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Make a yarrow tincture - PEP BB medicine.sand.yarrowtincture

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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 yarrow.

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 yarrow, freshly harvested
- picture of the tincture being made
- picture of the finished tincture in its labeled jar.
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Here is my submission for the Natural Medicine Aspect - Sand for Straw - Yarrow Tincture BB.

I harvested Yarrow leaf and a few blossoms and made a Yarrow Tincture at Wheaton Labs during the PTJ 2021.

To document the completion of the BB, I have provided the following:
- picture of the yarrow, freshly harvested
- picture of the tincture being made
- picture of the finished tincture in its labeled jar
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freshly harvested yarrow leaf and blossom
freshly harvested yarrow leaf and blossom
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adding alcohol to jar (blending 190 proof and 100 proof)
adding alcohol to jar (blended 190 proof and 100 proof)
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Finished and Labeled
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straining in September
straining in September
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finished and labeled
finished and labeled

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Photo requirements for BB completion:
- picture of the yarrow, freshly harvested
- picture of the tincture being made
- picture of the finished tincture in its labeled jar

I harvested yarrow in my garden back in June, made a tincture, and finally got around to straining it this week. I used a combo of Gem Clear 190 proof and 80 proof vodka.
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Harvesting yarrow
Harvesting yarrow
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The jar of chopped yarrow with 190 proof and 80 proof vodka
The jar of chopped yarrow with 190 proof and 80 proof vodka
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Ready to cover and steep for a few weeks
Ready to cover and steep for a few weeks
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The finished yarrow tincture
The finished yarrow tincture

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Logan Byrd wrote: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 yarrow.

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

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I used yarrow freshly harvested from my garden and infused it in organic vodka
I used yarrow freshly harvested from my garden and infused it in organic vodka
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Yarrow tincturing
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Finished yarrow tincture
Finished yarrow tincture
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I made a yarrow and rose and witch hazel tincture for my face.
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Harvesting yarrow
Harvesting yarrow
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Plants in medium
Plants in medium
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Straining
Straining
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Finished, labeled
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I harvested yarrow from my yard, combined it with 80 proof organic vodka and steeped it for about 4 weeks and then strained it
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Freshly harvested yarrow
Freshly harvested yarrow
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Ingredients
Ingredients
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Steeping
Steeping
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Done
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Yarrow tincture sat for 2 weeks in vodka before straining
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yarrow in vodka
yarrow in vodka
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straining
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completed tincture
completed tincture

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Yarrow tincture with yarrow from my garden.
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Note: the label indicates you added water. this would dilute the alcohol and make the tincture unsafe, especially for long term storage of tincture.

 
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I would like to respectfully make a case for the recipe I used. I wasn't going rogue or cutting corners. I followed a recipe from Herbal Roots Zine by Kristine Brown, Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalists Guild. She studied with Rosemary Gladstar and has done a lot of research in herbalism (she's not some random lady with a blog). Her recipe calls for topping off with water when using dried yarrow, which I did. I used distilled water to prevent contamination.
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Hi Amy,
I originally agreed with the original certifier about your BB because the pictures are not labeled. If you had included the recipe in the original BB and labled the pictures, this would have helped the original certifier.  I missed that you had dried the yarrow hence it was flagged as an edge case by me, because as pointed out, water dilutes the effect of the alcohol.  You could have used fresh yarrow without drying and simply added alcohol to simplify the process.
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- picture of the yarrow, freshly harvested
- picture of the tincture being made
- picture of the finished tincture in its labeled jar.

Yarrow being harvested:


I dried my yarrow first:



The recipe I used called for a 1:5 ratio of dried yarrow to alcohol. The alcohol needed to be 80 proof so I used whisky.



I measured the ingredients out on a scale. I ended up with 26g of yarrow and 130g of whisky. I put it in a little spice bottle and let it sit in the pantry for two months. I was only going to do six weeks but I got busy.






After two months I strained the whole thing. I started with a strainer but eventually I put it all in a cheesecloth and squeezed all the liquid I could out of it.



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