Bulk Herb Blends: Jungle Juice Tincture for women

This dry herb mixture is made up of nutritional herbs that strengthen the female body, mind, and… er-or-ah other functions... It is high or very high on the following nutrients:

Ingredients

• 2 cups cut Alfalfa – high in beta-carotene and functions as a detoxifier
• 2 cups cut Bilberry – marvelous anti-aging properties and strengthens the eyes
• 1 cup cut Butcher’s Broom – one of nature’s most potent remedies for circulatory ailments (can be substituted with 1/2 cup Dandelion leaf and 1/2 cup Horsetail)
• 2 cups cut Ginkgo – known as brain food. It increases peripheral blood flow
• 1 cup cut Nettle – very high in calcium, chromium, magnesium and zinc
• 2 cups of Oatstraw -
• 1 cup of Red Raspberry -
• 1/2 cup powder Siberian Ginseng – highly valued as an adaptogen, which means it helps the body correct and heal itself. Olympic athletes all over the world use it to negate stress, to enhance performance and endurance. As one of the most studied herbs on the market, its effectiveness has been proven.
• 1/2 cup powder Tumeric – a powerful antioxidant, with as much as 300 times greater than that of vitamin E
• 1 teaspoon powder Cayenne – aids the body to break down other herbs in the digestive system.

Directions

These premixed herbs should be stored in a cool, dry, and dark place, and made into an alcohol or glycerin tincture (extract) as needed.

For making about 3 cups of finished glycerin tincture, fill quart jar(s) 1/3 – 1/2 full of the premixed herbs (1/2 makes a stronger brew). Pour boiling water over them until they are all wet (no more than 1/2 cup). Fill the jar(s) to within about an inch of the top with food grade glycerin. Stir until mixed, then cap with a tight lid. Place a small kitchen towel in the bottom of a slow cooker, so as to protect the jar(s) from direct heat, and then fill the pot half full of water. Put the sealed jar(s) on the towel in the water, and then put on the crock lid. Turn on lowest heat for 3 days. It should not boil, but be hot to touch. Stir (or shake) the hot herb-goo daily. Do not let the crock get too low on water.

After 3 days, strain the hot herb mixture (I use an old t-shirt) from the now dark, warm glycerin (careful, it’s hot!). Discard the used herbs and pour the glycerite in a tightly capped jar(s). Be sure to label the jar(s), and store in a dark, cool place. I take a tablespoon 2 or 3 times a day. Oh, if you'd like, you can dilute each dose in water.

This recipe can be used for women in general, especially as a pre-natal. (for women past childbearing, add 1/2 cup cut Wild Yam).

If you tend to have high blood pressure, add to the recipe 1/2 cup powder Hawthorn berries.

Women dealing with anxiety, and wanting an alternative to the chemical solutions, add a cup of cut St. John’s Wort to the recipe.

You can also easily make this into an alcohol tincture (extract), if preferred. Almost all store bought tinctures use alcohol as a base. The alcohol draws out more of the herbs properties than the glycerin. Also, no heating is involved in alcohol tinctures, so they are much easier to prepare.

For more information on making tinctures using alcohol or glycerin, see the Preparing Remedies page. The following books have been our best references on making our own tinctures at home over the years:

• Herbal Antibiotics for making alcohol and glycerin tinctures
• Practical Herbalism for making alcohol tinctures
• The ABC Herbal for making glycerin tinctures
• The How to Herb Book for making alcohol tinctures

From Our Reading and/or Experience...

• The Jungle Juice Tincture for women can be used to benefit women of any age as a multi-vitamin (including before, during or after pregnancy, and nursing).
• It can be used as often as you would like.
• As is the case with most herbs, this mixture should be stored in a dark, dry, and cool place. Refrigeration or freezing is great, but certainly not necessary. Following these suggestions will delay the loss of its highly valued nutritional and medicinal properties.
• Follow the same instructions for storage after you make it into a tincture. We do not use any bottles in particular, but recycle empty glass bottles, whenever possible.
• An alcohol tincture (extract) doesn't taste the greatest but is the most effective way to draw out the goodness of the herbs, and are the easiest to make. For those two reasons alone, alcohol tinctures are the industry standard in all ready-made store bought tinctures. They also keep the longest (at least 2 years).
• Glycerin tinctures (or glycerites), though not as effective, are much more palatable with their sweet flavor. However, they will only keep for up to one year or so.
• We do not suggest brewing this dry herb mixture into a tea because the Cayenne and Tumeric would make it a very hot and nasty drink.
• The mixture could be ground up into powder and encapsulated. The tinctures would be more effective, but some folks simply prefer capsules.

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