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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 uva ursi 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 uva ursi leaves, 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 - Uva Ursi Tincture BB.

I harvested Uva Ursi and started a Tincture at Wheaton Labs during the PTJ 2021.

To document the completion of the BB, I have provided the following:
- picture of the mullein leaf, freshly harvested
- picture of the tincture being made
- picture of the finished tincture in its labeled jar
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harvesting
harvesting
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adding alcohol - cut with distilled water
adding alcohol - cut with distilled water
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labeled for soaking - 7/20/21
labeled for soaking - 7/20/21
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straining tincture 9/6/21
straining tincture 9/6/21
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finished and labeled
finished and labeled
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Logan Byrd wrote:
For this BB you will create a tincture out of uva ursi leaf.

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



I harvested and dried the kinnikinnick from the wild over the summer. I then filled 80 proof organic vodka to cover the herbs. I shook the jar and stored it in a dark cabinet. Then strained it.

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Uva Ursi (kinnikinnick) being harvested
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Pouring vodka into a jar with uva ursi
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Completed uva ursi tincture in a glass jar on a counter in a kitchen
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Jeremy VanGelder approved this submission.
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