Echinacea: a brief share... 
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I had family visiting and when they left on Wed morning, I was really tired, and stressed out. My throat felt odd, lots of swallowing, clearing of throat, just knew I was coming down with some type of head/throat cold.
I started using Unys' echinacea tinct, took several dropperfuls 5-6 times on Wed. and then again on Thursday. I also took some Lobelia, (a dropperful, here and there)just in case 'it' tried to settle in my lungs. Drank hot herbal teas too.
On Friday, I felt great, and today even more so, I still take both, but not at the dosage I was. Maybe once or twice a day.
This is the first time that I relied on these two tinctures solely, and used them aggressively, and I'm thrilled that I healed so quickly...
When our new moon rolls around this month, guess what I'll be brewing up? a gallon perhaps? And I'm gonna let it brew as long as possible. If we would all use this regularly like once a day, I believe we'd never get sick (smilin).
Thanks Uny, for a great tincture and for helping me to get started.....momo
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- Sounds good. Don't we need to wait u... elf_hardtoil
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This is a reply to # 1,420,577I need to make some echinacea too, and as you say, why not at least a gallon? But the last time I looked, Pacific Botanicals wouldn't have fresh roots until late summer /early fall.
So will you be using dried roots and if so, will the resulting tincture be noticeably weaker then that made with fresh roots? Or can you just add more plant material to the mix and compensate that way? I definitely want to make some asap. Maybe just make with dried now and fresh later?- Re: Sounds good...fresh roots? Hidden Username
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MoreThis is a reply to # 1,420,594I am using the dried root from Mt Rose, but I do have many plants already growing. And more waiting to be planted. They are not too mature at this time. So I will wait awhile before using them.
I'm not sure about using the fresh, maybe Uny will read this and offer, her 2-cents. You would think that as long as the plant had not budded/bloomed, that the root would be fine to tincture... but I am not too sure. blessins, momo - Re: Sounds good. Don't we need to wa... unyquity
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MoreThis is a reply to # 1,420,594Right! Go ahead and make the tincture using the dried now (use both Echinacea purpurea & angustifolia root, and seeds or flowers, too), then use THAT tincture as all (or part) of the alcohol for a new tincture when you get in the fresh purpurea root from Pacific.
I've always made ours with fresh purpurea root and dried angustifolia root...but I talked to a gal one that used all dried (and used ALL the plant parts...including seeds & dried flowers and dried roots) and she indicated that hers was great!
Don't forget the "swell factor" when adding alcohol. Dried echinacea root swells SUBSTANTIALLY when the alcohol is added :)
Tincture ON!
Unyquity
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- Echinacea ROCKS! Re: Echinacea: a br... unyquity
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This is a reply to # 1,420,577I'm SO glad you took the time to share (and even more glad you'll be making your own, so you'll have an ample supply...both for yourself and for passing around to others).
AWESOME!! We haven't had a cold/flu for something around 8 years. Oh yeah, they've tried to "get us", but we've ALWAYS been able to knock 'em out with Echinacea.
Hugs aplenty :)
Unyquity
- Sounds good. Don't we need to wait u... elf_hardtoil
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