In my first book Making Tinctures: Beyond the Folk Method, I wrote a chapter on how to create a spreadsheet that will automatically provide the results needed for each herb tincture formula. The spreadsheet is exactly what I use for …

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That’s right. To be healthy you need to salt to taste, but it needs to be the right salt. But what does it mean to “salt to taste”. And salt is salt, right? So what is the “right salt”? Let’s …

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Have you ever noticed a sediment in a tincture bottle on your shelf? No, the tincture has not “gone bad”. Tinctures last for decades. The formation of this sediment is caused by constituents (chemical compounds) known as tannins. All tannins …

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