noun
infusion remedy; herbal decoction
A traditional medicine prepared by boiling crude drugs in water and drinking the strained liquid. Often used in kampo or folk remedies.
風邪のときに振り出し薬を飲むと体が温まる。
Drinking an infusion remedy when you have a cold warms your body.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant without okurigana り.
煎じ薬 is a more general term for a decoction, while 振り出し薬 specifically refers to the method of shaking or stirring the ingredients during preparation.
Compound of 振り出し (furidashi, 'shaking out; infusion') + 薬 (kusuri, 'medicine'). The term likely refers to the traditional preparation method of shaking or stirring the herbal mixture while boiling.