Re: Allergic reaction after chineese bitters, coptis and curcuma?

by diluting these herbal tinctures in water they will never reach your liver. the whole point in having them in alcohol is so that your liver will recognize the alcohol and of course want to get rid of it- so by having the alcohol with the herbs- the herbs go straight into your liver because the liver will automatically take it up b/c of alcohol. so- if you dilute it in water- it most likely will not get picked up by your liver. i know i didn't explain this very well but this is what she told me and it really makes sense. as soon as you drink alcohol the liver wants to get rid of it and takes it in to process it and rid it from the body and so therefore- the herbs will then reach your liver. if it's diluted in water as you decribed- it really is a waste of money.