Tinctures Archives - Wandering Herbals

Chaste Tree Berry Extract

Sam Atkinson — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 06:32:06 +0000

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Lemon Balm Herbal Extract

Sam Atkinson — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 05:50:46 +0000

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Elderflower Herbal Extract

Sam Atkinson — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 05:35:21 +0000

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Solomons Seal Herbal Extract

Sam Atkinson — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 05:29:07 +0000

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Cleavers Herbal Extract

Sam Atkinson — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 05:21:55 +0000

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Goldenrod Herbal Extract

Sam Atkinson — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 04:02:37 +0000

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Honeysuckle

Sam Atkinson — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 03:57:22 +0000

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Ashwagandha

Sam Atkinson — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 10:39:56 +0000

Ashwagandha is a fantastic adaptogen herb helping to control the body’s responses to stress and anxiety. Widely used in Ayuervedic medicines and a favorite of athletes. It moderates the brain releasing stress hormones, and studies have shown it can also rebuild neural pathways after injury. It really has a noticeable positive impact on one’s ability to deal with daily stresses in life and keep the mood much more stable and even. Ashwagandha can help boost testosterone and infertility in men, increase oxygen uptake during sports, help sleep patterns, and it is widely considered to be safe for everyone, although very high doses can have adverse effects esp. during pregnancy, when caution and further research should be exercised. Ashwa meaning “horse”, this herb is said to instill one with the strength and vitality of a stallion, and the fresh root is meant to smell like the sweat of a horse. This is one tincture you may need to wash down with a little juice!
The pungent roots used to make this medicine are purchased as a quality dried product and supplemented with homegrown each year. I’m still trying to grow enough Ashwagandha to fulfill my needs!

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Wild Olive Leaf

dan — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 06:32:42 +0000

Olive leaf is an excellent antiviral to include in treatments against colds and flu but is also credited with helping to manage many conditions, including diabetes and high blood pressure. Research shows that olive leaf extract prevents “bad” cholesterol from building up in the arteries. It has antimicrobial and antioxidant properties and has demonstrated beneficial effects on the kidneys. If you are already taking medication for any of these conditions, you should check with your doctor before using olive leaf if you haven’t used it before.

These leaves were picked from a wild, feral olive that I discovered growing in the pine plantations behind Nannup. Sprouted in between two rocks and twisted and hardy. Probably sprouted from a seed dropped by a parrot, this plant’s medicine I felt was far more potent than a pampered backyard olive tree.

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Dandelion Root

dan — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:21:39 +0000

Dandelion root as a tincture is great kidney, liver and digestive medicine, supporting these organs to flush out waste and excess water from the body and produce the right fluids for proper digestion. Useful in cases of water retention and oedema, urinary tract infections, sluggish digestion, heartburn, gastrointestinal issues and diabetes. Helps the body to absorb and assimilate nutrients, break down protein in the stomach, cleanses the blood and promotes clear skin through proper waste removal and liver/kidney function. This is a personal favourite of mine to use in the summer when it’s too hot to move much, and some fluid retention may occur in your feet and ankles. A few dropperfuls of dandelion root gets it all moving as it should. Pairs well with Yellow Dock root for added digestive benefits, especially constipation, malabsorption, poor appetite.

Dandelion is a herb that is a plentiful and well-known wild plant in the Norther hemisphere, where the soils are deep and rich. True Dandelion is somewhat less of a common weed here in WA, and the soils where I live are mostly sand and gravel. Not favorites of Taraxacum, and they grow much less abundantly. They like to pop up in the vegie patch or a well-fed pot, so I grow and harvest what I can but supplement the majority with quality dried herb I have purchased. I recently discovered that the weed Hawksbit, which does grow wild in abundance here, can be used in the same way as Taraxacum officinale and shares very similar properties.

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