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Definition of decoction in English: decoctionnoun dɪˈkɒkʃ(ə)ndəˈkɑkʃ(ə)n 1A concentrated liquor resulting from heating or boiling a substance, especially a medicinal preparation made from a plant. 浓缩液，煎剂，浓汁（尤指从植物中提取的药液） 根煎剂。 Example sentencesExamples - When I have the time I make a decoction by harvesting sprigs of the plant before it has flowered, enough to half fill a large saucepan.
- These disorders can all be treated equally effectively with a decoction of salvia alone.
- A small percentage of white vinegar is added to the decoction.
- Some said they take tonics because their classmates do and others said their parents buy the decoctions for them.
- You may simmer tougher herbal roots and barks to make them into decoctions, another form of water extract.
- Witch hazel decoctions are easily found on the shelf of most pharmacies, yet the literature available regarding its efficacy and mechanisms of action is limited.
- Astragalus is typically prescribed as a dried root, powdered, or in a decoction.
- Both people had taken decoctions supposedly containing Wei Ling Xian.
- We have therefore scientifically examined a decoction of commonly used medicinal herbs in order to examine their efficacy in preventing bone loss.
- In 1945, a botanical writer noted that on several Pacific islands a decoction of mashed noni fruit, along with kava root and crushed sugar cane stems, was used as a treatment for tuberculosis.
- 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.
- I treated the past two bouts with a strong decoction of honeysuckle tea.
- The syrup was a decoction of yin and yang tonic and balancing herbs to preserve her vital energy.
- The oral ingestion of the same decoction may have improved cold tolerance due to its thermogenic effect.
- These herbs contain volatile oils that come out very quickly, and evaporate out of the decoction if steeped too long.
- Treatments in vogue included horseback riding for pulmonary tuberculosis, and a decoction of carrots for jaundice.
- Smells like a decoction of mild tropical fruits with some pears in there and a certain frisky note of red capsicum.
- 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.
- Irvine writes that a decoction of crushed stems is drunk in Ghana for severe sickness and weakness.
Synonyms stock, broth, bouillon, juice, gravy, liquid, infusion, extract, concentrate - 1.1mass noun The action or process of extracting the essence of something.
熬；煎 decoction is used for woody plant material such as roots and bark Example sentencesExamples - Medicinal plants are predominantly wildcrafted and dispensed mainly by decoction, although prepared formulas are given.
- Some of these methods such as the detoxification of aconite by preparing it with salt and/or long…decoction are a mainstay of TCM practice.
Synonyms extract, concentrate, concentration, quintessence, distillate, elixir, abstraction, juice, tincture, solution, suspension, dilution
OriginLate Middle English: from late Latin decoctio(n-), from decoquere 'boil down' (see decoct). Definition of decoction in US English: decoctionnoundəˈkäkSH(ə)ndəˈkɑkʃ(ə)n 1The liquor resulting from concentrating the essence of a substance by heating or boiling, especially a medicinal preparation made from a plant. 浓缩液，煎剂，浓汁（尤指从植物中提取的药液） 根煎剂。 Example sentencesExamples - You may simmer tougher herbal roots and barks to make them into decoctions, another form of water extract.
- Witch hazel decoctions are easily found on the shelf of most pharmacies, yet the literature available regarding its efficacy and mechanisms of action is limited.
- Some said they take tonics because their classmates do and others said their parents buy the decoctions for them.
- Treatments in vogue included horseback riding for pulmonary tuberculosis, and a decoction of carrots for jaundice.
- A small percentage of white vinegar is added to the decoction.
- When I have the time I make a decoction by harvesting sprigs of the plant before it has flowered, enough to half fill a large saucepan.
- We have therefore scientifically examined a decoction of commonly used medicinal herbs in order to examine their efficacy in preventing bone loss.
- 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.
- I treated the past two bouts with a strong decoction of honeysuckle tea.
- These herbs contain volatile oils that come out very quickly, and evaporate out of the decoction if steeped too long.
- Irvine writes that a decoction of crushed stems is drunk in Ghana for severe sickness and weakness.
- These disorders can all be treated equally effectively with a decoction of salvia alone.
- Smells like a decoction of mild tropical fruits with some pears in there and a certain frisky note of red capsicum.
- The oral ingestion of the same decoction may have improved cold tolerance due to its thermogenic effect.
- Astragalus is typically prescribed as a dried root, powdered, or in a decoction.
- The syrup was a decoction of yin and yang tonic and balancing herbs to preserve her vital energy.
- 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.
- In 1945, a botanical writer noted that on several Pacific islands a decoction of mashed noni fruit, along with kava root and crushed sugar cane stems, was used as a treatment for tuberculosis.
- Both people had taken decoctions supposedly containing Wei Ling Xian.
- The same dose of herbs can be similarly cooked to make two or three further decoctions.
Synonyms stock, broth, bouillon, juice, gravy, liquid, infusion, extract, concentrate - 1.1 The action or process of extracting the essence of something.
熬；煎 Example sentencesExamples - Medicinal plants are predominantly wildcrafted and dispensed mainly by decoction, although prepared formulas are given.
- Some of these methods such as the detoxification of aconite by preparing it with salt and/or long…decoction are a mainstay of TCM practice.
Synonyms extract, concentrate, concentration, quintessence, distillate, elixir, abstraction, juice, tincture, solution, suspension, dilution
OriginLate Middle English: from late Latin decoctio(n-), from decoquere ‘boil down’ (see decoct). |