Guest guest Posted August 12, 2003 Report Share Posted August 12, 2003 Yes I was horrified recently to discover I was drinking homogenised milk and thinking it was just pasteurised. I will now watch the small print . Yes maybe the best of the tincture happens after three days. Does anyone else make hawthorn berry tincture --great for the heart and circulation. Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2003 Report Share Posted August 12, 2003 > Yes maybe the best of the tincture happens after three days. Does anyone else make hawthorn berry tincture --great for the heart and circulation. Liz ~ We always let our tinctures sit for 2 weeks, shaking a couple of times/day. This will be our first year of making green-black walnut tincture, so will test a batch made for 3 days versus one for 2 weeks. Have hawthorn berry tincture on hand, but have a pound of hawthorn berries sitting in the cupboard, so can make our own tincture when making the BWT next month. Do you just let hawthorn berry yours sit for 3 days? Happy Howling, & Critters Wolf Creek Ranch mailto:wolfcreek1@... http://wolfcreekranch1.tripod.com/index.html Home of Whispering Winds Wholistic Animal Sanctuary " The person who says it cannot be done, should not interrupt the person doing it. " " Don't dream a dream, live a dream and let reality sleep. " ~ Enyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2003 Report Share Posted August 12, 2003 If it's not homogenized, then the cream floats to the top. Liz wrote: >Yes I was horrified recently to discover I was drinking homogenised milk and thinking it was just pasteurised. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2003 Report Share Posted August 12, 2003 Lynn in CA ~ How long do your let your hawthorn berry tincture sit for, before removing the berries? Thanks, in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2003 Report Share Posted August 12, 2003 > I am finding that it is not a > science, rather an art form. I like to do them at the > Full moon, decant the first at the New Moon. Side > note: I tend to strain as I go..... Hi again Lynn ~ Tonight is the full moon! :-) When worming animals/humans, we traditionally begin with a fast, 3 days prior to the full moon, since worms are more active at this time and not so embedded in the tissues. So you start making your tincture on the full moon? I thought opening a newly made tincture introduces air, which is not preferable for a tincture? I assume you must open your tinctures to strain them? I have some tinctures that I make with ACV, instead of alcohol, so always let them steep for at least 2 weeks. Infact some, I never strain! :-) Not sure if that's laziness or what, but eventually feed the soaked herbs to the critters, so none of it goes to waste. I like the two week rule, tho will experiment with the green black walnut tincture next month and see if it turns black/brown after the 3rd day or so. Thanks for the info. Also helps to prompt me to tincture other things. :-) Hugs & Howls, & Critters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 12, 2003 Report Share Posted August 12, 2003 > And to further complicate matters, why > doesn't opening a tincture bottle once or more daily > effect the tincture? Big or small bottle, it's all > the same. So, LOL.....whatever works for you..... I have just heard that opening the tinture bottle while making is not supposed to be done. Infact, the less air in the tincture bottle, the better - per another holistic health discussion list this past week. Now that you mention it tho, I can't say I've ever had any problems and have a quart of black walnut tincture that I have opened on numerous occassions, along with others and have never noted anything strange happening. Thanks, always try to do things " thee " right way, but obviously, if nothing bad seems to happen, doing it however it works for me is the best method. Want to say that opening a tincture with herbs still in it would be different than opening one that's already tinctured, without the herbs, but " I " know there's no difference, as I make an antibiotic tincture and leave the herbs in it, till it's gone, and have never had a problem... Thanks for pointing these things out. I'll quit stressing over this stupid stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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