Why alcohol? While making a tea with your herbs can extract some of the medicinal compounds, alcohol is a more powerful solvent. It also preserves the medicinal compounds for 5 years or more. Don’t ...

Tinctures are highly concentrated herbal extracts that are swallowed or absorbed under the tongue. CBD tinctures can reduce anxiety, treat epilepsy, and relieve pain. THC tinctures improve sleep, ...

Now that you’re good and deafened from last night’s Independence Day celebrations, it’s time to do something productive with your recovery day—like, say, brewing alcohol-derived cannabis concentrates ...

Many people who take an active role in their own health and well being also tend towards naturally-sourced nutritional supplements and remedies for minor ailments, such as taking a cup of chamomile ...

Tinctures have been around almost as long as humans have been consuming cannabis, yet they still don’t get the shine they deserve. Unlike most edibles, the liquid extraction – which is intended for ...

Tinctures are a liquid delivery system and can be alcohol- or glycerin-based. They’re super easy to make and can give you wonderful relief in just a few minutes. They last longer than smoking but not ...

Want to make your own herbal medicines, but not sure where to start? Tinctures (alcohol extracts) and infusions (concentrated teas) are my favorite ways to take herbs internally- after eating them as ...

Harvesting herbs for tea is the simplest way to make use of medicinal plants, but for more potent medicine, botanical extracts (commonly referred to as tinctures) are a better choice. Besides the ...

Boil down all of the acupuncture, herbs, reiki, meditation, yoga, and general talk about "well-being," and you've found the core of what Eastern medicine is really about: taking an active, mind-body ...

Learn the correct herbal tincture ratio and how to make a tincture with peppermint that will help to treat stomach aches, motion sickness, and morning sickness. If you’re looking for a simple plant ...

Lauren Arcuri is a writer and an experienced small farmer based in rural Vermont. Pick only ripe elderberries. The berries are ripe when they are a deep purple-black color and slightly soft to the ...