Learn how to make herbal tinctures and how to make an herbal infusion to sip your way to better health and enter a soothed state of mind. Herbal teas remain my favorite way of using herbs medicinally.

Many people who take an active role in their own health and well being also tend towards naturally-sourced nutritional supplements and remedies for minor ailments, such as taking a cup of chamomile ...

Drinking herbal teas or syrups is a good way to benefit from herbs' healing properties. One of my favorite herbal preparations is a tincture—a concentrated liquid made by soaking herbs in alcohol.

The editors of The Herb Companion magazine are here at the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR sharing information about healing with herbs, and how to get started using herbs in your own life. K.C. Compton, ...

Many of the studies done on herbs use an extraction of the plant. Oils are usually used externally; tinctures are for internal use (oil of oregano is actually a tincture). Here are recipes for a ...

Keeping an herb garden at home is a surprisingly helpful hack for your kitchen that can easily start with reusing plastic ...

Herbal tinctures – concentrated, drinkable plant extracts – are a centuries-old wellbeing practice, dating back to the ancient Egyptians. Recently, however, they’ve become increasingly popular for ...

When herbalist Clare Kritter’s sunlit storefront in sleepy downtown Mazomanie isn’t open for shopping, she might be in the back kitchen workshop stirring up tea blends like an alchemist. At Hedge ...