DECOCTUM
\dɪkˈɒktəm], \dɪkˈɒktəm], \d_ɪ_k_ˈɒ_k_t_ə_m]\
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Decoction; the pharmacopeial name for preparations made by boiling crude vegetable drugs, and then straining, in the proportion of 50 gm. of the drug to 1000 c.c. of water, approximately 12 1/2 drams to the ounce. There are no official decoctions in the U.S.P.; in the B.P. decoctions of aloes, of pomegranate root, and of hematoxylon are official.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
