This post may answer your question concerning making the Herbal Calcium Tincture.

Except from this post of Uny's: + Tincturing Lobelia
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However when we make 'straight Lobelia tincture', we do use equal parts ACV & alcohol, and we use a two-step tincturing process (something I've never known anyone else to do).

Here's how we make the Lobelia tincture:

I did something a bit different from 'typical' with this one (since some consituents of the Lobelia are solvent in vinegar, some in alcohol). Instead of mixing the alcohol & vinegar together and adding the Lobelia to that, I tinctured half of the Lobelia in only vinegar (organic, raw apple cider vinegar, of course:), and half in only 100 proof alcohol. After a few days, I macerate both (keeping them in separate jars). Then after two weeks (and MUCH shaking of each), I mixed the two together and gave it another two weeks with the alcohol/vinegar mix (minimum, or until the next full moon - preferably).

WHY? "Hmmm, *xyz* of the Lobelia needs vinegar as a solvent, but adding 50% alcohol to the vinegar right off the bat would mean that *xyz* is never getting FULL strength vinegar (and vice-versa with the *abc* of Lobelia that needs alcohol). So I'll give 'em each 'full strength of what they need', and then mix 'em together to get the remaining goodies out of each part".

The final tincture? WOW!! (and wow! again). Methinks the girl picked a winner! I've taste-tested it against the only Lobelia tincture I have (from Health Freedom Resources, which makes the 'Schulze equivalent' from his instructions/manual), and this seems to be (conservative estimate) possibly 3-5 stronger.

When making the Herbal Calcium tincture and the Lung/Bronchial tincture, we DO tincture every herb separately and mix them in their proper ratios (so the Lobelia in those tinctures is tinctured by the 2-part method). Why these two, and not the others that contain Lobelia? "Herbal intuition" - no more, no less.

I hope this has been helpful.
Water

In the Herbal Calcium tincture, we tincture each herb separately, press them separately, and then blend it together in the proper ratios. The only tincture that used vinegar is the Lobelia.

It does not *have* to be done this way - one can put all the herbs (in their proper ratios) in a jar and tincture them all together with 100 proof alcohol. OR one could tincture everything together except the Lobelia, and tincture the Lobelia separately...and then add the Lobelia in at the proper ratio to the rest (but you'd have to 'do the math' on that kind of tincture/ratio without my help :)

Blessings,

Uny