| Alcohol has been used for medical purposes | | | | 1. Fill half of a dark glass bottle with birch buds |
| throughout generations. Effective recipes involving | | | | (collected in March) and add vodka at 40% |
| alcohol managed to survive till nowadays and I am | | | | concentration to get full bottle. Leave the tincture |
| going to reveal them. | | | | to brew for a month. Remember to shake it |
| You can use either vodka containing 40% alcohol | | | | occasionally. Keep it in a dark and cold place. Drink |
| by volume or spirits containing 70% alcohol by | | | | 25 grams of the tincture every hour to stop |
| volume to make home-made tinctures. Simply | | | | vomiting caused by cholera. |
| infuse the ingredients with the alcohol and fill a | | | | 2. Infuse granulated sweet-flag rootstock (1 part) |
| vessel (usually bottle) made of dark glass with the | | | | with vodka at 40% concentration (5 parts). Fill a |
| tincture. Cover the bottle up and leave the | | | | dark glass bottle with the tincture and leave it to |
| tincture to brew in a dark place for 3-22 days. | | | | brew in a dark place for 14 days. Afterwards, |
| Remember to shake it occasionally. Afterwards, | | | | decant it and fill a dark glass bottle with it. Keep |
| decant the tincture and fill a bottle made of dark | | | | the bottle in a dark and cold place. Take 15-20 |
| glass with it. Tincture retains its healing properties | | | | drops of the tincture 2-3 times a day before |
| for 1-3 years if the storage conditions are met. | | | | meal. It is a great remedy to treat stomach ulcer, |
| The doses mentioned in the recipes are intended | | | | duodenal ulcer, chronic gastritis, diarrhea, lack of |
| for grown-ups. You should reduce the dose of the | | | | gastric juice, cholecystitis, cystolith and all types |
| tincture by 3-5 times when giving it to children at | | | | of hepatitis. |
| the age of 1-3 years. When giving the tincture to | | | | 3. Collect aspen buds in spring. Wash the buds |
| children at the age of 3-7 years, reduce the dose | | | | under running cold water. Mix the buds (1 part) |
| by 2-3 times, but for children at the age of 7-14 | | | | with alcohol at 70% concentration (10 parts). You |
| years the dose should be twice as less as the | | | | can use vodka at 40% concentration, as well, by |
| dose for grown-ups. | | | | observing the same proportion. Leave the tincture |
| You should definitely talk to a doctor before | | | | to brew for a week, decant it and fill a dark glass |
| performing any healing procedure involving herbs | | | | bottle with it. Keep the bottle in a cold and dark |
| to discuss the compatibility and possible | | | | place. Take 15-20 drops of the tincture 3 times a |
| interactions when using these natural remedies | | | | day. This remedy is particularly advisable for |
| and prescription medicine simultaneously. | | | | people suffering from chronic cystitis and urinary |
| | | | bladder disorders. |