Breafast was hard-tack and a decoction of coffee made from either sweet potatoes or beans.
A decoction of the leaves were used for beriberi.
At one time, a decoction of the bark was used to treat diarrhoea and malaria, as a tonic, febrifuge, emmenagogue, anticholeric and vulnerary.
Most commonly, the flowers and leaves are made into a decoction used to expel intestinal parasites.
A decoction is also the name for the resulting liquid.
In general, either a decoction or a tincture is used.
A decoction of the bark has been used to treat swelling, inflammation and rheumatism, as an emetic, and to treat pharyngitis and sore throat.
The dose in decoction for clinical use is 5-10 g.
