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Everyday Homesteading

The 3 Red Flags of Herbal Dosing (A Doctor's Guide)

Everyday Homesteading

Homesteading Family

Home Management, Home & Garden, Organic Gardening, Arts, Simple Living, Herbal Remedies, Sustainable Living, Education, Leisure, Food, From-scratch Cooking, Homestead Pantry, Homesteading Podcast, Self-sufficiency, Food Preservation, Raising Livestock, Modern Homesteading, How To

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🗓️ 30 August 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever wonder how to safely use herbal medicine at home? Whether it’s tinctures, teas, powders, or capsules, figuring out the right dose can feel a little overwhelming, especially if you’re just starting out. In this week’s Pantry Chat, I’m joined by Dr. Patrick Jones from HomegrownHerbalist.net to break it all down in a simple, practical way. We’re covering: 🌿 The pros and cons of different herbal preparations (tinctures, teas, capsules, powders, and salves) 🌿 How to safely dose...

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You know, there's two kinds of people. I always do tinctures personally because I'm lazy and I want to get it done and get it over with.

1:05.2

You know, but my wife, if she's going to be doing something for more in a couple days, she either wants a capsule or a tea.

1:10.7

Yeah. Because she doesn't like tinctinctures a lot of people that are sort of

1:14.0

new to herbs come to me and say oh that tincture is just awful just awful I said well how are

1:17.7

you taking it oh I just squirted in my mouth oh dear let's not do that it's awful that is

1:23.8

certifiably even the good tasting herbs are pretty awful. I mean, just squirreling around.

1:28.9

Hey, you guys.

1:33.2

Welcome to this week's edition of the pantry chat, food for thought.

1:38.5

This week, we're talking about dosing on herbal medicine.

1:43.9

We're going to be covering the different types of herbal medicine there is out there and the different dosing because you know one of the

1:45.9

things is beginning herbalists that often we run into is that we love the idea of using herbs

1:52.1

but when it comes to actually knowing how much to give somebody how often to give it to them

1:58.7

you know sometimes we can start feeling a little bit nervous.

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