why use alcohol in tinctures
Now letâs be clear, your fresh plant tincture WONâT be 95% alcohol because the fresh plant itself contains water (how much depends on the plant of course), so itâs not quite like taking a dropperful of Everclear or something. Some plants have tons of water in them (think of juicy plants like Plantain or Wild Mint). And hey, if you want to only use 50% alcohol for your tincture, well then hell, just use half water and half grain alcohol. For dry plant tinctures, youâll rarely use 95% alcohol but it makes it really easy to calculate the exact percentage that you do need. So if you need 45% alcohol for your dried Ashwagandha, why then just add enough water to the alcohol to make that (again, appr. half and half, I personally usually just eyeball it).