I usually make up my tinctures with 4oz herbs to 1pint high grade spirit [usually vodka...hic! ] but in the Bartram's Herbal Encyclopaedia I have just got it says that you can make up a perfectly good tincture using a mix of 25% alcohol to 75% water.
Does anyone do this and what are the results?
Do the tinctures keep for as long with the reduced alcohol content?
I'm about to make a new batch and would like to try and get an answer before I try this new method so would be grateful for any help you can give.
Very much obliged
Lisa-Dawn
2007-05-17 19:33:51 · 5 answers · asked by HerbalHydro 1 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
yes it works. Personally I think you should make them as needed, half the thing with holistic medicine is the freshness.
2007-05-17 19:38:06 · answer #1 · answered by WitchTwo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd be careful. If I remember correctly, vodka is about 10 percent alcohol. What percentage is the alcohol Bartram's recommends? I would do one the old way, and one the Bartram's way, and compare the results.
2007-05-17 19:43:19 · answer #2 · answered by Madame M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive made my own tinctures for many years and have never added water.I also have the Bartrams Herbal book, which is excellent, so you could give it a try if it says its ok to add water.we all do things differently, and its whatever works for the individual
2007-05-18 10:25:19 · answer #3 · answered by Ramona 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I use 1/4 brandy (brandy is usually recommneded) & 3/4 water & drops of the herbal timcture.
2007-05-18 11:29:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont thik its necessary to water down a tincture you can sweeten byadding gl;ycerin
2007-05-18 03:39:57 · answer #5 · answered by greengrass44444 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋