This section is from the book "Practical Materia Medica And Prescription Writing", by Oscar W. Bethea. Also available from Amazon: Practical Materia Medica and Prescription Writing.
Decoctions are liquid preparations made by boiling vegetable substances with water. When the strength and method of preparation are not otherwise specified, they are made by boiling 5 parts of the coarsely comminuted drug for fifteen minutes with enough water to make 100 parts. There are no official decoctions.
See Opium, p. 239.
See Opium, p. 239.
 
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