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Topic: Do you make your own Tinctures? (glycerin only)

Rivendell
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I can't do alcohol, because of acid reflux. Just one drop messes me up bad.

I have been online studying the many ways of making glycerin tinctures and wanted to know if anyone here does this?

If so, do you mind explaining your technique? Thanks

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Rivendell
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lymenotlite
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Alcohol is more effective. Have you tried letting the alcohol evaporate?

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Judie
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I haven't done it but Nature's Answer has alcohol-free tinctures made with glycerin.

I've had good luck making teas with bulk herbs.

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Rivendell
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Yeah, I've tried letting the alcohol evaporate, and the acid reflux still happens.

I use Nature's Answer, but am wanting to make my own.

Since I've posted this, I've found lots of good info on the internet and will eventually give this a try.

If i'm happy with the results, I'll post what I did.

Thanks lymenotlite and Judie.

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canefan17
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Do you get any other side effects from the alcohol?

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Rivendell
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I think it aggravates yeast problems that I have.

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Catgirl
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I've had that problem as well (1 drop gave me tons of yeast), so I evaporated the alcohol out. Glycerine products never worked as well for me. I would go after the acid reflux if I were you.

You probably already know this, but acid reflux is either due to too much acid, or too little, for whatever reason (bb or a co attacking our gut). If you have too little acid, ACV or HCL works. There is a test you can do with baking soda to find out which one you have (on Dr. Oz website, or just google).

Oatmeal works great for me, so obviously it's from too much acid in my case. Also zinc, and mastic gum.

Still, I had acid reflux the other night (got bit again, and bb or a co messed my gut up), so I ate a spoon of oatmeal (problem solved). Remember the zinc helps, bb and company love it.

P.S. Getting rid of my amalgams helped the most with yeast: overnight I could tolerate the alcohol without evaporating it out.

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Catgirl
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Rivendell, I saw on Dr. Oz this week that melatonin gets rid of acid reflux.

http://www.doctoroz.com/episode/dr-ozs-two-week-rapid-weight-loss-diet?video_id=3018758633001

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Lymetoo
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Hasn't gotten rid of mine.

Also search "salicylate sensitivity" on the acid reflux.

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