What are the Benefits of Herbal Teas vs. Herbal Tinctures?
Herbs with Rosalee
Rosalee de la Forêt
4.9 • 564 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2022
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Part of the joy of working with herbs is knowing how to best work with herbal medicinals. There are advantages to making your own herbal preparations, but there are a lot of beginner mistakes to avoid when making herbal medicinals at home.
In this episode, I am joined by my friend and fellow herbalist, Emily Han, to share the pros and cons of herbal teas vs. herbal tinctures.
We’ll also share how you can get clear, step-by-step recipes for both a tea and a tincture made with stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) so that you can make the best herbal medicinals at home!
Show Snippet: “Home medicine makers often make tinctures too weak. For example, they don’t use enough plant material or don’t finely chop the plants so the ratio of plants to alcohol is very high. We see a lot of pretty photos on social media that in reality, are very weak and poor herbal medicines.” (Podcast Timestamp: 11:03)
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Rosalee is an herbalist and author of the bestselling book Alchemy of Herbs: Transform Everyday Ingredients Into Foods & Remedies That Heal and co-author of the bestselling book Wild Remedies: How to Forage Healing Foods and Craft Your Own Herbal Medicine. She's a registered herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild and teaches many popular online courses. Read about how Rosalee went from having a terminal illness to being a bestselling author in her full story here.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Herbs with Rosalie podcast, a show exploring how herbs heal as medicine, |
| 0:11.0 | as food, and through nature connection. I'm your host, Rosalie de la Foray. I'm an herbalist teacher |
| 0:17.3 | and the best-selling author of the books, Alchemy of Herbs, and Wild Remedies. |
| 0:22.3 | I created this podcast to share trusted herbal wisdom so that you can get the best results when relying on herbs for your health. |
| 0:28.9 | I love offering up practical knowledge to help you dive deeper into the world of medicinal plants and seasonal living. |
| 0:37.4 | My goal is that you'll walk away from each episode feeling inspired to start working with herbs in your everyday life. |
| 0:45.0 | Each episode of the podcast is available on my Herbs with Rosalie YouTube channel, as well as your favorite podcast app. |
| 0:53.0 | Transcripts and recipes for each episode can be found at herbs with rosaliepodcast.com. |
| 0:59.6 | To get the latest news as well as fun bonuses, be sure to sign up for my weekly herbal |
| 1:04.0 | newsletter. |
| 1:05.0 | Okay, grab your cup of tea. Let's dive in. |
| 1:09.0 | Part of the joy of herbs is knowing how to best work with herbal medicinals. |
| 1:14.7 | As you'll see, many people make a lot of beginner mistakes when making their own herbal |
| 1:18.6 | medicinals at home. |
| 1:20.4 | But don't worry, you don't need to have fomphum or fear of making terrible herbal medicinalinals. We're here to help. |
| 1:28.8 | In this video, I'm joined by my friend |
| 1:30.8 | and fellow herbalist Emily Hahn |
| 1:32.8 | to share what are the benefits of herbal teas versus tinctures. |
| 1:37.5 | At the end of this video, |
| 1:38.5 | we'll also share how you can get clear step-by-step recipes |
| 1:42.8 | for both a tea and a tincture so that you can make the best |
| 1:46.3 | herbal medicinals at home. For those of you who don't already know Emily, I'm excited to introduce |
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