It's Medicinal.
I am full blooded Czech and first had my taste of Becherovka when people would bring it back from the Czech Rep. True Story: A friend of mine had this awful cough for 5 weeks, and had gone to the Dr. three times for all kinds of medications.Nothing worked. When I saw her, I gave her a 3 oz bottle of Becherovka. She took a sip and her cough was gone. She took sips when the cough came back and in three days her cough was gone.... only took 2 oz.! The stuff IS medicinal! Take it when the winter sore throats appear and you get rid of them fast. It's great to be able to get it in the USA.