What is Elderberry Tincture? And How to Use it.

ELDERBERRY TINCTURE 🍇 It is ready! You can now purchase it HERE! (2oz=$15)

When it comes to enjoying the benefits of Elderberry, syrup is not your only option! Elderberry can be made into tea, wine, cordial, tincture, jelly/jam, gummies, elixers, etc. iIt's nice to have options!

What even is a tincture?

Well, I’m glad you asked.

A tincture is a combination of different herbs that are steeped in either vegetable glycerin or alcohol and water. All of the herb’s wonderful properties are concentrated in the liquid. The mixture is strained, the herbs are discarded, and the liquid is kept and used. 

What are the benefits?

•Smaller doses are needed -With the tincture you only need very tiny doses. We’re talking 0.1 – 1 ml. If you’re not a fan, it’s easy to hide that tiny amount in juice or really…anything. No big deal.

•Completely Shelf Stable- no need to refrigerate

•Travels Easily- 2oz bottle is easy to bring with you wherever you go!

•No Sugar Added

Why Choose Hand-crafted over Store-bought?

Have you ever read the label on a store-bought elderberry syrup? They’re full of refined sugar. I have never understood how loading up on the sugar when you’re trying to improve your health is a good thing! I mean…is there even a net benefit at that point?

Homemade Syrups are obviously better, because they usually use raw honey and have a lower total sugar content. I’m not knocking raw honey…I think it has amazing healing qualities. Still, some people can’t do sugar for certain reasons, or prefer not to. In that case, a tincture is perfect, because there is no sugar added! (And even the glycerin or alcohol isn’t going to matter because it’s such a tiny dose.)

Eighty proof or higher vodka is used. There are several reasons we use alcohol when making tinctures. If you’re concerned about the alcohol, you can place the tincture in a cup, pour boiling water into the cup, and the alcohol will evaporate within seconds. OR, you can add your dose (20-30 drops) to a cup and let it dry up. When you add water to swallow it, there will be less alcohol left than in a ripe banana.

There are also glycerin tinctures that do not use alcohol to extract the constituents.