DIY Echinacea Tincture

Easy-to-make immunity ally

By Maria Noël Groves, RH (AHG)

3 small amber bottles surrounded by purple echinacea blossoms

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Ingredients

2 ²⁄₃ oz of fresh echinacea or 1 ¹⁄₃ oz of dry (by weight)

100-proof vodka

Directions

Chop echinacea into small, reasonably uniform pieces, and put in a clean, dry 8-ounce mason jar,
Fill the jar to the very top with vodka and affix a tight-fitting lid.
Shake jar daily for one month or longer.
Pour through a cloth-covered strainer and squeeze out as much liquid as possible.
Bottle in clean, tightly sealed amber glass and label with the date.

Notes

This tincture should keep for at least 6 years. A typical dose is a half teaspoon, taken during every waking hour or two from the first sign of an infection until symptoms pass.

Contributor

Maria Noël Groves, RH (AHG)

Maria Noël Groves, RH (AHG), is the best-selling, award-winning author of Herbal Gut Health, Body into Balance: An Herbal Guide to Holistic Self Care, Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies, and Herbal Remedies for Sleep.

Maria’s a registered professional herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild and a graduate of the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine and Rosemary Gladstar’s Sage Mountain. Learn more about Maria and herbs at Wintergreen Botanicals. Find her remedy-making tips at wintergreenbotanicals.com/kitchenapothecary101