What's the difference between decoction and recoction?

Decoction


Definition:

  • (n.) The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues.
  • (n.) An extract got from a body by boiling it in water.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cissus quadrangularis was mutagenic, while 'decoctions' of cumin seeds, aniseeds and ginger were not.
  • (2) The dissolution ratio of selenium in decoctions of each single crude drug is about 30-40%.
  • (3) The factors which influence decoction-making conditions are in the order of: volume greater than time greater than method.
  • (4) The depressed ERGs in the Yandi Decoction III treated group showed remarkable recovery during 6 weeks after starting treatment, comparing with that in the control group and the urokinase treated group (P less than 0.05).
  • (5) In this research, 74 patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) were grouped in matched-pair, one group took orally Inositol and Mai Tong as the control group, the other group took orally Yi Xin Decoction as the tested group.
  • (6) A simple method using ion-pair high-performance liquid chromatography was established for the rapid and precise determination of synephrine in oriental pharmaceutical decoctions containing Aurantii Nobilis Pericarpium.
  • (7) In order to further investigate the curative effect of Yi Xin Decoction and elucidate its mechanism, the authors have also investigated Yi Xin Decoction on the experimental mice with hyperlipemia.
  • (8) The results show that the dosage of gypsum should be 10-20 grams, preferably ground to at least 60 mesh powder, the fine powder over 60 mesh is not to be pre-decocted, but the coarse powder of 40 mesh needs pre-decocting.
  • (9) The root and stem decoctions of Sinomenium acutum Rehd.
  • (10) Herbal prostatitis decoction is a great effective prescription to treat chronic prostatitis in promoting the blood circulation and relieving the stasis.
  • (11) The content of calcium ion Ca2+ in gypsum decoction has been determined with coordination titration.
  • (12) This paper reported the results of clinical observation on a treatment with Semen Persical decoction for purgation with addition (SPDPA) in type II diabetes mellitus.
  • (13) Experiments with these decoctions were carried out to observe the action on isolated hearts of toads and the ECG and acute toxicity on mice.
  • (14) It is concluded that peroral administration of freshly prepared decocts of Zoapatle in early pregnancy exerts a distinct uterotonic effect and induces cervical dilatation and uterine bleeding.
  • (15) In this paper the contents and solubilities of copper, zinc, iron, calcium and magnesium in Siwu decoction and Liuwei Dihuang Decoction were studied.
  • (16) In Amazonian Peru and Ecuador leaf decoctions of the rainforest holly Ilex guayusa with high caffeine concentrations are used as a morning stimulant.
  • (17) Comparable action was obtained by Qingying Decoction prepared with water buffalo horn.
  • (18) Four prisoners drank a decoction of yew (Taxus baccata) needles containing the toxic alkaloid taxine++ B.
  • (19) The increased deposition of stone-forming constituents in the kidneys of calculogenic rats was lowered with decoction administration.
  • (20) The herbal decoction is to be taken 3 times daily before meals.

Recoction


Definition:

  • (n.) A second coction or preparation; a vamping up.

Example Sentences:

Words possibly related to "recoction"