Olive leaves and tinctures

Olive leaf is used as tea, powder or extract to devitalize microbes. The active ingredient appears to be oleuropein. If using olive leaf as the main anti-microbial therapy, 500 mg and to 1000 mg of oleuropein might be used daily for 2 to 4 weeks.

Dried olive leaf has about 30 mg of oleuropein per gram.

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Olive Leaf Tea

Simmer dried leaves in water for 1 or more hours or until half the water is gone, strain, refrigerate, and drink 3-5 cups daily.

Olive leaf extract, powder

It is common to use olive leaf extract. In powder form and stir half a teaspoon in water or other non-protein liquid two or three times daily and take before meals. The normal retail form is as 500 mg capsules.

Olive Leaf Tincture

Commercial liquid extracts often contain only 4 mg of oleuropein per ml, powdered extract has more than 200 mg/ml. Always watch the potency.

How to make your own tincture extracts

Alcohol-based Tinctures

Alcohol is good for extracting waxes, fats, most alkaloids and resins.

100 proof means that it is 50% alcohol and 50% water.

1 part dried herb or 2 parts fresh herb to 3 parts alcohol or just cover.

Crush, chop or grind dried herbs. Similar process on fresh herbs but do not loose or contaminate natural fluids in process.

Put herb into the glass jar and slowly pour the alcohol until the herbs are entirely covered.

Seal the jar tightly so that the liquid cannot leak or evaporate. Soak from new moon to full moon.

Put the jar in a dark warm place [inside a box or paper bag].

Natural day and night warming and cooling can actually help the process.

Gently shake the jar every day with two hands.

You can continue to soak until the next full moon which would be about 6 week altogether.

Some strengthen the mixture by using the strained alcohol over a new batch of herbs.

When ready to bottle, pour the tincture through a non bleached filter like cheesecloth into another dark colored jar or bottle.

Squeeze the saturated herbs, extracting the remaining liquid until no more drips appear.

Close container tightly and label with date.

Distilled water, vinegar or glycerol can be used to make nonalcoholic tinctures.

Glycerine-based Tinctures

Vinegar-based Tinctures

Oil Infusions