Medicine Making with Roots Part 2: Tinctures

[@jenhartman5712]

Love the painters’ tape idea! I was wondering how to do that without having to scrub them off every time 😊

[@SpiraeaHerbs]

Painters tape is the BEST for labels. Not so good if you need them to look professional, but for personal use I personally wouldn't use anything else.

[@ClaudetteLeblanc-g4x]

Awesome information Correne. Thank you.💯💜

[@SpiraeaHerbs]

Thanks so much!

[@annemarieblades2364]

I just passed this onto some herbalist students! Thank you.

[@SpiraeaHerbs]

Thank you so much! I truly appreciate that ♥

[@makumbele]

Thank you...

[@user-gl2ps6ui8p]

Thank you so much!

[@SpiraeaHerbs]

Glad it helped!

[@leew159]

Could you use a food chopper device to make it easier

[@SpiraeaHerbs]

You could. I personally don't because I prefer to connect with the plant while making medicine and manually chopping makes that easier. But lots of people use food processors. You just need to be careful not to pulverize the plant material into a paste :)

[@jameyfisher423]

This was so helpful! Thank you so much! I’m going to do this with dried herb I purchased!

[@SpiraeaHerbs]

Thank you so much for watching! 💙🙏

[@karym0205]

Do you know anything about wild yam tincture?

[@SpiraeaHerbs]

It is not one that I use often, but it is on my radar to learn more about! So many amazing plants to work with.

[@sandrascotland3639]

What temperature and time to dehydrate the roots?

[@SpiraeaHerbs]

No idea! I'm sorry. I use fresh herb medicine whenever possible so I've never dried roots before. But I would think you would need around 125-135 or so. I wouldn't want to go any hotter. And time would greatly depend on thinly you slice them.

[@joshuanight3430]

Thank you Im learning still about herbal remedies and making sure I can actually perform the action of making them with the right facts and tips so thank you !. For the recipe but what would you use the remedy for ?

[@SpiraeaHerbs]

Inula has so many amazing medicine properties. Too many to list in this comment section unfortunately. I will film a video about its medicine properties this summer for sure!

[@cheryltessari7530]

What if you’ve pulverized the roots already ( dry ) in a vitamix . Then hiw would you mix it ? And just vodka in the tincture ?

[@SpiraeaHerbs]

Personally I don't work with powders in tincture form simply because they are a pain in the butt to strain. But you would still follow the same instructions for making tinctures. If you don't have my free tincture guide, this will be very helpful! www.spiraeaherbs.ca/8aa93cc0-9d98c44a

[@LindaStephen-u5b]

To use dried burdock root in a qt jar how many grams of root would I use? Love watching your videos

[@SpiraeaHerbs]

@@LindaStephen-u5b Snag a copy of my free tincture guide! I have all the ratios (depending on jar size) in there for you :) www.spiraeaherbs.ca/8aa93cc0-9d98c44a

[@leew159]

I have plastic Mason jar lids. Is that OK?

[@SpiraeaHerbs]

Yep that will work just fine!

[@navagatingthroughthebeasts2908]

So just tap root not all the small stringy roots

[@Metaphysics-for-life]

I know your husband thinks you're the most beautiful thing he's ever seen, but we would like to see more of what you are actually doing :-D

[@SpiraeaHerbs]

That's sweet. It's mostly due to the lack of proper filming equipment (we only have a phone and tripod). Since this I have been able to purchase a gimbal thanks to the support of my patreons I'm able to get better close up views now. Thank you for the feedback.