I'd like to encourage you all to do something simple yet effective. Go out in the sun and find a herb you recognise. Pick it and take it home with you. Wash it if necessary. Then buy a bottle of around 40% vodka and pour a little off so you can stuff as much herb in as possible. Label it with the date. In 6 weeks time you'll have your own tincture. It really is that simple.
The quality appears to be very different when you make tinctures yourself. It tastes very different, often sweeter. I would like to compare the methods described above to those employed with mass production of tinctures to begin hypothesising why they taste so differently and which one might be more effective. The best way to assess this would be through testing in a lab to compare the substances.
My taste buds tell me it's better quality because the taste it often stronger and often sweeter. However, my tinctures are always made wih fresh herb which should technically water them down. My logic says they will work better but unfortunately this can only be based on sensory perception and intuition; and that's not much of a logic at all! Still fun though ;)
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