Yes, honey is also used in pills and decoctions of traditional Chinese medicine.

Example: Tianjihuang decoction, drug composition: 30g Tianjihuang, 10g Jiaoshan hawthorn, 10g Jiaoshenqu, 10g Jiaomalt, 5g licorice, 50g honey (double).

Functions and Indications: Clearing away heat and promoting dampness, strengthening the spleen and digesting food.

Tianjihuang

Nature and flavor are sweet; bitter; cool

Returns through the lung, liver and stomach meridian

Functions and Indications: Clearing away heat Diuretic; detoxify; dissipate blood stasis and reduce swelling. Mainly used for damp-heat jaundice; diarrhea; dysentery; intestinal carbuncle; venomous carbuncle; breast moth; aphtha; red and swollen eyes; poisonous snake bites; bruises

Usage and dosage: Oral administration: decoction, 15 -30g, fresh product 30-60g, large dose can be used up to 90-120g; or puree. External use: Appropriate amount, mash and apply externally, or decoct and wash with water.

"Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica" is used for epigastric pain, cough, and irregular menstruation.

"Jiangxi Folk Herbal Prescriptions" 50 grams of Tianjihuang and 50 grams of Imperata rhizome. Decoct in water, mix with honey and white sugar in two portions. Treat jaundice, edema, and dysuria.