Tinctures on alcohol - simple and effective
Alcohol tinctures are widely used both in official medicine and in folk medicine. They have advantages over other dosage forms of extracts from plants in that they retain the healing properties much longer. This is due to the properties of alcohol. Tinctures for alcohol are obtained more qualitative, for example, in comparison with infusions, because alcohol ensures the production of the maximum amount of useful substances from the plant. These tinctures have almost no side effects and take them in small doses, which is also very convenient.
Prepare the tincture for alcohol at home is not difficult at all, but here it is necessary to adhere to certain rules. It all starts with the fact that you need to properly prepare medicinal raw materials and only after that you can approach the preparation of tinctures.
To carry out the preparation of medicinal plant parts is necessary in those periods when the concentration of medicinal substances in them is maximum. There are nuances, for example, the above-ground parts must be collected from the moment of the beginning of flowering until the fruits are ripe, and the underground parts at the end of vegetation, at this time the maximum amount of nutrients is accumulated here. Collect plants in clear weather.
It should be remembered that all medicinal plants have a certain period of storage, after which they lose their medicinal properties. Tinctures on alcohol can consist of several types of medicinal plants, and their shelf life can reach four or more years.
Home tinctures for alcohol
In order to prepare such tinctures at home, you need to have alcohol from 40 to 70% and, of course, medicinal raw materials. For a more complete extraction from the plant raw materials of useful substances, it must be grinded beforehand. If you decide to make a tincture from several plants, then each of them is ground separately, and then mixed. Preparing alcohol tinctures is only necessary in glassware, which must be tightly closed.
Usually, the ratio of raw materials and alcohol in a ratio of 1: 5 and 1:10 is used. The very process of infusion lasts up to 10 days and passes at room temperature. Once the tincture is ready, it must be protected, the process must take place at a temperature of about 8 degrees and can last up to 4 days. It remains to filter the obtained tincture, and it is ready for use.
If you follow the specified rules for making tinctures, it should be transparent to you and have a characteristic smell of the plant that was used in its preparation. Keep the tincture you need in a dark and cool place for several years.
The most common alcohol tinctures of plants, which are prepared at home and used in folk medicine:
Calendula tincture - to prepare it you need to take a spoonful of raw materials and pour 100 grams of alcohol. It is used in diseases of the upper respiratory tract, various inflammations of the skin. For a gargle of a throat use a solution from one spoon of tincture and 200 ml of water which is spent by a rinse of a throat.
Wormwood tincture - used as an anti-inflammatory and disinfectant.
Calendula and St. John's Wort - used in the treatment of various wounds resulting from ulcers and burns, as well as mouth rinsing with diseases of the oral cavity.
Lilac tincture - used to apply compresses or lotions in the treatment of ulcers, purulent wounds and various bruises.
As already mentioned, alcohol tinctures are taken in small doses, on the order of 10-30 drops per day. Do not engage in self-medication and prescribe yourself a reception of certain tinctures, all this should be done only after consulting a specialist.