Tristans Unkraut

Making honey pills is a nice way to make a sweet and edible treat out of any herb or herb formula that can be ground into a powder. Of course it only makes sense with herbs that release their medicinal compounds without being tinctured in alcohol but…

A percolation has a few advantages and disadvantages compared to a maceration. A Percolation is much faster, taking only about 2 days to the finished tincture, while a maceration can take several weeks. A percolation also ends up with a more potent…

Shi Chang Pu, the rhizome of the species Acorus gramineus and A. tatarinowii, is widely used in traditional chinese medicine. It is closely related to Calamus / Sweetflag (A. calamus) which has somewhat similar medicinal properties. Shi Chang Pu is used…