Re: Re: herbs after tincturing?

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You have pretty well expended the herbs. with the alcohol.. As Don posted sometime earlier.. there is some left but not much.. So I give it back to the earth as for whatever is left will be good in the soil.

SuziEibhlin <eibhlinyah@...> wrote:

Hi Suzi,Yea, that is what I've been doing too but I was trying to find out if they could be reused in tincturing or tea's or some other way? or if all the goodness of them are all gone after tincturing them once? It just seems to be a waste only getting to use them once.. Eibhlin> > I was wondering When we make herbal tinctures and strain out the > liquid, We have all that herb left over. Is there any thing We can do > with it besides throw it out? Is is still good, can it be used to > tincture a second time? It just seems like a waste to

throw it all > out.. Any Idea's?? > Eibhlin> > > > > >

[Guest guest]

I use everclear... and once I took the leftovers and tried a cup of tea... there wasn't much there... and my garden seems to do better since I started using the leftovers with the soil.

My herbs look and grow better than they had prior to me starting to do this.

Everything I've read always talks about putting them in your compost... so I decided to try it and it works for me.

Suzithissal@... wrote:

__________________________________________Extraction with alcohol leaves quite a bit since the tincture is no longer a whole food. Isn't that something like 2nd guessing nature-knows-best? It seems inconsistent with the idea of eating whole raw foods?

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thissal@... wrote:

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> > You have pretty well expended the herbs. with the alcohol.. As Don

> posted sometime earlier.. there is some left but not much.. So I give

> it back to the earth as for whatever is left will be good in the soil.

> > Suzi

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> Extraction with alcohol leaves quite a bit since the tincture is no

> longer a whole food. Isn't that something like 2nd guessing

> nature-knows-best? It seems inconsistent with the idea of eating

> whole raw foods?

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And your right. However, most folks who eat only whole raw foods have no

use for a tincture as they are never ill and very seldom, if ever, have

any physical problems to worry about. So for those who are less than raw

and suffer from physical ailments a tincture works really well and

really quickly to help bring the body back into a more balanced

condition. This is what herbs are for. Granted it is best to use just

the herb as nature intended. It was man's idea to make tinctures as they

do go to work much more quickly. Some herbs work better as tinctures,

some as teas some just plain taken whole. All depends on the condition

and whether it is an emergency type situation.

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