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 ...

Herbal tinctures – concentrated, drinkable plant extracts – are a centuries-old wellbeing practice, dating back to the ancient Egyptians. Recently, however, they’ve become increasingly popular for ...

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 ...

Learn how to make herbal tinctures and how to make an herbal infusion to sip your way to better health and enter a soothed state of mind. Herbal teas remain my favorite way of using herbs medicinally.

The herbalist Jade Marks shares three simple recipes for calming, restorative drinks. By Alex Tudela For anyone skeptical about the medicinal power of plants, the 27-year-old herbalist Jade Marks is ...

Plant tinctures have long been used as herbal remedies. Some plants have proven health benefits, while the effects of others are less clear, and may even be harmful to your health. Consult a doctor ...

Drinking herbal teas or syrups is a good way to benefit from herbs' healing properties. One of my favorite herbal preparations is a tincture—a concentrated liquid made by soaking herbs in alcohol.

When herbalist Clare Kritter’s sunlit storefront in sleepy downtown Mazomanie isn’t open for shopping, she might be in the back kitchen workshop stirring up tea blends like an alchemist. At Hedge ...

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