Many people who take an active role in their own health and well being also tend towards naturally-sourced nutritional supplements and remedies for minor ailments, such as taking a cup of chamomile ...

Learn how to make herbal tinctures and how to make an herbal infusion to sip your way to better health and enter a soothed state of mind. Herbal teas remain my favorite way of using herbs medicinally.

Before there were pharmaceuticals, herbal medicines were widely used to treat disease and maintain health. And tinctures were a common form of those herbal medicines back in the day. In fact, they're ...

A few years ago I decided to make Echinacea tincture. I buy a lot of Echinacea tincture to use at the first sign of a cold. I spend $15 on little bottles of Echinacea at the health food coop, but I ...

Why alcohol? While making a tea with your herbs can extract some of the medicinal compounds, alcohol is a more powerful solvent. It also preserves the medicinal compounds for 5 years or more. Don’t ...

Lauren Arcuri is a writer and an experienced small farmer based in rural Vermont. Pick only ripe elderberries. The berries are ripe when they are a deep purple-black color and slightly soft to the ...

Mushroom supplements are changing as powders, gummies and tinctures compete for consumer attention.

From convenience to potency, mushroom supplement preferences are evolving.

Boil down all of the acupuncture, herbs, reiki, meditation, yoga, and general talk about "well-being," and you've found the core of what Eastern medicine is really about: taking an active, mind-body ...

From lion's mane to reishi, mushroom supplements are seeing changing consumer preferences.

Herbal tinctures are helpful to easily and impactfully take advantage of the medicinal value of many different herbs. Making your own tinctures will not only help you save money, but it will also give ...