About Tinctures

Tinctures are fresh or dried herbs which are extracted in a mixture of alcohol and water for weeks or months. The resulting liquid is a potent mix of water-soluable and alcohol-soluable medicinal constituents, and is strained and poured into dropper bottles. Then, one drops the recommended amount into water, tea or juice and drinks it, with no more effort needed than taking a pill.  Tinctures are potent, effective, easy to carry, relatively impervious to extreme temperatures, and last for years.

What do they taste like?
Tinctures will vary in taste from pleasant to very bitter.  However, diluting them in water often makes them nearly tasteless. In some cases the taste is important in the healing process. For example, digestive enzymes are released through a reflexive action activated by the bitter constituents in some tinctures.

Isn't alcohol bad for you? 
In fact, the alcohol in tinctures is important and necessary to extract certain herbal constituents. And, an average dose of tincture (1 ml с about 30 drops) contains as much alcohol as 1/54 of a beer.  If you are sensitive to alcohol, drop the tincture into hot water to evaporate, or use teas instead.

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