Preserving the summer harvest — making herbal tinctures

So you’ve spent the summer growing voluptuous, vibrant medicinal plants and now the growing seasons draws to a close. Now the question arises about to best preserve these beauties for future use. Home herbalists have used a variety of methods to preserve plants for medicinal use, including simply drying to use as teas, juicing, powdering, or making capsules and extracts. One of the most reliable and long lasting preservation techniques available to any home herbalist is tincturing. What are tinctures anyway? Tinctures are simply herbs soaked in liquids (which act as solvents) in order to extract the active constituents of the plant. ...