Why alcohol? While making a tea with your herbs can extract some of the medicinal compounds, alcohol is a more powerful solvent. It also preserves the medicinal compounds for 5 years or more. Don’t ...

Depending on your goals, you may be looking for a CBD tincture or a THC tincture. Either way, how you take it (and how you make it) can have an effect on how you feel.

A one-ounce tincture costs anywhere from $10 to $20 or more in a store, but you can make a lifetime supply of your own with a few dollar’s worth of alcohol.

Learn how to make this lavender and rosemary soap recipe. Making DIY glycerin soap is an excellent project for the whole family to enjoy.

Learn how to make an herbal tincture with The Herb Companion team at the Mother Earth News Fair.

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 ...