Add about 1 tsp of thinly-sliced fresh or dried parsley root to 8 oz of cold water in a glass or ceramic pot. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for about ten minutes and infuse for an additional ten minutes.
A decoction may be refrigerated for up to two days and retain its healing qualities
Parsley is a plant. Plants do not eat, they make their food from sunlight.
The bark is harvested and dried, sliced to expose the inside of the bark, then boiled to make a decoction. Usually this decoction is combined with other herbs to create yang enhancing tonics. And more . . .
Decoction in Tagalog is "timpla" or "pagtimpla." It refers to the process of boiling herbs, roots, or plant materials to extract their medicinal properties.
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Parsley (herb)
No you can safely eat parsley.
Yes. And depending on how you make your tea, the process can be called "weltering", "infusion", "decoction" or "maceration".
Most preparations of red cedar call for boiling the medicinal parts to make a decoction or for making a tea or infusion.
No.
The easiest way is to make a strong decoction of dried echinacea root and use that as a wash. Or as a poultice. Wouldn't hurt to add a couple of drops of lavender or tea tree oil (antiseptic0 and a bit of honey (also very good on wounds) to the decoction.
The leaf decoction will be great for fragrance.