Did you know that you can make tinctures with mugwort as an essential? Besides being used as food ingredients or brewed as tea because of its rich content with myriad benefits, we can also process mugwort to be used as tinctures.
Tinctures are concentrated herbal extracts made by soaking the bark, berries, leaves (dried or fresh), or the roots of one or more plants in alcohol or vinegar.
We can use tinctures made by this ancient herb for a variety of purposes, such as:
● Dipping it in a cloth
● Diluting it with water to make a mouthwash
● Dividing it with water or glycerin to make a lotion, or
● Mix it with oil or beeswax to make an ointment.
Once you make a tincture from mugwort, you’ll be able to store it for a long time! Advantageous, isn’t it?
Mugwort Tincture in Step by Step
Mugwort Tincture
Equipment
- Glass bottle
Ingredients
- 10 g Mugwort leaves
- 100 ml Alcohol (about 40% alcohol)
Instructions
- Wash the whole mugwort grass (leaves, stems, roots), drain it, cut it to a suitable size, and stuff it tightly in a glass jar.
- Pour alcohol into one until it is flat. (Note that if mugwort comes out of ethanol here, it will cause mold.)
- When the extract of the material is removed (about one week), and the color begins to dissolve in the liquid, the whole wormwood is taken out and completed.
Mugwort Tea Recommended Products
At Kawashima-ya, we have carefully prepared and transformed mugwort into dried mugwort leaves to make it easier for you to taste mugwort tea full of benefits.
Harvested directly from Higashiyoshino, the mugwort is carefully grown organically, without pesticide, without chemical fertilizer, so it generates a refreshing scent.
