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Herbs Medicinal Preparation - Tincture

make own herbal tincture
Many of the active constituents in herbal medicines are readily soluble in alcohol, which is also an effective preservative for his reason, professional herbalists use alcohol-based liquid herbal medicines to prescribe and dispense individualized herbal medicines for their patients.

For professional use, liquid extracts of herbs are made with a high concentration of pharmaceutical-grade alcohol (ethanol). Typically, 1 part of the herb is extracted in either 1 or 2 parts of alcohol.

Less concentrated preparations called tinctures are used for herbs that have a stranger taste (such as ginger or cayenne), and for those that are safest in very low doses (such as wormwood). The recipes featured here use vodka in place of ethanol and a standard ratio of 1 part herb to 4 parts vodka.


Note that while homemade remedies are often not as potent as the professional-strength remedies dispensed by an herbalist, they are still strong medicines and contain alcohol. Always store tinctures in a safe place, out of reach of children, and always observe the dosage guidelines, taking care that they are not consumed in situations where alcohol intake is ill advised.

Herbal tinctures are suitable for nearly every plant and every part of plant, with the exception of mucilage-containing herbs (such as marsh mallow root and slippery elm bark), which are better extracted in cold water.

Two main methods that used to make tinctures are:


Different methods are used to make tinctures from dried or woody herbs, or more delicate fresh herbs.

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