agree with chervil2's tentative yes. this combo will be heating and very drying in your body...whether those energetics match you well is an unknown, we don't have enough info to say. if you start having undesirable issues come up when using it simply stop. good luck!

I realized after some thinking that Erodinia made an assumption that alcohol extracts was the best and only way to pursue the use of herbs. However, from her responses to many of the postings, I also realized that she doesn't have enough knowledge or experience to have made the decision to use only extracts. Truth is, a working knowledge of various methods of extractions is necessary to make a judgement of which application is best under different circumstances. For example, alcohol extracts are fine if you're wanting a fast immediate, short term relief of a symptom. But when you want to go deeper into a constitutional treatment (long lasting healing), it's better to avoid alcohol extracts since you'd need to take about 1-2 ounces of extracts per day to accomplish what would otherwise be done using a decoction. That's like taking 1-2 shots of vodka per day which is not bad in itself, but many wouldn't want that much alcohol everyday. Many of the Chinese recipes call for boiling or infusing the herbs in water. They've been using this method for over 2,000 years. There's lots to be said for this. You can take a greater quantity of herbs and maintain their food-grade qualities. Whereas alcohol tinctures kinda' puts herbs into a medicine-type form for relief of symptoms only, but not having the in-depth approach needed for a more lasting healing. Here's some specifics: When there's a chronic health problem for which people want an herbal remedy, an average of 15 herbs are custom blended. And there's an average of 9 grams per day per herb which equals about 1/4 pound of herbs per day. Now, convert that into an alcohol extract. 9 grams is about 1 teaspoon of alcohol extract (It's not calculated straight across as weight per menstrum as one might think). So, that's about 15 teaspoons per day of alchol extract to get the same quantity and quality of herbs decocted in water. That's about 5 tablespoons per day which is about 2 1/2 ounces of alcohol extract every day. See why the use of alcohol extracts becomes relevant and not absolute? I use both forms of the herbs depending on which approach I want to take. Hope this makes sense. If there are any questions, please raise your hand. HerbDoctor

We have Everclear here too but its too much alcohol i was told for tinctures..i found 100 proof pretty inexpensive Black Hawk..i Love Lemon Balm tinctures..I made Valerian Tincture as well because I tried it in my tea but it smells sooo horrible like dirty socks or somthing lol..I have a High tolerance so teas do not work that well for me..this year im going to make a double or triple tincture of my lemon balm espescially..Thanks for all the info Lynn

thank u i will check this out further have u yourself ever seen inulin as i described it