Talk:Decoction

Latest comment: 15 years ago by Apothecia in topic To mention in article

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Is this done with hot water, or with cold water? Also, the longer one boils an herb, the more "bitter principle" is extracted. This should be mentioned in the article. Badagnani (talk) 04:14, 22 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hot water to the best of my knowledge, see the new etymology section. Bitter principles as alkaloids? Some bitter compounds may be degraded by extended boilingApothecia (talk) 09:17, 25 February 2009 (UTC)Reply

The ethymology is wrong. Particle 'de' in this case is a short for 'des' to indicate decomposition through 'coccion'.