Tincture is a collection of herbal preparation notes covering tinctures, glycerites, herbal decoctions, and discussions of plant-based pain-relief remedies. The document begins with instructions for preparing tinctures from various plant materials, explains alcohol and glycerin extraction methods, discusses herbal analgesics such as willow bark and meadowsweet, and later includes discussions involving poppy-derived preparations and cannabis tinctures.
The glycerite section explains how vegetable glycerin can be used as an alternative solvent to alcohol for extracting constituents from herbs. It compares the extraction properties of glycerin and alcohol, discusses storage requirements, shelf life, and preparation techniques, and provides general ratios for creating herbal glycerites. The document also contains a section on making simple herbal decoctions from non-narcotic analgesic herbs such as willow bark, sweet birch, feverfew, mullein, and meadowsweet.
However, much of the latter portion of the document focuses on preparing products from poppy plants and discusses extraction methods involving substances that contain opioid alkaloids. Additional sections discuss poppy tea, poppy straw processing, extraction techniques, and cannabis tinctures. These discussions move beyond general herbalism and into the preparation of substances that may be controlled, regulated, or illegal depending on jurisdiction.
For preparedness purposes, the useful portions are the general explanations of tinctures, glycerites, solvent selection, herbal extraction, storage practices, and traditional herbal preparations. However, portions of the document contain advice that may be medically outdated, legally problematic, potentially unsafe, or inconsistent with modern medical guidance.
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