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. |