DECOCTION Definition & Meaning | 亚洲网紅露点

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decoction

[ dih-kok-shuhn ]

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noun

the act of decocting.
Pharmacology.
1. an extract obtained by decocting.
2. water in which a crude vegetable drug has been boiled and which therefore contains the constituents or principles of the substance soluble in boiling water.

decoction

/ 诲瑟藞办蓲办蕛蓹苍 /

noun

pharmacol the extraction of the water-soluble substances of a drug or medicinal plants by boiling
the essence or liquor resulting from this

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诲别路肠辞肠顎僼颈惫别 adjective

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of decoction¹

1350鈥�1400; Middle English decoccioun < Old French decoction < Late Latin 诲脓肠辞肠迟颈艒苍- (stem of 诲脓肠辞肠迟颈艒 ) a boiling down, equivalent to 诲脓肠辞肠迟 ( us ), past participle of 诲脓肠辞辩耻别谤别 ( 诲脓- de- + coc-, for coquere to cook ¹ + -tus past participle suffix) + -颈艒苍- -ion

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of decoction¹

C14: from Old French, from Late Latin 诲脓肠辞肠迟颈艒, from 诲脓肠辞辩耻别谤别 to boil down, from coquere to cook

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It takes about 10 minutes for the decoction to percolate into the glass below.

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So did doctors, whose quack remedies included cupping, bleeding and herbal decoctions.

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At-the-ready decoction is a thrilling convenience, even for someone like me who carries her filter everywhere she goes.

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By March, TCM remedies constituted some of China's health ministry鈥檚 recommended treatments for COVID-19, and included a couple of dozen pills, powders, injectable therapies and recipes to make herbal teas, known as decoctions.

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What is the voice, I meditated, but an expulsion of air; a few vapors scented with the curdled decoctions of the stomach, vegetables mulching and pulverized beef?

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