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posted 3 years ago

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This is a Badge Bit (BB) that is part of the PEP Curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Natural Medicine.

For this BB you will create a tincture out of stinging nettle leaf.

Mountain Rose Herbs video on how to make a tincture:

To show you've completed this BB you must post pictures of the following:

- picture of the stinging nettle leaves, freshly harvested
- picture of the tincture being made
- picture of the finished tincture in its labeled jar.

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Rebekah Harmon

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posted 2 years ago

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I've been using stinging nettle in a powdered form to treat different issues. Well, it's going out of season now, so I grabbed some more and made a tincture out of it. Maybe it will be as soothing/medicinal? Experimentation! Here you can see the plant I harvested, chopped it, bottled it with alcohol, strained it, then labeled it and stored it in cute little bottles. Can't wait to compare it to the other ways I've been using it!

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posted 2 years ago

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I made this tincture from parts ofthe massive batch of nettles I dried and got a BB for.

I let the leaf soak in spirits for 2-3 weeks and drained them over night, bottling only the liquid, leaving leftover leaf material to the bokashi bucket for later sacrifice to the gods of the land.

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