Babymakers - Liquid Extracts and Tinctures

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Jul. 13, 2006 - Liquid Extracts and Tinctures

What is the difference between a liquid extract and a tincture?

Liquid Extract- This is 4x stronger than capsules are. You can take it or you can add it to oil for a massage ointment. Remember, your skin is your biggest organ.

To make extract yourself this is what you mix together-

4 oz. dry herbs (twice that if you are using fresh)

1 pint of apple cider vinegar (NOT WHITE VINEGAR) OR
glycerin OR
80 proof alcohol

Pinch of Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is optional as a preservative

I recommend using the alcohol. It will work great. Glycerin is expensive and vinegar is not what it used to be. If you can see through vinegar without it being cloudy than it is to filtered. In fact, I have been told you should not use it unless it is raw with the mother still in it.

After this you let it sit and shake it once a day. If you used dry herbs than you do this for 1 week but if you used fresh you need to do this for 15 days. Strain it and store it.

Tincture- 14x stronger than extract!! 2 drops = 1 capsule. This is very potent and just a drop or two on the wrist or feet will go straight into your blood stream.

To make this you need -

160z colored glass bottle

1 oz powdered herb OR
50 capsules OR
2 oz bulk

4 oz distilled water

1 tablespoon glycerin

12 oz 80 proof alcohol

You let this sit for 14 days and shake it everyday and then strain it. It should fit in your 16 oz bottle.

So that is the difference between those two things. Have fun! I will write about others later. I am thinking that a poultice and fomentation will be next.

Comments

Jul. 13, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by DanielleW

So how do you get a hold of a mother?

80% proof? Is that of anything or something specific?

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Jul. 13, 2006 - Mothers

Posted by Mommaofmany

Funny...I just watched a Good Eats episode last night all about how to make vinegar, so I know what you mean by a mother!
Momma

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Jul. 13, 2006 - Thanks for the recipe

Posted by

I would like to try it out sometime.
And no you didn't really fool me. I read enough of your blog, to know that you couldn't be a liberal democart. :)
Although it is possible I will offend someone with my post. But I thought it was too good to pass up.

Edited by REInvestor on Jul. 13, 2006 at 7:06 PM

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Jul. 14, 2006 - This is really interesting!

Posted by tiredmom

Thank you for starting with basic definitions and descriptions. The closest I've come to natural healing is Chamomile tea before bed so I really appreciate that you're starting at the beginning so to speak.

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Jul. 15, 2006 - To Danielle's comment above....

Posted by babymakers

I wish I knew someone I could get a mother from. I think it is one of those things you get from someone else and everytime you start a new batch you have to use the mother. Does that make sense? There are companies that sell "raw" vinegar like Bragg's (local health food store) but it is not the same. It is better that the normal vinegar most people buy.

I don't think it matters what type of alcohol. I am going to use vodka. I think that would have an easier flavor to cover up than other types. I always made tinctures with honey before but now that I know how much stronger alcohol is to pull out the medicinal qualities in the herbs and that the shelf life is really long and that it is not sin to use it I am going to switch.

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Jul. 15, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by DanielleW

Did a little research of my own.

""Mother" of vinegar (cloudy vinegar) will naturally occur in vinegar products as the result of the vinegar bacteria itself. "Mother" is actually cellulose (a natural carbohydrate which is the fiber in foods such as celery and lettuce) produced by the harmless vinegar bacteria. Today, most manufacturers pasteurize their product before bottling to prevent these bacteria from forming "mother" while sitting on the grocery store shelf."

So to me it looks like if you make your own vinegar, you will get mother.

Here is the link to the site I found this on:
http://www.solutions.uiuc.edu/content.cfm?series=3&item=295&Parents=0%7C28

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