f-a13d-02abcc812ea3.png?v=1770294771"},{"product_id":"maacun-mplus-epimedium-turkish-honey-mix-turkish-paste-240-gr","title":"Maacun Mplus Epimedium Turkish Honey Macun 240 g — M Plus Herbal Paste","description":"Maacun M Plus is a Turkish herbal honey paste — a macun — sold in a 240 g jar. The base is honey and molasses blended with a traditional spice mixture that includes epimedium, a herb long used in Turkish and Asian herbal traditions. Retailer-published ingredient lists for this jar also name thyme, fennel seed, clove, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, salep and mulberry molasses among the blend.\n\nMacun itself is one of the oldest food traditions in Turkey. The most famous example, mesir macunu from Manisa, dates to the Ottoman court of the early 1500s and is still prepared from 41 spices and herbs every March; its festival was inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2012. M Plus belongs to this same family of spiced honey pastes — a modern, jarred take on a recipe format Turks have been making for roughly five centuries.\n\nIf you have seen this paste under the name Maccun, you are in the right place: M Plus jars carry the Maccun brand, and independent Turkish retailers list the two names together for the same 240 g product.\n\nThe texture is thick and spoonable, closer to a dense fruit molasses than runny honey. The taste is sweet first, then warm and spiced — cinnamon, clove and ginger come through clearly. It is customarily eaten the way mesir paste always has been: a small spoonful on its own, or stirred into warm milk or tea.\n\nEach jar contains 240 g net. This is a traditional food product, not a medicine, and is listed here for its composition and heritage only.","brand":"Mplus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46914327085343,"sku":"","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/0155\/2927\/files\/38da00e0-d8d8-4cf7-8d1c-acf4bb66d32e-20e-aa.webp?v=1696162739"},{"product_id":"maacun-q7-gold-natural-epimedium-230-gr","title":"Epimedium Macun Q7 Gold Turkish Honey Herbal Paste 230g","description":"Macun Q7 Gold is a Turkish epimedium honey paste, sold in a 230g jar. In Turkey, a \"macun\" is a thick honey-and-botanical paste with deep roots in Ottoman tradition. The most famous example, Mesir Macunu, was first prepared around 500 years ago in the palace kitchens of Manisa from a blend of dozens of herbs and spices, and the macun jar has stayed a part of Turkish food culture ever since. This is the modern, ready-to-eat version of that idea: a spoonable paste rather than a dry spice mix.\n\nThe signature botanical in this blend is epimedium, a flowering plant also known by its common name horny goat weed. Epimedium is folded into a base of real honey alongside a wider mix of traditional botanicals, which in this style of paste typically includes ginger, ginseng, royal jelly, pollen, cinnamon, and molasses from carob or mulberry. The honey carries everything together into one smooth, dark, aromatic paste.\n\nThe taste is warm and rich: honey-sweet up front, with a herbal, slightly spiced finish from the ginger and the botanical mix. The texture is thick and sticky, the way a good macun should be, so it sits well on a spoon and stirs easily into warm drinks if you prefer.\n\nHow it is taken: in Turkey, macun like this is traditionally enjoyed by both men and women, about one teaspoon a day on a full stomach. You can take it straight from the spoon, spread it lightly, or stir it into tea, milk, or coffee. Keep the jar sealed in a cool, dry place and use a clean dry spoon each time so the honey stays fresh.\n\nMacun Q7 Gold lets you keep an authentic jar of Turkish epimedium honey paste in your own kitchen.","brand":"Macun Q7","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46914328690975,"sku":"","price":16.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/0155\/2927\/files\/1_43cffbf0-b496-411a-b719-87c3e5111598.png?v=1770293959"},{"product_id":"sahimerdan-vplis","title":"Şahımerdan Epimedium Macun – Turkish Herbal Honey Paste 240 g","description":"\u003cp\u003eŞahımerdan Epimedium Macun is a traditional Turkish honey-based herbal paste (\"macun\") presented in a 240 g glass jar inside the brand's red retail box. It belongs to the centuries-old Anatolian macun tradition — thick, spoonable pastes built on honey and a long list of botanicals, a craft made famous by the Ottoman-era mesir macunu of Manisa and still produced across Turkey today. This is a special production (\"Özel Üretim\") batch finished in Mersin, Turkey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe paste takes its name from its signature botanical, epimedium — a flowering plant in the barberry family, known in English as horny goat weed and grown widely across Asia and parts of Europe. In this recipe epimedium is one named plant among many. The base is strained flower honey, rounded out with glucose syrup and mulberry molasses for that classic dark, sticky macun body. Around it sits a broad herbal blend: pollen, royal jelly, soy flour, oats and carob, warming spices such as ginger, galangal and cinnamon, and well-known botanicals including American ginseng, Siberian ginseng, nettle, lepidium and cola plant, with a touch of vanilla. Epimedium is listed at roughly 0.79% of the recipe — a small, defining note rather than the bulk of the jar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe taste is what people expect from a good macun: deeply sweet and honeyed up front, with molasses richness and a warm, spiced, slightly herbal finish from the ginger and cinnamon. The texture is dense and smooth — easy to scoop straight from the jar or stir into warm milk, tea or yoghurt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow it is traditionally taken: macun is traditionally enjoyed by both men and women, about one teaspoon a day on a full stomach. Stir the paste before use, as natural honey blends can settle in the jar. Keep the lid closed and store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who grew up with Turkish honey pastes — or wants to try an authentic one — this is a heritage product in its classic glass-jar format.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Şahımerdan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46914340651295,"sku":"","price":29.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/0155\/2927\/files\/110001221988420.jpg?v=1760278683"},{"product_id":"maacun-epimedium-turkish-honey-mix-turkish-paste-230-gr","title":"Epimedium Macun Turkish Honey Paste, Mavi Macun 230g","description":"Mavi Macun Epimedium Turkish Honey Paste is a traditional Turkish herbal paste (\"macun\") built on a honey base, with epimedium as its signature botanical. It comes in a 230g jar (note: some supplier listings show 240g) as a thick, spoonable amber paste.\n\nMacun is one of Turkey's oldest culinary traditions: a paste made by blending honey or molasses with many spices and botanicals. The most famous example, mesir macunu, was first prepared in the city of Manisa in the 16th century during the Ottoman era and is today inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This style of honey-and-herb paste sits in that same long lineage.\n\nThe signature plant here is epimedium, a flowering plant of the Berberidaceae family native to the mountains of temperate Asia and parts of the Mediterranean. It is known by several common names, including barrenwort, bishop's hat, fairy wings, and \"horny goat weed.\" It is folded into the honey alongside the warm, aromatic spices typical of Turkish macun blends.\n\nThe taste is sweet and rich from the honey, with the deep, warm, slightly herbal character of a spiced Turkish paste. The texture is dense and sticky, made to be eaten by the spoonful straight from the jar rather than spread.\n\nHow it is taken: traditionally taken by both men and women, about one teaspoon a day on a full stomach. Stir the paste well before each use, as natural separation can occur. Keep the jar closed in a cool, dry place.\n\nIf you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition, consult a doctor before use.\n\nA genuine jar of Turkish honey-paste tradition.","brand":"Mavi Macun","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46914343797023,"sku":"","price":13.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/0155\/2927\/files\/1_f6b7e4b9-3e33-44ac-ae35-132fc2e20ea3.png?v=1770291974"},{"product_id":"sahimerdan-gold-herbal-paste","title":"Şahımerdan Gold Herbal Paste 240 g — Turkish Epimedium Macun","description":"Şahımerdan Gold (also written Sahimerdan) is a Turkish herbal honey paste — a macun — sold in a 240 g jar. Macun is one of the oldest categories in Turkish food culture: a thick, sweet paste built on honey and a blend of herbs and spices, eaten by the spoonful. The tradition traces back to Ottoman Manisa, where mesir macunu has been prepared from 41 fresh spices and herbs since the 16th century; the Mesir Macunu festival was inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2012. Şahımerdan Gold belongs to this family of pastes — a modern, factory-sealed take on a very old Turkish custom.\n\nWhat is in the jar: strained flower honey and mulberry molasses form the base, joined by an herbal blend that includes epimedium, carob, ginger, galangal, cinnamon, oats, nettle, several ginseng varieties, ginkgo biloba, tribulus, pollen and royal jelly. The result is a dense, dark, spoonable paste — sweet from the honey and molasses, warm and slightly spiced from the ginger, galangal and cinnamon.\n\nHow it is customarily eaten in Turkey: a small spoonful, plain or stirred into warm milk or tea — often at breakfast, the way many Turkish households treat honey or molasses. It is a food, and we present it as one: we make no health or performance claims for this product.\n\nEach jar holds 240 g (8.46 oz), produced in Turkey under the Şahımerdan brand. It comes the same way it is sold in Turkish markets — sealed, labeled, ready for the spoon.","brand":"Şahımerdan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48632085512479,"sku":"","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/0155\/2927\/files\/1_org_zoom_5_7d81d884-d068-463c-a9fa-6852cd7b72f4.webp?v=1716032889"}],"url":"https:\/\/bturkish.com\/collections\/epimedium-macun.oembed","provider":"BTurkish","version":"1.0","type":"link"}