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Decoction
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Decoction 

(also called apozem), a medicine in liquid form. A decoction is made by pouring cold water over pulverized medicinal plants, steeping the mixture over a water bath, and then straining.
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HERBAL DECOCTIONS AND SYRUPS Decoction , or simple decoction , is my term for an infusion which has been reduced to one-half its volume by slow evaporation .
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Earlier, infusions and decoctions were also prepared in pharmacies according to the pharmacopoeia standards.
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The inner bark is collected in the fall and can be used in infusions, decoctions, cough syrup and tinctures.
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