Making your herbal tincture taste better
Your herbal tincture has been formulated specifically for you. We want to ensure you have no problems with your prescription, but we understand some clients may find the taste challenging. Have a look at the following ideas to help make taking your herbal medicines easier.
Chill your herbs
Storing your herbal tincture in the fridge helps ensure its stability by keeping it in a climate-controlled environment, reducing the likelihood for bacteria to grow (already unlikely due to the ethanol in most herbal tinctures). As well as this, having your herbs cold can also help dull the bitterness and sharpness some liquid herbs may have.
Fill your cup
Measure out the prescribed amount of herbal mixture into a measuring glass. Fill the remainder of the glass with water. This will dilute the flavour and help protect the mucosal lining of your throat from the small ethanol content in the liquid herbs.
Fruit juices work well here also, I often recommend Ribena as the dark colour of the juice can also act as hide the colour of the tincture also.
Sweeten your herbals
A practitioner can often add particular herbs to your mixture to sweeten the taste and make it easier to take. Some examples include licorice, marshmallow, thyme or fennel. Your practitioner will be able to identify an appropriate addition for your specific formula.
Persevere
Give it time. Most people become more comfortable with the taste and notice it less over time. If your tincture has been specially formulated for your presenting condition and health picture, perseverance is well worth it.
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