Dried Flowers- Dried Lavender Tincture
Had a very tiring day at the office? Need to sooth your nerves? If you are suffering from these kind of modern day tensions then try some dry lavender solution or tincture. They are very helpful for calming down your nerves. It also good for relieving stress and like headaches. And it aids good and a restful sleep too. You must be thinking what this lavender tincture is that relieves people of so many kinds of stresses. Well a lavender tincture is nothing but the addition of the dried lavender flowers in the solution of water and alcohol. With its simple contents you can make this wonderful medicinal solution of bulk dried lavender blooms even at your own homes.
So if you want to make this lavender tincture by your own, just get the following items first.
- A clean jar
- Dried lavender blooms
- Alcohol, the stronger the better
- Clean water
- A measuring cup and a funnel
- Cheesecloth and
- A dark glass bottle
First of all fill one quarter of the jar with the wide mouth with your dried lavender blooms. Then make a mixture of alcohol and filtered water. The alcohol your are using for the mixture should be strong. It will be best if you vodka of a good quality. Mixing one cup of the vodka with three cups of water will give you the needed mixture. Then once the mixture is ready pour it in the jar containing the dry lavenders. Cover the jar tightly with its lid after pouring in the mixed solution. Then shake the jar nicely for some time. This will ensure the even saturation of the lavender blooms in the alcohol solution. After a while of shaking, open the lid of the jar and check the solution. If the color of the solution is changed in likeness to the color of the lavenders, then you will not have to shake the jar anymore. Then again put on the lid of the jar and store in one of your cool cupboards. Remember to keep the jar away from the direct rays of the sun and other sources of heat. You will have to store the mixture for at least month before using it. During the storage period stir the content once in every two days.
After the month is over, using the cheesecloth strain the mixture into a clean dark glass bottle. Now your dried lavender tincture is ready unstress you from all the worldly stress.
