{"id":560,"date":"2015-01-15T20:52:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnbriner.com\/?p=560"},"modified":"2025-01-10T20:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T20:56:40","slug":"how-to-make-your-own-echinacea-tincture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnbriner.com\/?p=560","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Your Own Echinacea Tincture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"560\" class=\"elementor elementor-560\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cdf357 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0cdf357\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0f101f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d0f101f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e524ce2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e524ce2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/johnbriner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/echinacea.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-561\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af7ce52 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af7ce52\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f330658 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f330658\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every year around cold and flu season we run out and buy\u00a0a bottle of\u00a0Echinacea tincture as a preventative from getting sick.\u00a0 The weird thing was we were spending upwards\u00a0of $20 on a small bottle.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>So this year we grew our own Echinacea.\u00a0 Echinacea is a beautiful flower that is also known as Purple Coneflower.<br \/><br \/><\/p><div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5790552717897943438\/4051375744847514765?hl=en#\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;data-original-href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh_9lgQ958QY38L7mdHp3thLjPfP-j_ZT9klej94hchMa1vvPWH6_a9Hg854VS1dQqRvSz5LYP1SzfedUX_j-sCEcoL55ETfCT1znadqsdNg917GwQa1szFr_mpEAe4g2x_GpYqfs2wln0\/s1600\/echinacea.jpg&quot;,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh_9lgQ958QY38L7mdHp3thLjPfP-j_ZT9klej94hchMa1vvPWH6_a9Hg854VS1dQqRvSz5LYP1SzfedUX_j-sCEcoL55ETfCT1znadqsdNg917GwQa1szFr_mpEAe4g2x_GpYqfs2wln0\/s1600\/echinacea.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"212\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div><p>\u00a0<\/p><div data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\">\u00a0ECHINACEA<\/div><p><br \/>I read up on making a tincture and learned that you can make tincture from the roots, stems,\u00a0leaves, and flowers, so I decided to use all four!<br \/><br \/>I filled up a small canning jar about halfway with the roots, stems, leaves and flower of our Echinacea.\u00a0 I then topped the jar up with vodka, and let it sit for 3 weeks.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>It looked pretty amazing when I first mixed it all together.\u00a0<br \/><br \/><\/p><div class=\"separator\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog\/post\/edit\/5790552717897943438\/4051375744847514765?hl=en#\" data-original-attrs=\"{&quot;data-original-href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh2ZTC8wMX1c_CcmohjIchqTSN3C52Fqs6qxcsAoVSkxabMfegPYvpOJDnfZvaQRH7gVVcovFqQHfQfzsH3UCoqYZiggQDN10m5wzcJn4hZLQwQU7X7HHx9xiFu9kN9JPPBAGL_xjJ2JpU\/s1600\/ech+2.jpg&quot;,&quot;style&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh2ZTC8wMX1c_CcmohjIchqTSN3C52Fqs6qxcsAoVSkxabMfegPYvpOJDnfZvaQRH7gVVcovFqQHfQfzsH3UCoqYZiggQDN10m5wzcJn4hZLQwQU7X7HHx9xiFu9kN9JPPBAGL_xjJ2JpU\/s1600\/ech+2.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div><p><br \/>Within a couple weeks it started turning the darker color you associate with the tincture you buy from your local health food store.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>We have been using the Echinacea tincture all winter long now, and haven&#8217;t had to run out to buy the over-priced tincture we were accustomed to buying.<br \/><br \/>Now to get through the rest of the flu season without getting sick&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5557f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c5557f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year around cold and flu season we run out and buy\u00a0a bottle of\u00a0Echinacea 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