Indigenous Uses and Pharmacological Activity of Traditional Medicinal Plants in Mount Taibai, China

Table 2

Common forms of preparation methods for remedies made of medicinal plants.

Preparation method	Description
Paste	Fresh plant parts are crushed with a stone pestle and mortar.
Juice	Obtained by squeezing or crushing plant parts. Sometimes requires addition of other liquids for dilution.
Chewing	Fresh plant parts are chewed.
Steamed dew	Drugs are extracted from medicinal raw materials by distillation and then modulated into distilled liquid for drinking, wiping, or other uses.
Decoction	Plant parts are boiled in water and the extract (crude drug) is used.
Medicate bath	Fresh flowers or other plant parts are immersed in hot water for bathing.