Oregon Grape Wildcrafting Tincture, Tea, Salve

Follow Dr. Curry as she wild harvests and processes Oregon Grape (Mahonia spp.) into 3 very different medicines: An Oregon Grape Tincture, a Urinary Support Tea, and a Wound salve. Learn the medicinal properties of Oregon Grape, which is commonly used like nature's alternative to antibiotics for urinary infections, leaky gut, sore throat and more.
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[@MontuckyGirl75]

Thank you so much for this wonderful video. I am an herbalist that makes salves, teas, tinctures, etc. and budding formulator of skin care. This was so helpful! Rock on!

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

Thank you so much!

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

You’re welcome!

[@debratomlinson319]

Wow! Thank you so much for all the invaluable information. You are a treasure.

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

Thank you so very much!

[@joriley6256]

Thank you. I have contact dermatitis from my garden. It has spread and turned into pustular psoriasis. I’ve done 3 dermatologists and my homeopath but still it persists. I have all of these plants in my garden and now I know how to make a salve. You are a wonderful teacher ❤

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

@@joriley6256 thank you! You can use a variety of your favorite topical herbs this way. I hope you find your own personal blend of healing herbs and can make a very affordable effective product!

[@carmenchaux67]

Thank you Dr Mindy. It has being a pleasure and honor at the same time to see how to prepare all of these healing, herbal products. It is a grateful gift from a professional to the plant lovers. God bless you and keep you for long and health time in this world.

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

Thank you!

[@karrskarr]

Outstanding, in both presentataion, and literal P Thank you, this was exactly what I was looking for! Definte sub!

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

Thank you! Make some nice medicine now.

[@loris2168]

I have the creeping Oregon Grape on my property in BC Canada. I harvested flowers for tea. Will be making jelly in the fall and Harvesting the root.

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

Wonderful!

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

Wonderful!

[@mizzkathryn7]

Another Absolutely beautiful video and so informational about Oregon Grape. Thank you so much Dr Curry

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

Thank you Kathryn!

[@soulfulsisteraromatherapy]

What a great and informative video on using Oregon Grape as medicine. Thank you!

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

You’re welcome 🌺

[@naturewithus7828]

Wonderful, thank you for this information!

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

You’re welcome 🌺

[@tulle7358]

Absolutely the best video Ever 😂😀👍❤️🙏👏 informative, serious, down to earth, fun, a bit silly and goofy 1 I absolutely love it!! 😂😀😆🤣 Thank you for a smile, laugh and great media 🙏❤️ your dance was beautiful 🤩 and tour puppy goofy and adoy😘❤️

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

Thanks! I try to add a bit of silly fun to the long work of wildcrafting.

[@dupre7416]

Great video. I had no idea that Oregon Grape was good for anything other than being prickly and looking nice. 🍇

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

Like your beard honey pot!

[@angie123praiseyah7]

Hey doc how goes it! Thankyoy for another great leaning experience!

[@jolenegatto399]

I love the berberine from Oregon Grape.. my body almost craves it. Hoping to replace Metagenics Candibactin-BR great product but pricy.. tons of Oregon grape on our new property.. 😍

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

Go get it! You can save a ton of money by making your own from freely available local plants.

[@TennisBlossom]

Wonderful information, thank you! Did you mention what you were going to do with the leftover yellow stems that were stripped? Are they useful?

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

I think that I put some in a vase for decoration for a while… Good fire starters once fully dried.

[@Chloe-pc2zt]

Thank you Dr. Curry! 🌿Would you mix the leaf in with the the Oregon Grape Root for a tincture? When you said it helps with uptake in the urinary tea, was wondering if that would also be the case with a tincture? Best, Chloe

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

Yes! It will add a few more constituents to your blend, even more well rounded.

[@amandabrashi4346]

Where can I get that awesome funnel!? Using this video to help make an eczema salve - thank you!

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

You’re Welcome! I believe that I found mine at New Seasons, but here’s something similar on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Premium-Stainless-Kitchen-Funnels-Strainer/dp/B08SGNCXKP/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?crid=1OOB9ZE0N30SK&keywords=funnel+with+strainer&qid=1699896697&sprefix=funnel+with%2Caps%2C167&sr=8-4

[@kathryn6656]

Hi -I have Oregon grape growing on my property and we have to excavate through a patch of it to put plumbing in as our water main broke. I have high liver enzymes so I want to benefit from the plant, but I was wondering if the vodka for the tincture would be bad for my liver. Is there another way to extract the berberine?

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

You could make tea or powder from the scrapped bark, or a glycerite (sweet flavored but weaker). Consider checking out my toasted milk thistle video. This is often great for grumpy livers.

[@kathryn6656]

@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 thanks I’ll try that. It’s quite timely that you just answered me cause we just pulled it out a few hours ago and I already got some bark and made some yellow tea, with honey. I really want to try the glycerite and also the milk thistle. I’ll go check it out.

[@Hayley-sl9lm]

I wonder if you could do an infused oil?

[@bevmarch1964]

Also wondering what can be made with the yellow blossoms? Heard it can treat diarrhea?

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

That seems likely. I haven’t used the flowers for anything personally. The flowers are indeed edible and I have heard of using them to make a lemonade-like drink or sorbet. Medicinally I would tend to stick with the stronger root bark or stem bark and leaves.

[@csilk1963]

Did you make the tincture immediately after peeling bark off roots? OR did you wait for it to dry a bit?

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

I personally prefer to tincture from fresh herbs, not dried. I have heard herb industry reps say that they get just as good extraction from dried herb, and are indeed able to do multiple run batches to get even more concentration. I just have this feeling that something is lost in drying. I think of culinary herbs fresh vs dried. Take basil or parsley, both very different dried vs fresh. Something is lost, flavor is changed, diminished. Pesto made from dried basil is just not anywhere near as tasty as fresh basil pesto. In reality it probably depends on the specific herb. Rosemary, for instance, retains much of its intense character dried. One other thing about fresh herbs is that you know they’re fresh. You can buy dried products online, but with the unregulated industry, you may not know when that was dried, and dried herbs really lose effectiveness with time, especially if over a year old.

[@pattipage5565]

Can you dehydrate the grated root and leaves for future use?

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

Sure! Dried herbs tend to lose potency much much faster than tinctures. If you plan on using it within a year (best within a couple months) then dried is fine! For making salves or oils, dried is probably preferred as any water can cause early spoilage in oil based products.

[@pattipage5565]

Thanks for replying!

[@bevmarch1964]

Will this work with the other varieties of species also known as Oregon Grape?

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

I think that all the species of Oregon Grape have medicinal value.

[@teajuice5674]

What brand crockpot do you have there?

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

This one is a Rival. It’s been very reliable. I think it was quite cheap.

[@racheljohnson3237]

Fantastic! I always thought of these as fake blueberries 😹

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

Very nasty blueberries lol.

[@shannonholmes5130]

Do you make Muillen Medicines for lung issues?

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

@@shannonholmes5130 certainly!

[@IJUSTWANNAFLYDJIDRONES71]

I’m skeptical about taking home made remedies.

[@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590]

I’m skeptical about taking pharmaceuticals. I’ve experienced too many bad side effects that my MD doctors told me to just ignore. Those bad medical reactions directly led to me “discovering” the existence of naturopathic medicine and gentle effective herbs. My home remedies rarely cause me any harm, when taken at reasonable doses. Stay away from the toxic drop dose herbs, and you’ll probably always have neutral or positive results. When you make something yourself with herbs from nature, there are no teams of salespeople trying to figure out how to get you hooked for life.