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What are decoctions?

What are decoctions? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of decoction
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An endless series of powders, theriacs, electuaries, leeches, mixtures and tablets of various types, decoctions, ointments and plasters were discussed and classified.
The chocoholics among us won't be surprised to learn that people were sipping decoctions of cacao a millennium earlier than archaeologists had previously thought.
The same dose of herbs can be similarly cooked to make two or three further decoctions.
You may simmer tougher herbal roots and barks to make them into decoctions, another form of water extract.
Patients were given herbs and taught how to make decoctions, or the decoctions were prepared by the herbalist and given to the patient using an assortment of recycled bottles.
This is employed under the form of shavings, raspings, and sawdust, in decoctions only.

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