Thank you for this. I got an Aero press and just filtered my first batch of passionflower from dried herb and it worked a charm, it's better filtered than the stuff I bought before I decided to make my own.
Great video.I use my ultrafine coffee filter (the ones in a cone shape that has the tiniest holes) and filter twice. Somehow I still have stuff at the bottom of my tinctures,especially with milk thistle. Should I worry about it?Most are clear but some where I used seeds,or turmeric powder have a lot of sediment at the bottom.
Some of what settles at the bottom is just simple plant material sediment, other times you can get precipitate. It is not always a bad thing, but I use a fairly good filter system (same as they use in wine making) to filter much of my tinctures, but for the most part you don't need to worry if you are using the tinctures up within a year or so.
I've never used a magnetic stirrer, I have a few methods that I use to speed up the process to a 24 to 48 hour time frame to ensure I get all the constituents out but that is specific to dried herbs and a bit of a fiddly method (easy to do, but fiddly). I recommend the 30 day wait, in fact I often go 45 to 60 days
Did you have a look at the one on comfrey salve? The basics of making a salve are all there, but if you want to make a cream that is a little different, you need oil and water as well as an emulsifying wax. I will do a video on that at some point in time. As far as butchers broom eye cream is there something specific you'd like to know?
I strain most of it out with the bigger strainer without cheesecloth, then put a coffee filter in a potato ricer and give the smaller amount of drained herbs in it. Handy tool.
Hi can you tell me the name brand of potato ricer that you own? I've read the reviews on a few that say they don't hold up to normal use. Yours appears to be all metal including the handle. Thanks so much
I will let my herbs sit for 4 to 6 weeks, and in some cases up to 8 weeks, depending on the plant and what I need from it. The most important thing to consider, is what benefit would it be if you decided to leave the herb indefinitely? There really is no benefit once the alcohol has done its job and the plant constituents have been extracted, you won't get additional benefit or even more constituents out once that happens. I find that once my tincture is ready, I can filter and clarify and keep it stored properly so it can last a longer time.
Have you tried using a hydraulic press?I am looking into building one or just buying a cheaper a shape benchtop and modify it somehow. I make tinctures for my family and closest friends, so not worth investing too much.Thank you for this video
Yes I have used a hydraulic press and they are wonderful. I will invest in one at some point, it is my ideal way for pressing out a tincture. I to am looking at some sort of hydraulics I can modify, or even a jack of some sort. I'm keeping my eye out. Thanks for watching!
@@survivalcraftsindigenous Make your own using a surplus old hydraulic car jack forma scrapyard. If you look on yt under hydraulic bench press instructions will come up.
where did you get that potato ricer - do you have the link for it? I would like to purchase it- the others on amazon do not have the side holes and I like that one
Hmmm, depends on how finely powdered the herb is. You can certainly try the method with the aero press, it will likely work though if it is super powdered you may want cheese cloth initially and then do it through the aeropress to remove more of the particulate matter.
No, these herbs are macerated in alcohol for 4 to 6 weeks to extract the medicine. Each plant has a specific % of alcohol needed to extract the water soluble parts and the alcohol soluble parts, depending on the chemical constituents of the plant.This is a more clinical approach To make it more simple, you can use regular 40% (80 proof) vodka and fill a jar with your plant material, fill it up with vodka and let macerate. I would suggest though to take some sort of course to learn more about herbs and this process.
Why not dry the herbs then put them in a coffee or spice grinder into a powder, then make the tincture from that? Or if you don't dry them out, use one of those super powerful blenders that turn everything into a liquid? Would you not get a better yield this way?
That is certainly doable, however there are also issues with precipitate matter on the bottom of the container that can mould. The more filtered and clear the liquid is, the longer it will keep and not spoil.
@@Abaddon3x7 Over time it actually does. Depending on the type of plant you use, if you have mucoheteropolysacharrides in plant constituents, it will spoil for sure. Need to remove the precipitate. In my experience over many years of doing tinctures anyway.
It really depends on the plant material. If it is light leafy material the aero press works very well to remove the liquid, but with roots and other rougher material, I find squeeze and drain to work best.
This is my channel, and sometimes I chat in them, but feel free to make your own videos and do them as you like. I however will continue to do my videos in the way I have been doing, many people like it and get good information. I put these videos out as instructions, and I do it for free, people are free to choose to watch or not, but I will do my videos as I choose.
