Ticture or Tablet

scarlet · 09-16-2004, 01:45 PM

I've always had a lot more success taking my herbs in tincture rather than tablet form. A herbalist I went to also told me that she too prefered tinctures.

Do people find one more effective than the other?

froggirl · 09-19-2004, 10:04 PM

Great post! I prefer tinctures. I beleive that they are more natural in form and therefore are not only more useful to your body, but have less potential for harm if too much is taken.

The tinctures I've used are made by blending up real herbs with alcohol, letting them sit for a period of time for the alcohol to extract the good stuff, then separating them and bottling them.

Nothing is done to artificially extract only the "active ingredients" and bind them to some filler and make it into a pill. I think when this is done, herbs can actually be harmful if someone takes too much. When they are in their natural state: tincture, tea, or ground into powder... the only thing that happens when you take too much is you get sick and either vomit or have diarrhea. Kind of like God's built in protection system. JMHO!

ERICKA77 · 09-20-2004, 10:54 AM

I perfer tincture form.
Although I've only had the tincture already bottled in the health food store. I never thought about making my own. So much better.
Do soak them in rubbing alchol? And how long to they actually sit in the alcohol? Do you bottle the alchol mixture?, and then mix with water?
Thanks,

froggirl · 09-20-2004, 10:06 PM

Sorry, after reading my last post it did sound like I meant that I have made them myself... I haven't yet, but the place that I get my herbs actually tells you how to make them and that's what I meant. I don't have the info on me right now, but basically the instructions are to use grain alcohol or the strongest vodka you can buy...organic is best (NOT rubbing alcohol...it's toxic if taken internally!) You need to know which part of the herb to use... ie leaf, stem, fruit, root, etc. Fill the blender with the herb... either dried or fresh and again organic is best. Cover with the grain alcohol. Blend it up and put it into a glass container with a lid and set it in a dark cool place. You're supposed to shake the jar every day or two for several months. You're supposed to start them on either a full or new moon, and end them on new or full... not sure which it is. If you want more info, let me know I can get the books from my mother's. I do want to try this, but haven't yet... I've just been shelling out the big bucks for the stuff already made. I don't need any right now since I'm not on anything, but I'm going to try it one of these days.