MAKING PLANT MEDICINE: A Beginner's Guide to Tincture Making

Harness the power of plant medicine. Come into the garden and dive into the simple techniques of making herbal tinctures from medicinal herbs.
Whether you're a seasoned herbalist or just starting your journey into natural remedies, this video is packed with valuable insights and practical tips to help you create potent herbal tinctures at home.
Join Weedy as he explores the fascinating world of herbal medicine, from selecting the finest organic herbs to the step-by-step tincture-making process and infusion with oils.
Cultivate your own medicinal herbs in a sustainable permaculture garden and discover the benefits of using organic ingredients.
This easy guide covers everything you need to know, including essential tools and equipment, proper herb preparation techniques, and different extraction methods. Plus, we'll share valuable tips on dosage, storage, and maximizing the potency of your herbal remedies.
Unlock the healing potential of nature and watch this empowering and informative video from The Weedy Garden!
Enjoy :-)
Weedy
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Hello! Great video! Thank you!! Do you ever infuse using castor oil? Also, I read in a medical book from 1911 that they used pure gum spirits of turpentine as a menstruum for extracting. Have you heard of this, or done it? I would like to try for ropical use, but want to hear from someone who's done it. Thanks again for the great video. It was fun AND educational! 😁

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[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thanks for watching folks. Download your free 25 page Ebook here: www.theweedygarden.com/australian-medicinal-herbs BTW…I am starting two new channels soon for those interested in the Plant Medicines. One is with Elle and will be down the carrot hole with her, and the other will be with the Queen of Herbs, in collaboration with The Northern Rivers Hemp Coop.

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Excited to follow along, we are doing similar moves in the medicine space with the second one. Keen to see where it takes you!

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Thank you, Weedy!

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I know right! But I don't know how many videos I've watched and although the person went precisely over every detail someone in the comments ask the most obvious simple question. I'm like seriously?! Common sense man or it was just explained. Hopefully, my comment will help him out and he will get some more views ;)

[@forestbracht5278]

I've always been a bit shy from making tinctures because I thought it was a complicated process. Thanks for showing its not!!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

You’re welcome 😊

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Bob Ross of gardening ❤ I hit play just to be soothed by the sound of your voice! The helpful tips and learning are bonus!

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[@dianejames7829]

One of my favorite things that you say is, "It's already yours.". It is! A lot of wild food and medicine is right there for you and so is the education. You're an awesome teacher Mr. Weedy. ❤

[@Argles_Organics]

I thought my Vodka buying days were over, but I see the benefits of the alcohol method. Thanks Weedy and Elle

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lol. Maybe you should stick to the glycerine.

[@delphihendrix808]

People really need to learn this kind of stuff especially these times!!!

[@celestemichon1038]

I took a course in tincture making in the Yukon Dawson city about 10 or 15 years ago. I took a wilderness course and this was part of it. Thank you so much for refreshing. My memory truly appreciate it. I shared it with my sisters and my niece.

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The thing you talked about at the beginning about liking and sharing and commenting, that's cool I didnt know that! Now it feels like I'm passing on the opportunity for knowledge to another 110 people 😊

[@dimitrisuricato]

My grandmother used to do this with vodka. She suffered a lot with pain on her knees and joints, so she did these tinctures with vodka and herbs to relieve the pain and avoid taking too much pain killers. Miss you granny ❤

[@bobbiduval7961]

What herbs did she use please. I suffer from the same.

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

What tinctures did she make?

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@@bobbiduval7961 Weird how the poster doesn't answer questions.

[@napeekapunpimtongnara9111]

I believe in natural plant medicine. And in my country there are good herbal medicines that the new generation hardly knows about.

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Teach them, pass on the knowledge if u can

[@napeekapunpimtongnara9111]

@@oscard.lisboa6105 Your advice is a good one. But in reality it is very difficult to do. The new generation has almost no interest in plants and herbs even though they are very close to us. But teenagers are interested in clothes and cell phones. Which is scary if one day the food and plant sources are gone. Or the plants are replaced by condos or GMO plants are replaced. I think it's a nightmare. My country was once the Venice of Eastern Asia, rich in water resources and rare fish species. Various types of plants that grow everywhere flourish, but the arrival of the CCP that controls everything is a factor 4. Illegal import of dangerous chemicals and genetic engineering It caused native plants to disappear and people had to eat plants contaminated with pesticides that exceeded standard limits, to the point where government hospitals could no longer afford to admit large numbers of sick people. And it has become a problem that cannot be solved without removing the CCP monopoly system from the country. The CCP sent its own people to control everything, including the government.

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It is your job to educate them!

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The world need more lessons like this

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Recommend this to a 100 more people! 🙏🏽

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So glad I found you, such an authentic person with a lovely voice helping heal humanity

[@M_C--]

Just getting into tinctures haven’t even made one yet but I’m doing research before I make my first ine

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My lovely Weedy!!!!!😊 I am a tincture making food forresting loving gmom. Dehydrate like crazy. Tincture like crazy. Garden like crazy!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

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Me too !!!

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I already know how to make tinctures, but I absolutely adore your content, your cinematography, and your energy/personality! Thank you for all you do! ❤

[@chefgiovanni]

Cheers from the USA. Thank you for teaching us tinctures.

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I love your soft energy, thanks for sharing so much! Let the earth take care of us while we take care of the earth! ✨️

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I like the down to earth approach ( literally) here's to the next 100 viewers

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Plant medicine, a gift from nature 🌿 Thank you for sharing.

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I love how you speak softly. So relaxing

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It's true

[@shaun123w]

Tinctures for health, a gift from the garden. Thanks Weedy.

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I can't wait until I have my own apothecary

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❤mother nature needs us and we need her

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So I've been silently watching your videos for some time now, which has been a challenge because every video leaves me bursting with inspiration and gratitude. I have also coined your videos as a cure for depression. There are so many channels out there on just about anything, but there's always that one that just slaps different. My theory is that is has something to do with the internal world of the youtuber, and it would only make sense to say that your internal world is rich with treasures, from your travels and life experience. @6:39 is a perfect example too, I feel you're speaking to your audience as if they are real human beings, and I can feel a sense of care and compassion, as if my grandfather is showing me the way. Thank you Mr. Weedy.

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That is EXACTLY how it is 💜💜💜🎥🦍🫵🏻👍🙏🏻

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[@TheWeedyGarden]

@@HistoryHaty Love this feedback. Very inspiring for me to hear. Thank you 🫵🏻👍

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You remind me of my grandmother who was very good with these kinds of medicine.

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The music is lovely too 😊

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This combined with your last video has been an incredible introduction to your channel, I'm just beginning to walk down the path of growing medicinal plants after beginning to do permaculture gardening work with my girlfriend last year. Having good quality information for how to best preserve the volatile compounds I spend so much energy growing is pretty critical. Thank you for doin whatcha do!

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I’m so glad people like you choose to share this knowledge with the rest if the world.

[@SimerSandude]

Thank you for making this I harvested some turkeytail and never bothered with the tincture part as my adhd got the best of me until today!

[@rachelwatkins5541]

Loved this video! I’ve been wanting to learn more about tinctures and I was thrilled when I saw this. Please make more videos about herbs . I’ve enjoyed and appreciated them so much !

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They should teach this in school! Thank you ❤

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Love your channel!

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Real life potions...straight out of a fantasy world

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Hay Weedy! I finally got around to watching "Down the carrot hole", me and my wife loved it! Thank you for what you are doing, and thank you for all the inspiration you have given me the last couple of years to be one with nature!

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Awesome! Thank you!

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Here is to 100 more people becoming blessed with natural healing

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Great video! Thank you!

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nature can provide if we are patient and willing to learn from others! thank you.

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Will you make a video about Cannabis/ Hemp? I ve seen your giant Plant, but you never tell us a lot about it

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Check his pinned comment - there might be a clue there.

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On a new channel yes 😉

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The best explanation video I’ve seen in a while

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This is what I’ve been missing. Thanks for all your teachings. Blessings

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Really enjoyed these 2 medicinal videos. Cool to see guests getting involved

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Weedy I love your videos! Can you share how many acres of land you have?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Well the land is not ours. We rent a house at the bottom of the hill and have permission to make the garden on the hill on about 45 acres because I manage the land for the owners. We are building the channel so that it will one day pay to buy the land from the lovely folks who own it. Then we will own the land and build a home next to the garden on the hill. All done entirely on the revenue from the channel and our website. I think it is time to tell everyone the story. I gave up my photography business to focus on the channel because it seems to be helping a lot of folks. Let’s hope my plan and dream come true 🎥🎬🦍 Well…it is coming true 😊

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@@TheWeedyGarden I really hope that dream comes true for you! You and your channel deserve it...

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Thank you for answering@@TheWeedyGarden ! Sounds like a beautiful plan and it will work out. You are like a kindergarden teacher showing us adults how to care for a garden. I love it! But can you tell how much of the land you currently use? With your vegetable garden and food forest? Is it 1 acres or 2? Or more? Because I'm buying land as well and I'm trying to figure out how much I need. Your space looks like the perfect size (to start with!)

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@@DaisyBendanon Dear Daisy 😊our Wonderful Weedy Garden is approximately 50 x 50 meters in area. Love your great comments, many thanks! 💚 Heather (Mrs Weedy)

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You remind me of my late dad and uncle, peaceful education with a genuine love of nature. Im about to binge watch your whole channel and like and share. Thanks mate!!

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I've downloaded the free medicinal herb ebook. Thanks heaps. In this global climate of growing destruction, EVERYONE should have this in their file. Lifesaving information.

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Careful with this. Look into botulism and oil infusions.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

ok

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I will

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Thank you for the free e-book!

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Your way of speaking is so beautiful and calming!! I loved listening to you explain. :)

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I love getting back to natural meds

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Let's Goooo Weedy‼️

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That honesty and frankness alone made me want to comment. This is like the 10th comment of my lifetime. Simply bc I never knew that likes are 10 and comments add 100 shares.

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cheers 🥂

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Pls comment and subscribe. He is doing a great job.

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bro.. applause to you sir.. God bless you and the rest of us through you and then us back to you and we'll grow it like good soil ❤‍🔥

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Just commenting for the algorithm. Cheers mate

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I just discovered this channel, and as a young man, i am happy to see that making medicine like this is easy! :) thank you for uploading this, as well as the free book!

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This is what prohibition was really about... prohibition has gone on worldwide, many times over history, to stop people from learning how to make their own spirits and medicine. Watch. Now that people are re-learning this stuff, they're going to try to stop it again...

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Thanks! I will research this further.

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Awesome content!!! I’m a Chef in southern US. Im really drawn to this content. Thanks.

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I can recognise a olive jar when I see one

[@BrokenArrow685]

Super-helpful video, plus the e-book! What do you think about adding glycerine to alcohol-based tinctures for sweetness and a little better viscosity?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

The thing I love most about life is experimenting with it 👍🫵🏻

[@margarettewest254]

I love that he decided to stop and taste the passion fruit and glycerin.

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Thank you so much for your knowledgeable information. Very much appreciate you.

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Enjoyed this video. It was informative...and the delivery was calming.

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Thank You for your teachings and offerings. blessings

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Great information, thank you--let's get this garden medicine out there!!

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Thankyou for sharing such great knowledge!

[@enlightenedhummingbird4764]

I use the strong alcohol (Everclear) but I cut it with water before adding the herbs, 60% water/40% alcohol. This is way more cost effective than buying many bottles of vodka or other lower concentrate alcohols. Also, by doing this, the liquid will extract alcohol soluble AND water soluble components from the plants.

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Absolutely love your information and enthusiasm 🙏❤️

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Love seeing fellow Aussies gardening

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Thanks Weedy (and Elle) , much appreciated.

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I’m so glad I found you. Thank you for explaining things so accessibly.

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I have a balcony and have plants that i use for medicine to help me faster to be health I have a friend with a garden and i get some to dry for thee and cooking.Thanks for working in the garden of Adam and Eve.

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Commenting because I love your content and because you took the time to explain to us how it helps when we like, comment and share. Please keep making videos. Thank you

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I am only 3:31 in and Ive learned so much! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

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Wonderful!

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This is beautiful! Thank you for this wonderful information and sharing your amazing garden- brightest blessings to you😇🍀💫

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I love how calming your videos are to watch. Informative, also.

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Excellent demonstration. Thank you.🎉

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I just started taking classes in May. took a 101 herb class next a botany class and a 201. getting closer to completing my certificate. I'm excited to learn.

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Thank you Weedy, this is very helpful information, from NW Ohio, USA

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Thanks for explaining this. I was confused regarding why some were made in alcohol & others in oil. Now I know!!! Really great information to know! Greatly appreciated! And I’ll be checking out your website, too.

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I really appreciate your video. I will making my very first tinctures

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Wow so informative. Thank you so much. Have a wonderful great day.😊