Alcohol For Herbalists Blog
Lanolin is different from the herbs, roots, citrus peels, resins, and spices commonly used in tincture and extract recipes. It is already a refined waxy material derived from wool grease, which means ethanol is not extracting lanolin from a raw...
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Royal jelly is a specialized bee-derived ingredient that behaves differently from ordinary dried herbs, roots, citrus peels, or oils. It contains a mixture of water, proteins, sugars, lipids, and unique compounds associated with royal jelly, including 10-HDA. Because some royal...
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Propolis is one of the bee-derived ingredients where ethanol has a real and practical extraction role. Often called “bee glue,” propolis is a resinous material made by bees from plant resins, beeswax, and hive-derived materials. Because it contains resinous and...
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Turkey Tail mushroom extract is best made with a process designed for fungi rather than a standard alcohol-only botanical tincture. Turkey Tail is a dense, woody polypore that contains water-soluble mushroom compounds, including polysaccharide-rich fractions that are commonly discussed in...
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Shiitake mushroom extract is best made with a process that respects how fungi extract differently from many leafy herbs and softer botanicals. A standard alcohol-only tincture may be simple, but Shiitake contains water-soluble mushroom polysaccharides, including the beta-glucan lentinan, that...
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