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Chocolate Temptation Liqueur

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Not long after mastering the art of making tinctures with herbs, I started acquiring quite a supply of little herb-infused-alcohol on my shelves. What to do with them?   I know you can add tinctures to body/beauty products like creams, lotions, body scrubs, facial toners etc.  Also, you can use them as part

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Stock your retro apothecary with homemade tinctures

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Tincture. To me the word seemed like something out of an 1800′s pharmacy advertisement.

But after my herbal medicine class this spring, I realized that tinctures are a great way to preserve and take herbs. They also feel more like you are taking traditional ‘medicine.’ They keep a long time, are easy

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