It helps against different kind of skin problems, if you apply it, diluted with water, on the skin as a poultice.
You can also put the marigold-tincture in creams.
Taken internally the marigold-tincture is good against digestive-problems, solves spasms and regulates the menses.
Ingredients
- Marigold-Petals
- Alcohol from 40% to 90% Vol.
How to do it
- First cut the flowers in small pieces.
- Fill the flowers into a jar until half of the jar is filled.
- Pour the spirit into the jar.
- All the herbs should be covered.
- Close the jar and put it at a warm place.
- Let it stand for 10-40 days.
- Shake it sometimes.
- After the waiting time the tincture is ready.
- Now you can filter it.
- You need a second glass that should be bigger than the first glass.
- And you need a filtering paper or cloth.
- Cover the second glass with the filter.
- Pour the tincture through the filter.
- The tincture is dropping through the filter.
- When the most liquid is poured out of the jar, you could put the jar with the herbs upside-down on the second jar, to make sure all the tincture flows into the second jar.
- Put the jars at a save place and let them stand for several hours.
- Take a dark bottle and a small funnel.
- Pour the tincture through the funnel into the bottle.
- Fill as much bottles you need for filling all the tincture.
- Now all the tincture is filled into bottles.
- Label the bottles with content and date for always knowing what is inside.
Fill the herbs into a jar until half of the jar is filled.
Pour the spirit into the jar.
All the herbs should be covered.
Close the jar and put it at a warm place.
Let it stand for 10-40 days.
Shake it sometimes.
After the waiting time the tincture is ready.
Now you can filter it.
You need a second glass that should be bigger than the first glass.
And you need a filtering paper or cloth.
Cover the second glass with the filter.
Pour the tincture through the filter.
The tincture is dropping through the filter.
Take a dark bottle and a small funnel.
Pour the tincture through the funnel into the bottle.
Fill the tincture in a dark bottle.
Label the bottles with content and date
for always knowing what is inside.
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