Two questions. I have read that Amla is good for hair growth. Do you know anything about that. Also, a renowned Hearth surgeon working at health with food, said never to eat Gogi Berries. But I can’t remember why. He said they are poison to the body. Have you heard that.
Yes. Amla is truly an amazing herb. Research has shown that amla fruit is rich in vitamin C and antioxidant flavonoids and polyphonols, compounds that make amla anti-inflammatory and helps stabilize connective tissue, blood vessels, bones, hair, and the eyes. When combined with nettles and horsetail, amla speeds up improving the strength of the hair and nails. With strength comes growth (instead of breaking).
As far as Lycium (Goji berries) being poisonous, the volumes of research refute that. I have eaten Goji berries every day for years (and over the centuries so have the Chinese). So Chinese history, personal history and all the research demonstrating the benefits would suggest quite the opposite of being poisonous. The fact that it is defined as an adaptogen means that it cannot be toxic. Please refer to my article on adaptogens for the specific requirements for being considered an adaptogen.
Could you get alma in the powder form and make it into capsules as opposed to adding it to smoothies? I only drink smoothies in the winter because I prefer to take advantage of fresh berries during the summer months.
Yes, you can. The powder form is usually what people use to put it in smoothies although the dried berries are available too. There is no reason you cannot use capsules. You will still get all the benefits.
I am wanting to learn to make cannabis tinctures with high CBD and very mild THC. I am learning to grow my own cannabis. My son has severe seizures and responds extremely well to CBD. He is off 90% of his awful meds.
I by a tincture from my medical marju. store that has coconut oil in it. Is this book going to teach me how to make these types of tinctures that are dropped under the tongue?
Tina, I think someone at your store may be confused with what a tincture is. A tincture is an herb soaked and strained from a solvent, like alcohol. A complete definition is here. An herb “soaked” in an oil is called an infused oil, not a tincture.
I do tell how to make a specific infused oil in this article. However it is very specific to those blend of herbs. Reading it you will get the general idea.
There are lots of books that explain how to make an infused oil. I recommend James Greens book The Herbal Medicine-Maker’s Handbook. It is available in both kindle and paperback. The book is about more than making infused oils, but I think the section on infused oils is excellent.
I hope that helps you. Best of luck to you and your son.
I found you on Instagram and then saw this 4 part article. I was shocked at the ending.
I might have done the same as you. I did not guess that this was a scam early on after reading that he had done work for you before.
It is a scary world out there today. My heart goes out to you and breaks for your beloved Niko!
It sounds like there a plenty of good people left out there thanks to the kind people who helped you out.
John & I think of you often. With a new granddaughter as of January 1st, 2017 & us trying to travel in our RV I don’t keep up with people like I would like too but please keep in touch. I am on Instagram but have not used it thus far. You probably still have our email address& phone #s which you can text us on as well.
Take care, take healing time & support from family & friends. We miss you. We love you.
Hi Thyme
I just bought your book! Thanks for sharing such valuable info with us.
A question that I don’t see mentioned in the book – is it possible to make tinctures from fresh or frozen berries? eg we have a bunch of seabuckthorn berries and I was wondering if / how I could tincture them?
Thank you for buying my book! I hope it motivates you to make many tinctures.
Concerning making tinctures of Sea Buckthorn berries… Of course, you can make a tincture of anything. The question will be whether the tincture will be useful medicinally or not. Let me explain. Sea Buckthorn berries (and/or seeds) “commercially” have the most value as an oil and that is how you will usually see it sold. Chinese researchers completed a study suggesting that Sea Buckthorn oil extract can lower cholesterol, reduce angina and improve heart function in patients with cardiac disease.
From a holistic perspective, we know that the leaves and flowers are used for arthritis, GI ulcers, gout and skin rashes. Tea made from the leaves contains vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, amino acids, and fatty acids. The tea is typically used for lowering blood pressure and serum cholesterol, prevention and treatment of diseases of the blood vessel, and for increasing immunity.
That being said, I would not discount a tincture of the berries. I think of how the Schisandra berries are considered best medicinally eaten as dried berries, yet the powder/capsules has been used in Russia and now the rest of the world, and I (as well as others) have found the tincture to be quite effective.
So, even though I have not seen any information on the Sea Buckthorn berry tincture, it could be an excellent method to preserve and medicinally use as a tincture. If you decide to make it, please let me know how it does (I am assuming you already have experienced benefits just from using fresh or frozen berries). Perhaps I can interview you on a VLOG episode at that time?
To make it into a tincture (following the process described in my book), you will need to dry the berries first and then ground them into a powder. I use a dehydrator to dry my herbs, but you can just use an oven with the door slightly ajar and set at the lowest temperature (warm). Frozen berries would not work as a tincture because the formula does not consider the water content, which the frozen berries would have.
The follow on book I am hoping to have published by next year will describe in detail how to determine your own formulas. I hope you will get that book next year to understand in depth why I am suggesting that, for the berries, you use the formula 1:5 in 50% alcohol. Following the process as described in the book you just bought and using this formula, will result in a tincture.
Please let me know how it works for you, both in using the process in my book and the quality of the benefits of the Sea Buckthorn Berry tincture.
Dear Thyme
thanks for your speedy reply. Fascinating.
We do still have some fresh berries on the trees, so I’ll make sure to harvest some and dry them and try what you mention.
And following on from that -the process you mention that will be in the follow on book – do you mean with dry berries or would it be possible with fresh berries?
They are so juicy that dehydrating (we do have a dehydrator), is a lengthy process. Any ways to try tincturing with fresh berries I’d love to hear..
Thank you so much! I thought I was perhaps speaking too slowly, but I have seen many videos that spoke so fast that I had to change the setting to a slow speed. It is difficult to know what is optimum. So I really appreciate your comment.
I waited until today to provide comments because, I wanted to see the VLOG on both my cell phone and larger computer monitor. And to see the VLOG more than once to get 1st impressions and overnight thought through impressions.
As stated on 1st look – I like it. The structure, tone, pace, and content all seemed to go together very well.
My old eyes had some trouble seeing the curser while you were showing us around the website, but I could follow your verbal directions.
Nicely done, As you may know my net is very slow. But once your vid got started it played smoothly. Just wanted you to know that it did work well for those of us with this type of issue.
I have just finished my herbal medicine course and to be completely prepared to make tinctures, I have bought and studied your book. However, I cannot make the formula for the spreadsheet for “G Spirit” work. Here is what I’ve typed in:
=ROUND(((C2/(F2/2))*E2)
I get the error message: the formula is missing an opening or closing parenthesis. I’ve fiddled with the cell format, added and reduced (( or )) in the formula, but cannot get it to take. Can you advise please? p.s. using Excel 2010
One easy way to know whether you have all the left and right parentheses is to count the left ones and then count the right ones. You should have the same number for each type. In your example, you have 4 left parentheses and 3 right parentheses. So you are either missing a right parentheses or have an extra left. To figure out what is missing, start from the inside to match left to right and make sure it is the correct equation you want.
From the inside you have (F2/2)
That’s one left and one right
and then come out once more from “inside”: (C2/(F2/2))
That’s two lefts and two rights
and then come out once more from “inside”: ((C2/(F2/2))*E2)
That’s three lefts and three rights
and then come out once more from “inside”: (((C2/(F2/2))*E2)
That’s four lefts and three rights. So either you have an extra left or missing a right.
In this case, the equations have matching left and right parentheses, however the ROUND function (that rounds out the answer to the total equation) will fail because it needs to be of the form ROUND()
So you are missing it’s right parentheses.
So the formula should be =ROUND(((C2/(F2/2))*E2))
I hope that helps you. Let me know..
And thanks for reading (and more importantly, studying) my book. I hope you have great success in making tinctures.
Thank you immensely for the reply…sometimes people don’t.
I must have written the formula incorrectly to you because I have typed it in as you have…very carefully!…I will work with it to see if I have some kind of hidden something or other in the spreadsheet. Again, many thanks for getting back to me!
I hope that once you have determined what was causing your error, that you will share it by replying to this comment thread. It might help someone else with the same or a similar problem.
Just to let you know, I am working hard to finish my second book – a follow on to my first book Making Tinctures: Beyond the Folk Method. This second book is titled Making Tinctures: Determining Formulas, Benefits, Safety, Dosage. There will be additional formulas given in this second book, but also details on how to derive a formula when you cannot find a formula elsewhere or need to select between contradictory formulas you have found. I will also go into more detail about glycerites (and why I don’t make them), but also give formulas that include glycerin and explain why. I hope you have read my page on my website that talks more about glycerites. In my second book I also explain how to find the benefits and the safety issues. And I explain about dosages. All formulas given will have example labels that give benefits, safety issues, and dosage.
I’m using Excel 2016; maybe that is why this formula worked:
=ROUND(C2/((F2/2))*E2,0)
I think it was looking for how many digits you wanted to round to: 0.; 0.0; 0.00; and so on. The “0” is telling it you don’t want any decimals. Hope this helps!
Exactly what I discovered after seeing your reply. I googled the function for EXCEL and got this formula:
=ROUND(number,num_digits)
So you figured it out exactly.
I use LibreOffice Calc because it works in both Windows and Linux, and I use both operating systems. LibreOffice Calc and Excel are supposed to be interchangeable. Hmmm… apparently not EXACTLY. Glad you discovered it so that others will be aware.
Thank you.
Thyme
=ROUND(((C2/(F2/2))*E2))
That does not work no matter how I play with the numbers and symbols, however, this formula did work:
=ROUND(C2/((F2/2))*E2,0)
…maybe it’s a different excel version? But anyway, THANKS!
We will be at the festival, and need 2 bottles of the anti- congestion mist. I have a friend who also wants to order 2 bottles from your online store, but doesn’t see that in your store for ordering. So that would be a total of 4 bottles.
Hi, Bob. These are 3 separate 4 hour workshops. Each of the workshops are about Making Tinctures. This gives everyone an opportunity to choose the day they have available for that weekend.
You are welcome, Thyme, and thank you for the excellent tinctures! I’ve had such relief of especially persistent Spring allergy symptoms with your Elderflower tincture and the Astragalus and Barberry made me feel much more prepared during an otherwise very grim month. March (2020). Also very glad to have made a new herbal friend, a bright spot in this worrisome pandemic time. I’ve just used your new store with PayPal and it all works beautifully. Thanks, again, and take good care!
Sincerely, Pam
Hello,
I would like to see the contents of the book before I buy one 🙂
In Amazon is not available. Perhaps could you post them here?
Kindest regards,
Jeremy
Hi Jeremy. Thank you for your interest in my book! I just checked and my book still has the “Look Inside” feature on the web version of Amazon. Perhaps you were checking from your phone? I noticed that “Look Inside” feature is missing for all books in the app. Here is the link to my sales page. Making Tinctures: Beyond the Folk Method The “Look Inside” is on the left. Just click on it…. It includes the Table of Contents, section on What is this Book About?, section on Why is this Book Needed?, and chapter on What is a Tincture?
I hope to have the follow-on to this book titled Making Tinctures: Determining Formulas, Benefits, Safety, Dosage published by next month. I’ve finishing writing it and am now editing and formatting it. Like this first book, I will publish first a Kindle version and shortly afterwards a paperback version.
I feel a Dropperful amount should be more than 30 drops *based upon my own “trial & error”, just fill the tube entirely & the remainder of the issue is immaterial in my view.
You do not realize the importance of determining dosage based on the herbs specific range of effectiveness? For many herbs too much can be toxic, especially for an infant, child, elderly or a frail person. There is NO tincture that I would prescribe a dosage of filling the length of the tube and since the squeeze of the bulb limits the amount that will enter the tube, I would not want to hassle with getting the tube full in the first place. If you put your tincture in a 16 oz bottle, do you fill the length of that tube too? Do you really think all herbs are safe at large dosages? And do you really experiment (trial and error) on people? I hope you will read my upcoming book where I cover in depth the topic of dosage. The title of my upcoming book is Making Tinctures: Determining Formulas, Benefits, Safety, Dosage
Hi Michelle. Thank you for your interest in my book. I am assuming you are referring to my upcoming book. I have finished writing it and am now in the process of editing and then formatting the book for both Kindle and paperback. With some personal and family circumstances, as well as the pandemic, it has become a slow process. However it is getting done. If you have signed up for my newsletter, I plan to start providing status, as well as excerpts in the newsletter. Again thank you. Your inquiry encourages me to get it done.
I have a question! I met you at Harvest Time about a year or so ago! Anyways you mentioned Barberry!! I think we may have one. But not sure. It comes up Japanese Barberry. Can you tell me? Is it legit?
Yes! Berberis thunbergii is actually more common that Berberis vulgaris. Research is not as extensive as on Berberis vulgaris, but what has been done shows the Japanese Barberry is as potent. Same antioxidant and anti diabetic quality.Like B. vulgaris a great substitute for metformin. Research in Hungary confirm antibacterial activity against B subtillis, E. Coli and two others. In the USA research more proof of antibacterial activity. I hope to have a Berberis thunbergii in the near future to start in my gardens.
Two questions. I have read that Amla is good for hair growth. Do you know anything about that. Also, a renowned Hearth surgeon working at health with food, said never to eat Gogi Berries. But I can’t remember why. He said they are poison to the body. Have you heard that.
Yes. Amla is truly an amazing herb. Research has shown that amla fruit is rich in vitamin C and antioxidant flavonoids and polyphonols, compounds that make amla anti-inflammatory and helps stabilize connective tissue, blood vessels, bones, hair, and the eyes. When combined with nettles and horsetail, amla speeds up improving the strength of the hair and nails. With strength comes growth (instead of breaking).
As far as Lycium (Goji berries) being poisonous, the volumes of research refute that. I have eaten Goji berries every day for years (and over the centuries so have the Chinese). So Chinese history, personal history and all the research demonstrating the benefits would suggest quite the opposite of being poisonous. The fact that it is defined as an adaptogen means that it cannot be toxic. Please refer to my article on adaptogens for the specific requirements for being considered an adaptogen.
Could you get alma in the powder form and make it into capsules as opposed to adding it to smoothies? I only drink smoothies in the winter because I prefer to take advantage of fresh berries during the summer months.
Yes, you can. The powder form is usually what people use to put it in smoothies although the dried berries are available too. There is no reason you cannot use capsules. You will still get all the benefits.
I am wanting to learn to make cannabis tinctures with high CBD and very mild THC. I am learning to grow my own cannabis. My son has severe seizures and responds extremely well to CBD. He is off 90% of his awful meds.
I by a tincture from my medical marju. store that has coconut oil in it. Is this book going to teach me how to make these types of tinctures that are dropped under the tongue?
Tina, I think someone at your store may be confused with what a tincture is. A tincture is an herb soaked and strained from a solvent, like alcohol. A complete definition is here. An herb “soaked” in an oil is called an infused oil, not a tincture.
I do tell how to make a specific infused oil in this article. However it is very specific to those blend of herbs. Reading it you will get the general idea.
There are lots of books that explain how to make an infused oil. I recommend James Greens book The Herbal Medicine-Maker’s Handbook. It is available in both kindle and paperback. The book is about more than making infused oils, but I think the section on infused oils is excellent.
I hope that helps you. Best of luck to you and your son.
Interesting article. Thank you.
Well written and helpful. Thank you!
I agree with Darlene thank you for speaking “plain English”!
Love you. Looking forward to the rest of the story.
Hi Thyme,
I found you on Instagram and then saw this 4 part article. I was shocked at the ending.
I might have done the same as you. I did not guess that this was a scam early on after reading that he had done work for you before.
It is a scary world out there today. My heart goes out to you and breaks for your beloved Niko!
It sounds like there a plenty of good people left out there thanks to the kind people who helped you out.
John & I think of you often. With a new granddaughter as of January 1st, 2017 & us trying to travel in our RV I don’t keep up with people like I would like too but please keep in touch. I am on Instagram but have not used it thus far. You probably still have our email address& phone #s which you can text us on as well.
Take care, take healing time & support from family & friends. We miss you. We love you.
Pat Huntley
Hi Thyme
I just bought your book! Thanks for sharing such valuable info with us.
A question that I don’t see mentioned in the book – is it possible to make tinctures from fresh or frozen berries? eg we have a bunch of seabuckthorn berries and I was wondering if / how I could tincture them?
Cheers
Cara
Hi Cara,
Thank you for buying my book! I hope it motivates you to make many tinctures.
Concerning making tinctures of Sea Buckthorn berries… Of course, you can make a tincture of anything. The question will be whether the tincture will be useful medicinally or not. Let me explain. Sea Buckthorn berries (and/or seeds) “commercially” have the most value as an oil and that is how you will usually see it sold. Chinese researchers completed a study suggesting that Sea Buckthorn oil extract can lower cholesterol, reduce angina and improve heart function in patients with cardiac disease.
From a holistic perspective, we know that the leaves and flowers are used for arthritis, GI ulcers, gout and skin rashes. Tea made from the leaves contains vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, amino acids, and fatty acids. The tea is typically used for lowering blood pressure and serum cholesterol, prevention and treatment of diseases of the blood vessel, and for increasing immunity.
That being said, I would not discount a tincture of the berries. I think of how the Schisandra berries are considered best medicinally eaten as dried berries, yet the powder/capsules has been used in Russia and now the rest of the world, and I (as well as others) have found the tincture to be quite effective.
So, even though I have not seen any information on the Sea Buckthorn berry tincture, it could be an excellent method to preserve and medicinally use as a tincture. If you decide to make it, please let me know how it does (I am assuming you already have experienced benefits just from using fresh or frozen berries). Perhaps I can interview you on a VLOG episode at that time?
To make it into a tincture (following the process described in my book), you will need to dry the berries first and then ground them into a powder. I use a dehydrator to dry my herbs, but you can just use an oven with the door slightly ajar and set at the lowest temperature (warm). Frozen berries would not work as a tincture because the formula does not consider the water content, which the frozen berries would have.
The follow on book I am hoping to have published by next year will describe in detail how to determine your own formulas. I hope you will get that book next year to understand in depth why I am suggesting that, for the berries, you use the formula 1:5 in 50% alcohol. Following the process as described in the book you just bought and using this formula, will result in a tincture.
Please let me know how it works for you, both in using the process in my book and the quality of the benefits of the Sea Buckthorn Berry tincture.
Thyme
Dear Thyme
thanks for your speedy reply. Fascinating.
We do still have some fresh berries on the trees, so I’ll make sure to harvest some and dry them and try what you mention.
And following on from that -the process you mention that will be in the follow on book – do you mean with dry berries or would it be possible with fresh berries?
They are so juicy that dehydrating (we do have a dehydrator), is a lengthy process. Any ways to try tincturing with fresh berries I’d love to hear..
I’ll keep in touch!
Cara
Well done🤗
You spoke clearly and with confidence, and your information was on point and
easily understood .
Thank you so much! I thought I was perhaps speaking too slowly, but I have seen many videos that spoke so fast that I had to change the setting to a slow speed. It is difficult to know what is optimum. So I really appreciate your comment.
I waited until today to provide comments because, I wanted to see the VLOG on both my cell phone and larger computer monitor. And to see the VLOG more than once to get 1st impressions and overnight thought through impressions.
As stated on 1st look – I like it. The structure, tone, pace, and content all seemed to go together very well.
My old eyes had some trouble seeing the curser while you were showing us around the website, but I could follow your verbal directions.
Well done overall
Thank you for the feedback. I think if I highlight instead of just move the cursor, you might be able to see it better on mobile devices.
Nicely done, As you may know my net is very slow. But once your vid got started it played smoothly. Just wanted you to know that it did work well for those of us with this type of issue.
Thank you. Good thing to know. (Especially since if it had not work, I would have had to figure out what I could do about it….)
Well done! The pace was perfect and it was very clear. Sorry I missed the event, I’ve been away. I look forward to your next vlog!
I have just finished my herbal medicine course and to be completely prepared to make tinctures, I have bought and studied your book. However, I cannot make the formula for the spreadsheet for “G Spirit” work. Here is what I’ve typed in:
=ROUND(((C2/(F2/2))*E2)
I get the error message: the formula is missing an opening or closing parenthesis. I’ve fiddled with the cell format, added and reduced (( or )) in the formula, but cannot get it to take. Can you advise please? p.s. using Excel 2010
Hi KC.
One easy way to know whether you have all the left and right parentheses is to count the left ones and then count the right ones. You should have the same number for each type. In your example, you have 4 left parentheses and 3 right parentheses. So you are either missing a right parentheses or have an extra left. To figure out what is missing, start from the inside to match left to right and make sure it is the correct equation you want.
From the inside you have (F2/2)
That’s one left and one right
and then come out once more from “inside”: (C2/(F2/2))
That’s two lefts and two rights
and then come out once more from “inside”: ((C2/(F2/2))*E2)
That’s three lefts and three rights
and then come out once more from “inside”: (((C2/(F2/2))*E2)
That’s four lefts and three rights. So either you have an extra left or missing a right.
In this case, the equations have matching left and right parentheses, however the ROUND function (that rounds out the answer to the total equation) will fail because it needs to be of the form ROUND()
So you are missing it’s right parentheses.
So the formula should be =ROUND(((C2/(F2/2))*E2))
I hope that helps you. Let me know..
And thanks for reading (and more importantly, studying) my book. I hope you have great success in making tinctures.
Thyme Wisper
Thank you immensely for the reply…sometimes people don’t.
I must have written the formula incorrectly to you because I have typed it in as you have…very carefully!…I will work with it to see if I have some kind of hidden something or other in the spreadsheet. Again, many thanks for getting back to me!
I hope that once you have determined what was causing your error, that you will share it by replying to this comment thread. It might help someone else with the same or a similar problem.
Just to let you know, I am working hard to finish my second book – a follow on to my first book Making Tinctures: Beyond the Folk Method. This second book is titled Making Tinctures: Determining Formulas, Benefits, Safety, Dosage. There will be additional formulas given in this second book, but also details on how to derive a formula when you cannot find a formula elsewhere or need to select between contradictory formulas you have found. I will also go into more detail about glycerites (and why I don’t make them), but also give formulas that include glycerin and explain why. I hope you have read my page on my website that talks more about glycerites. In my second book I also explain how to find the benefits and the safety issues. And I explain about dosages. All formulas given will have example labels that give benefits, safety issues, and dosage.
I hope to have the book published before Summer.
I’m using Excel 2016; maybe that is why this formula worked:
=ROUND(C2/((F2/2))*E2,0)
I think it was looking for how many digits you wanted to round to: 0.; 0.0; 0.00; and so on. The “0” is telling it you don’t want any decimals. Hope this helps!
Exactly what I discovered after seeing your reply. I googled the function for EXCEL and got this formula:
=ROUND(number,num_digits)
So you figured it out exactly.
I use LibreOffice Calc because it works in both Windows and Linux, and I use both operating systems. LibreOffice Calc and Excel are supposed to be interchangeable. Hmmm… apparently not EXACTLY. Glad you discovered it so that others will be aware.
Thank you.
Thyme
=ROUND(((C2/(F2/2))*E2))
That does not work no matter how I play with the numbers and symbols, however, this formula did work:
=ROUND(C2/((F2/2))*E2,0)
…maybe it’s a different excel version? But anyway, THANKS!
We will be at the festival, and need 2 bottles of the anti- congestion mist. I have a friend who also wants to order 2 bottles from your online store, but doesn’t see that in your store for ordering. So that would be a total of 4 bottles.
Thanks, Shirley!
I will reserve 4 bottles of my Anti-congestion Mist for you.
Looking forward to seeing you!
finally, i have found the exact definition of a dropperful. Thank you a lot.
Are these 3-day workshops or 3 separate 4 hour workshops
Hi, Bob. These are 3 separate 4 hour workshops. Each of the workshops are about Making Tinctures. This gives everyone an opportunity to choose the day they have available for that weekend.
Thank you. Helped a lot!
You are welcome, Thyme, and thank you for the excellent tinctures! I’ve had such relief of especially persistent Spring allergy symptoms with your Elderflower tincture and the Astragalus and Barberry made me feel much more prepared during an otherwise very grim month. March (2020). Also very glad to have made a new herbal friend, a bright spot in this worrisome pandemic time. I’ve just used your new store with PayPal and it all works beautifully. Thanks, again, and take good care!
Sincerely, Pam
Thank YOU, Pam. Love your support, and yes! Your friendship, too.
Hello,
I would like to see the contents of the book before I buy one 🙂
In Amazon is not available. Perhaps could you post them here?
Kindest regards,
Jeremy
Hi Jeremy. Thank you for your interest in my book! I just checked and my book still has the “Look Inside” feature on the web version of Amazon. Perhaps you were checking from your phone? I noticed that “Look Inside” feature is missing for all books in the app. Here is the link to my sales page. Making Tinctures: Beyond the Folk Method The “Look Inside” is on the left. Just click on it…. It includes the Table of Contents, section on What is this Book About?, section on Why is this Book Needed?, and chapter on What is a Tincture?
I hope to have the follow-on to this book titled Making Tinctures: Determining Formulas, Benefits, Safety, Dosage published by next month. I’ve finishing writing it and am now editing and formatting it. Like this first book, I will publish first a Kindle version and shortly afterwards a paperback version.
Hope you find this helpful.
I feel a Dropperful amount should be more than 30 drops *based upon my own “trial & error”, just fill the tube entirely & the remainder of the issue is immaterial in my view.
You do not realize the importance of determining dosage based on the herbs specific range of effectiveness? For many herbs too much can be toxic, especially for an infant, child, elderly or a frail person. There is NO tincture that I would prescribe a dosage of filling the length of the tube and since the squeeze of the bulb limits the amount that will enter the tube, I would not want to hassle with getting the tube full in the first place. If you put your tincture in a 16 oz bottle, do you fill the length of that tube too? Do you really think all herbs are safe at large dosages? And do you really experiment (trial and error) on people? I hope you will read my upcoming book where I cover in depth the topic of dosage. The title of my upcoming book is Making Tinctures: Determining Formulas, Benefits, Safety, Dosage
Have you published your book? If so, where I can buy it?
Hi Michelle. Thank you for your interest in my book. I am assuming you are referring to my upcoming book. I have finished writing it and am now in the process of editing and then formatting the book for both Kindle and paperback. With some personal and family circumstances, as well as the pandemic, it has become a slow process. However it is getting done. If you have signed up for my newsletter, I plan to start providing status, as well as excerpts in the newsletter. Again thank you. Your inquiry encourages me to get it done.
This is a super well explained piece ! Thanks
Hey Thyme!!
I have a question! I met you at Harvest Time about a year or so ago! Anyways you mentioned Barberry!! I think we may have one. But not sure. It comes up Japanese Barberry. Can you tell me? Is it legit?
Hi Lacey!
Yes! Berberis thunbergii is actually more common that Berberis vulgaris. Research is not as extensive as on Berberis vulgaris, but what has been done shows the Japanese Barberry is as potent. Same antioxidant and anti diabetic quality.Like B. vulgaris a great substitute for metformin. Research in Hungary confirm antibacterial activity against B subtillis, E. Coli and two others. In the USA research more proof of antibacterial activity. I hope to have a Berberis thunbergii in the near future to start in my gardens.