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[Andrea]

I use lemon balm occasionally to help with heart palpitations I sometimes get with hot flashes and I give it to my daughter when she has rough monthly cycles.  I've found that the easiest way to use lemon balm is in a tincture form.  I've always bought it from the health food store in the past but I have lemon balm growing all over my yard and while I make tea with it during the spring and summer, I seldom bother drying it for winter use.  The tincture usually covers me for the 2 months when my lemon balm isn't producing.  I'm almost out so I went to the local health food store and they've quit selling it.  One of my 13 in 13 tasks was to learn how to make my own tincures.  So today, I went to the store and bought my 100 proof vodka and then went to the South side of the house where my lemon balm generally produces year round.  I found enough young, green leaves to work with and I now have a quart size jar of lemon balm marinating.  I hope it works!  But, I need to wait several weeks to find out.  Some of the resources I used:

 

http://gettingthere....m-tincture.html

http://www.lemonbalm...h.MOtKIy1v.dpbs

http://www.healing-f...-tinctures.html

 

 

I had no idea it was so easy to make!  

[mommato3boys]

Let me know how this works. I think I have some vodka, oh wait that is Irish whiskey I have darn. I will have to invest in vodka but still let me know how this works. Lemon balm is one of the herbs I am planting this next year.

[Andrea]

I'll let you know if 4 - 6 weeks!  It's turning a lovely light green color, the commercial stuff I buy is usually a seriously unattractive shade of brown LOL

[Jori]

You need the vodka to make vanilla extract, too.  Always a good thing to have on had.  Works well with tonic water on the rare occasion. 

[mommato3boys]

You need the vodka to make vanilla extract, too.  Always a good thing to have on had.  Works well with tonic water on the rare occasion. 

 

Guess I need to invest in vodka. I looked and I do have a little bit of vodka. Probably enough to do one batch.