decoction in a sentence
Examples
- The Hudson Bay Cree use a decoction of the leaves for diarrhea, but consider the plant to be poisonous.
- Also, it is of special value against the plague, the decoction thereof being drunk and the root smelled.
- To prevent a scorching of the grains, the brewer must continuously stir the decoction and apply a slow heating.
- Indigenous peoples of the Amazon drink decoctions and tinctures of the bark as an herbal tonic of great medicinal value.
- Then simmer it in five sheng of water until two sheng are left . Drink the decoction in three drafts.
- To wash the feet in a decoction of Henbane, as also the often smelling of the flowers causeth sleep ."
- The medicinal part of the plant is the woody stem which is sliced in transverse sections and prepared as a decoction.
- In the Philippines, a decoction of the plant is used to decrease uric acid levels and to treat renal problems.
- The plant is used externally in the treatment of leech bites in Mizoram, India and a decoction as a diuretic.
- Atslowe, Browne, and Present the formul?of syrups, juleps, and decoctions, for the PharmacopSia .