This is the perfect time of year to
make tinctures to have on hand.
I purchased this black walnut hull powder to
make tinctures for gastrointestinal cleanses.
And from that book that she has great plans to join me in
making some tinctures and salves from what we have growing around here, leading to her hanging the first herbs of the season in the library for drying.
You can also
make a tincture that you can use in menopause - Or the pills themselves but I think they may not last as long as the tincture.
Now I love to save and reuse glass jars for
making tinctures and natural remedies.
I use it as a tea and have
made a tincture from the herb.
Making solar - infused oils is similar to the process of
making a tincture, but with oil in place of alcohol as the base.
The most inexpensive option is to grow or order the dried berries and
make a tincture at home.
If you prefer not to
make a tincture with alcohol, you can make a vegetable glycerine tincture instead or just use a strong tea and mix with honey.
Tincture recipes usually use some kind of extraction method to release all the benefits of the herbs, and then add a natural preservative like alcohol or glycerin to further extract and
make the tincture shelf - stable for a long time to come.
I love chamomile so much I keep it on hand in the form of this handy and easy - to -
make tincture, which could even be added into any herbal tea before serving.
It is very important to research and only use herbs that can be safely taken long term when
making a tincture that will be taken regularly (especially by children).
This may be anything from coming to the store and farmers market with me and helping determine which foods are the best deal (per ounce),
making tinctures or salves with me, going on a nature hike and learning about wildcrafting or some form of fitness.
To
make a tincture, the proportions from this recipe can be used with just vitex in place of the other herbs.
I have several tincture recipes posted (including my two favorites: Chamomile Tincture and Digestion Tincture) but I realized that a post with general instructions on how to
make a tincture from any herbs would be helpful.
Although any part of the plant can be used to
make a tincture, they do need to be made with individual herbs.
«For as long as I could remember, whenever I was in pain, whether from a cut or a toothache, Mother would
make a tincture of lobelia and skullcap,» she writes.
Not exact matches
He cocked an eyebrow: «Dude, we have creme de violette, but here's this rose
tincture I
made myself,» he said.
Gum
makes an ideal delivery mechanism for a medical marijuana dose because it has some of the quick uptake characteristics of a sub-lingual, without the discomfiting pump of a
tincture or presence of a lozenge under the tongue.
I don't drink alcohol and so I
make all my
tinctures with glycerin.
I
make all sorts of infusions and
tinctures with it — great for the skin I agree!
Sweet cherry tomatoes with loads of spicy garlic and briny anchovies infuse into olive oil to
make a complex
tincture perfect to dress salad, pair with grilled fish or drizzle over pizza (as Mahin recommends).
Tinctures are
made by soaking chopped, puréed, or gently bruised roots, leaves, and herbs in a combination of high - proof alcohol (frequently ethanol at a manufacturer level) and water.
Tinctures embody the «food as medicine» mentality: They're
made from culinary ingredients like ginger and rhubarb, but they're also — in some circles — considered to be strong medicine.
Most
tinctures are
made in a 1:5 plant - to - liquid ratio, though they can be strengthened by increasing the plant portion.
Dr. Bove points out that each time the jar is opened, the potency and quality of the
tincture will degrade, so if you're
making a large batch, store most of it in a quart or half - gallon jar.
Although many of the plants used — including dandelion, holy basil, and ginger — can also be
made and consumed as teas,
tinctures differ in that they're much stronger; a medicine dropperful of a
tincture is more potent than a full cup of steeped tea.
Our eating habits would follow a similar pattern throughout my childhood: We sought out the bee pollen and the goldenseal and the usnea
tinctures and tisanes and tonics, we
made the pomegranate concentrate breakfast drinks; we swilled cold - pressed olive oil before a meal, ate no salt for a month, and choked down the wheatgrass and the hot water with maple syrup, lemon, and cayenne before morning meditations with the guru on her retreats in the foothills outside of Sacramento, which we started attending when I was a young teenager, and where I would learn new extremes of dietary asceticism.
I recently bought 3 big jugs of vodka for
making vanilla extract as well as
tinctures.
I went to the liquor store with my son the other day to get some vodka to
make vanilla extract and some herbal
tinctures and I felt the same way!
And just as those stories are adding up, so too is a $ 9.7 billion and growing industry in North America around things like
tinctures and creams and inhalers and tablets and vape pens and more that all can purportedly
make you feel better in just about every way you think you need to feel better — from strong evidence that it soothes regular «ol aches to nascent (but not insignificant) evidence that it slows the production of proteins that cause Alzheimer's.
Plus the
tincture that can be
made from the placenta lasts as long as the life of Mom and baby.
If you are looking for extensive preparation with your placenta (salves,
tinctures, artwork, jewelry, etc) we can
make referrals for those services.
Pills, teas, and
tinctures for
making more milk or «better» milk.
It's about that time of year - freezer clean out is coming soon - and I realized that I had frozen more elderberries than I really needed (all the
tinctures and syrups I
made in the fall are still going strong in March).
Chaga (and other fungi) are interesting additions to medicine
making, in that some of the medicinal components are alcohol - soluble (think:
tinctures), while others are water soluble (think: bone broth, tea or decoctions).
Topics include: Using herbs medicinally; Starting your own herbal apothecary; Herbal safety, Teas, infusions, decoctions; How to incorporate herbal food remedies into your meals; Medicinal plant garden tour; Herbal Medicine
making: Oils, salves,
tinctures and more!
I tried it ALL — sex, evening primrose and other various homeopathic
tinctures, spice, acupuncture, nipple stimulation, walks on vertical hills, chocolate ice cream, even that damn famous eggplant parm recipe which took all day to
make (good thing I
made it — I had some hungry in - laws that came to visit after the baby was born!).
When the remedy is ready I will deliver it to you or post it Please note that placenta
tinctures can also be
made from frozen placentas.
I will collect a small piece of your placenta for the
tincture (see above), and once the
tincture is
made I will use it to
make the cream or balm for you.
I will keep a small amount of
tincture on file so that if you need more cream or balm it can be
made straight away.
Most mothers who are having a placenta
tincture made are also having a placenta encapsulated, but this is not necessary.
Made of an infusion of Mother Earth's most gentle herbs, this teething
tincture is safe for even super little ones!
A working knowledge of herbs, especially the specific herbs for the childbearing cycle; an understanding of the various classifications of herbs — nutritive, toning, specific, potentially toxic; an understanding of how to
make and use teas and
tinctures for beginning - level treatment of everyday ailments.
I sought out as much info on natural methods as I could find — baking soda in water, egg white dabbed on with cotton balls (mid-wife's suggestion), natural balm
made of beeswax essential oils and hypericum (homemade by friend of friend) and
tincture of calendula flowers (probably other things I can't remember!).
I also just received my placenta
tincture yesterday (this takes longer to
make).
When you produce 97 % of your own food, compost all manure (human and animal),
make your own clothing, shoes, diapers, wraps, menstrual pads, washable toilet paper, soaps, lanolin, and herbal
tinctures, and grow your animals feed,
make your house out of a recycled tobacco barn with reclaimed building materials, have no electricity (even solar panels / wind generators leave a huge footprint from manufacture), water coming from your spring / creek, home school your children without fancy curriculum,
make your living from your land and being a home birth midwife, etc... then you will see what real life could be.
In 2014 I completed my placenta encapsulation training with the Irish Placenta Association so now I am able to offer this service to my clients, along with bespoke homeopathic remedies
tinctures and essences
made from placenta.
First the patient should be bled in the arm, or leeches may be applied to the inflamed parts; afterwards take a handful of green rue, bruise it, and put it to the part affected; or take marshmallows a handful, camomile a handful,
make a decoction in a pint of water, pour the liquor from the herbs, add two drams of the
tincture of opium, bathe the part; afterwards apply the herbs as a poultice, or
make a poultice of oatmeal and vinegar with a little sweet oil in it.
rose petal
tincture (I used some that I
made last summer from soaking fresh petals in brandy with a touch of honey, creating a truly delectable combination)