Making Your Own Echinacea Or Herbal Tinctures
If you are spending a fortune buying echinacea pills or tincture these days to combat the flu and colds, here’s a way to make your own herbal tincture at a fraction of the price: Take a small GLASS jar with a tight fitting lid (a small jelly canning jar will work nicely). Then take your dried echinacea (or other medical herb or herbs) and place in the glass jar, (if your grow your own fresh herbs, dry them first!) Then just barely cover the herbs in the glass jar with 100 proof Vodka. Print the date you started the preparation and the kind of herb used on a label and tape it to the jar. Leave this to sit in a dark cool cupboard for 2 weeks to 1 month and shake the mixture every day. After it’s sat for several weeks, strain the herbs out and pour the strained Herbal Tincture into a small glass jars with an attached eyedropper..

. (If you have extras, store these in a cool, dark place or the fridge. The dose used with echinacea (to combat flu and colds) is about 5 - 10
drops under the tongue several times a day. For other herbs, ask a professional herbalist. The tincture will keep it’s strength for one year and up to 2 years. You can usually find the small glass eye-dropper bottles on E-Bay or online. Herbal Information Center:
http://www.kcweb.com/herb/coldflu.htm
Echinacea Fact Sheet:

http://nccam.nih.gov/health/echinacea/

Just thought I’d get this going - this is a good place to just get to know each other.

Just a few comments about me - I’m a great nana (at least that’s what my 6 grand daughters say!), a good wife (well, most of the time…been working on it for 37 years) and a great pet owner (my hubby says he wants to come back as one of my pets!). I love gardening, learning about herbs and holistic ways of nature, studying the biblical roots (instead of man’s doctrine/tradition), and networking with others that enjoy the same things.

This blog was created because I’d like to meet other crafters in the state of Missouri and couldn’t find any other way to do it. So I’m hoping that a LOT of Missouri Crafters will find our blog, our yahoogroup and our home page - Missouri Crafters!

My favorite craft is soap making, herbal tinctures and making herb vinegars - what’s yours?

Pam

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