
This lecture covers intention and clearing yourself and your space for making medicines.
Direct intention guides herbal medicine making, signaling when to harvest, prepare, and if today is a good day. Visualize steps and anticipate disruptions to maintain flow and mindful energy.
Respect guides mindful herbal practice, honoring teachers and sources while keeping careful notes, labeling, and inventory; learn to transform botanicals into tinctures quickly, safely, and affordably with confidence.
Learn to make tinctures from burdock root using a 1:2 herb-to-alcohol ratio with 40 percent vodka, and how alcohol and water extract compounds and preserve tinctures.
Press herbs with a press to extract tinctures, using a cotton bag or cheesecloth for filtration, then bottle the extract in alcohol and label with batch numbers for traceability.
Learn to craft cold and hot infusions with marshmallow root, using equal water and herb amounts, and compare infusion methods to boost medicinal buffering and flavor.
Learn to craft infused herbal oils and salves with beeswax, using olive oil, propolis, and cheesecloth filtration at controlled temperatures for safe storage.
Learn to make herbal vinegars by infusing whole thyme in white or white wine vinegar, observing color change, extracting flavor, and creating fragrant jars suited for gifts.
Explore using herbs as food to boost health, featuring kefir probiotics, gut health, immune system support, artichokes, celery seed, and stinging nettles for everyday medicine.
Discover how a dehydrator streamlines herbal medicine by drying herbs at about 100 degrees, yielding shelf-stable herbs and herb leathers with adjustable trays.
Creating and using herbal medicines and remedies is an art that has to be learned from an expert teacher. Our herbal medicine-making course provides you with an opportunity to learn from an expert and teaches you the following skills:
Making herbal preparations such as –o Tinctures
o Infusions
o Decoctions
o Oils
o Salves
o Poultices
o Syrups
o Homemade Kefir
o Smudges, etc.
· Terminology associated with herbal medicine making
· Equipment required
· Proper drying, storing and use of herbs
· Correct application of herbal preparations
· Using a Menstruum Ratio Table to make tinctures
The course enables you to make your favorite herbal remedies that you can trust completely. It provides you with a new hobby and a way to make some extra money by selling your unique preparations.