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 ...

Before there were pharmaceuticals, herbal medicines were widely used to treat disease and maintain health. And tinctures were a common form of those herbal medicines back in the day. In fact, they're ...

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, ...

A few years ago I decided to make Echinacea tincture. I buy a lot of Echinacea tincture to use at the first sign of a cold. I spend $15 on little bottles of Echinacea at the health food coop, but I ...

Herbal tinctures are helpful to easily and impactfully take advantage of the medicinal value of many different herbs. Making your own tinctures will not only help you save money, but it will also give ...

Lauren Arcuri is a writer and an experienced small farmer based in rural Vermont. Pick only ripe elderberries. The berries are ripe when they are a deep purple-black color and slightly soft to the ...

Now that you’re good and deafened from last night’s Independence Day celebrations, it’s time to do something productive with your recovery day—like, say, brewing alcohol-derived cannabis concentrates ...

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.

From convenience to potency, mushroom supplement preferences are evolving.

Mushroom supplements are changing as powders, gummies and tinctures compete for consumer attention.