This is a Badge Bit (BB) that is part of the
PEP Curiculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in
Natural Medicine.
For this BB you will create a tincture out of echinacea blossom, root, or leaf.
- Make a journal page about a
recipe for echinacea blossom, root or leaf tincture along with dosage information.
- Make the echinacea root tincture, and take a picture of it being made, and of it being finished.
Optional:
- Make a journal page about the
uses and
attributes of echinacea blossom, root or leaf and how
to ID and
harvest it. Add it to the herb section.
Rosemary Gladstar
video on how to make echinacea root tincture.
Few website articles on echinacea tincture:
https://www.motherearthliving.com/plant-profile/echinacea-the-art-of-tincturing
https://amandacook.me/how-to-make-echinacea-tincture/
https://www.reformationacres.com/2015/10/homemade-medicine-made-simple-echinacea-tincture.html
To show you've completed this BB you must post pictures of the following:
- the journal page showing your recipe and dosage information for echinacea tincture
- picture of the echinacea blossom, roots, or leaf freshly harvested by you
- picture of the tincture being made
- picture of the finished tincture in its labeled jar.
Optional:
- the journal page showing the attributes of echinacea roots, blossom, and leaf and how to harvest and prepare them
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