GLYCERIN AND VINEGAR TINCTURES
Grind Dry HERB to coarse powder.
11. Filter if desired.(Will filter slowly due to thickness)
12. Bottle; Tightly Cap; and Label.
*Notes* Natural Menstruum for Children’s Medicine.
Glycerin gathers water from the air. So you will end up with more (Menstruum) than you started with. Adjust the dosage accordingly. Glycerin is
naturally sweet; but contains no sugar.
HERBS that Tincture Well With Glycerin:
Burdock Chamomile Cleavers Dandelion
Echinacea Elder Fennel Ginger
Goldenseal Hawthorn Mugwort Mullein
Nettle Oat Peppermint Scullcap
Siberian Ginseng Uva Ursi Vitex Valerian
[J.Green: HERBAL MEDICINE MAKING HANDBOOK for exact wt/vol. and % Glycerin to HERBS]
Vinegar Tincture
- Place into large jar which can be tightly closed.
- If Blending Other Ingredients (water, vinegar, alcohol) with glycerin for menstruum, mix all together before adding to HERB.
- Add Menstruum to HERB.
- Stir well so that HERB is wet.
- Add enough Menstruum so that ¼ inch sits atop the HERB.
- Cap jar / Use wax paper between jar and lid.
- Check Jar after 12 hours. If the HERB has absorbed the Menstruum, add Menstruum to cover by ¼ inch.
- Shake the “Glycerite” frequently for 14 days.
11. Filter if desired.(Will filter slowly due to thickness)
12. Bottle; Tightly Cap; and Label.
*Notes* Natural Menstruum for Children’s Medicine.
Glycerin gathers water from the air. So you will end up with more (Menstruum) than you started with. Adjust the dosage accordingly. Glycerin is
naturally sweet; but contains no sugar.
HERBS that Tincture Well With Glycerin:
Burdock Chamomile Cleavers Dandelion
Echinacea Elder Fennel Ginger
Goldenseal Hawthorn Mugwort Mullein
Nettle Oat Peppermint Scullcap
Siberian Ginseng Uva Ursi Vitex Valerian
[J.Green: HERBAL MEDICINE MAKING HANDBOOK for exact wt/vol. and % Glycerin to HERBS]
Vinegar Tincture
- Reduce Dried Herb or Bark to Coarse
Powder.
- Combine with Pure Undiluted Vinegar
- Macerate for 10-14 Days; Shaking
Frequently
- Strain; Pour into Sterilized Bottle.
Cap.
- If Herb is a Bark: After Straining,
Heat to Boiling Point- Do not Boil.
- Filter While Hot. Pour into
Sterilized Bottles. Cap.
*Notes* Vinegar Tincture should be made annually. Do not use White Vinegar; Use: Apple Cider Vinegar, Rice Vinegar, and Wine Vinegar
Aromatic Vinegar Recipe [James Green] Soothing water for bathing the forehead and temples whenever headaches and prolong stress arise. Make ahead and refrigerate.
1. To ½ Cup Alcohol, add 1 drop each of Lavender Essential Oil [EO], Rosemary EO, Juniper EO, Peppermint EO, Cinnamon EO, and 2 drops each of Lemon EO, and Clove EO.
2. Shake this well to dissolve the oil into the alcohol.
3. Add ½ Cup pure A.C. Vinegar and shake again.
4. Add 1 Cup Distilled Water. Shake
5. Let stand for 8 days with frequent agitation.
6. Filter and store in tightly closed glass bottle.