The best recipes for homemade tinctures were kept strictly secret for a long time and passed down from generation to generation. Wonderful liqueurs with a strong alcohol base, with the addition of various herbs, berries and spices, many of which have a pronounced medicinal effect, are still in great demand today. A unique type of alcohol with a strength of up to 45% and a high sugar content provides a huge field for the realization of culinary imagination.
The five most commonly used ingredients in recipes are:
Masters manage to prepare tinctures of various colors and shades without the use of chemical dyes and food flavorings. Only the gifts of nature are used here: mint, saffron, pine nut shells, cornflower flowers, sunflower seeds, citrus fruits, anise, blueberries and much more. Industrially produced tincture can always be bought in stores. It is much more interesting and useful to make it with your own hands according to the given recipes. Anyone can find something exclusive for themselves. A simple technological process and the commercial availability of all components provide the opportunity to create a masterpiece from alcohol or vodka infused with linden, cranberry, hawthorn, and viburnum. Feel like real creators, try and fantasize to your heart’s content!
In folk medicine, propolis is a proven remedy for treating diseases. Its effectiveness has also been proven by official medicine, therefore the use of Propolis 20 is indicated both in the treatment of hemorrhoids and other internal and external diseases.
The drug Propolis 20 is indicated both in the treatment of hemorrhoids and other internal and external diseases
Composition and effect of propolis for hemorrhoids
The medicinal product contains only a natural bee product (propolis) and ethanol. Propolis is a substance produced by bees from plant resins. It also contains pollen and wax, essential oils and beebread, useful acids, enzymes and vitamins. All these substances (of which there are several hundred in the product) have a positive effect on the body and help cope with many internal and external diseases.
The drug has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, wound-healing, antioxidant properties, increases the body's defenses and improves tissue regeneration.
Due to this, taking propolis orally is indicated, including for hemorrhoids. Propolis strengthens veins, increases their tone and prevents stagnation of venous blood. At the same time, external application of alcohol infusion to hemorrhoids is not practiced due to the likelihood of causing irritation and burns of the mucous membrane. Ointment with propolis or special suppositories are used locally.
Release form
The drug is produced by the pharmaceutical industry in the form of a liquid tincture prepared with alcohol. The liquid is in a glass container with a volume of 100 ml. The number 20 in the name of the drug indicates the ratio of alcohol to the substance that is dissolved in it. To be more precise, 20 g of active substance is dissolved in 100 ml of alcohol. That is, the bottle contains 20% propolis in 100% ethanol alcohol. The liquid is brown in color, transparent, has a characteristic odor and bitter taste. During storage, sediment may form.
Pharmacological properties of Propolis 20
Propolis has many beneficial properties, most of which are recognized by official medicine.
The drug has a multifaceted pharmacological effect; Among its properties:
- antimicrobial;
- anti-inflammatory;
- wound healing;
- regenerating;
- antispasmodic;
- antitoxic;
- venotonic;
- antioxidant;
- soothing;
- pain reliever;
- diuretic;
- hepatoprotective.
Pharmacodynamics
Preparations based on “bee glue” have good pharmacodynamic properties. Studies that were conducted to test the effect of the drug on patients showed high reproducibility of the results, that is, the therapeutic effect is sustainable. By interacting with cell membranes, “bee glue” has a tonic and stimulating effect on them, which is responsible for the effect of strengthening the body.
Pharmacokinetics
Propolis is characterized by good digestibility and high absorption through the gastrointestinal tract. Excretion (removal) of the drug occurs in the urine. The drug does not have a negative effect on the excretory system and is well accepted by people who do not have individual intolerance to its components.
What does it help with?
The tincture is taken for:
- diseases of the ENT organs (tonsillitis, tonsillitis, chronic pharyngitis, otitis media) and upper respiratory tract (bronchitis, tracheitis);
- dermatological problems (fungus);
- disorders of the gastrointestinal tract (peptic ulcer, gastritis, cholecystitis, colitis).
The drug is also used as an antithrombotic and sedative.
It is appropriate to use the extract for muscle and joint pain, to reduce blood pressure and normalize blood sugar levels.
The drug shows itself perfectly in the treatment of wounds and inflammation of mucous tissues.
Propolis 20 for hemorrhoids
To speed up healing, tissue regeneration and reduce inflammation, propolis extract is taken orally and, at the same time, local treatment is carried out using special suppositories or suppositories that relieve itching and eliminate discomfort.
Chronic
The chronic course of the disease requires observation by a physician and the use of the drug on a long-term basis. Diseases that are protracted do not respond well to treatment, and even more so with natural medications, so you need to be patient. You will need to take the tincture for at least 20 days, 15-20 drops per dose (the medicine is taken 2-3 times a day, diluted in 50 ml of water). After this period, take a break for 2 weeks and then resume taking it again.
During exacerbation
In case of exacerbation, the dose of the drug can be increased to 30-40 drops per dose. Using the maximum permissible doses of the drug stimulates the body's defenses and accelerates cell regeneration. Take the drug 3 times a day; the course of treatment is 2 weeks, after which they take a break. To speed up treatment, it is recommended to combine internal and external drugs.
Haemorrhoids
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How to make a tincture
You can prepare an alcoholic extract yourself at home. The concentration of the active substance can vary from 5 to 40%. The therapeutic effect of the saturated extract will be higher, but its irritating effect will also increase. It is better to use a percentage ratio of 1:10 to 1:20. For preparation, high-quality medical alcohol and natural propolis are used. The latter should be placed in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours, and then grated on a coarse grater.
The crushed product (10-20 g) is placed in a glass container and filled with alcohol (100 ml). It is better to use a dark glass container. It is tightly sealed and shaken to dissolve solid particles into the liquid. Then place it in a cool, dark place. The tincture must be infused for 10 days, while shaking 1-2 times daily. Then the liquid is filtered through cheesecloth and stored. The tincture can be stored in a dark, cool place for up to 3-4 years.
How to use Propolis 20
The remedy is intended for oral administration and external use (applied to the skin), in addition, for rinsing the mouth and throat. Before taking the drug, dilute it in boiled water or milk. When diluted with water, the drug acquires a milky tint and loses transparency. This is a normal reaction and should not cause concern. The emulsion is taken 30 minutes before meals 2-3 times a day.
Externally, the aqueous solution is used several times a day to rinse or applied to affected areas of the skin.
Contraindications
Propolis is well tolerated. Allergic reactions are occasionally observed. Most often, intolerance to the tincture occurs in those people who have been diagnosed with an allergy to honey, pollen, bee bread and other bee products.
Those people who have an increased sensitivity of the body to bee venom (severe swelling from bee stings) should use the drug with caution. Contraindications include kidney disease; Prescribed with caution for diseases of the stomach and liver. In addition, the tincture is contraindicated for bleeding and acute eczema.
Side effects
When taking the drug, hypersensitivity reactions to the components of the drug may occasionally occur: skin rashes, urticaria, itching, redness of the skin.
If allergic reactions occur, stop taking the drug.
Overdose
No cases of overdose have been reported.
special instructions
The drug has no warnings for use by people whose work requires focus and concentration.
During pregnancy and lactation
Pregnancy and lactation are not a contraindication to taking the drug. It is recommended to only avoid applying the tincture to the chest area during feeding and immediately before it.
Use in childhood
The tincture can be given to children over 3 years of age. For a child, the dosage is calculated as follows: 1 year of a child’s life = 1/20 of the dosage intended for an adult.
Drug interactions
There are no reports of interactions between the drug and other drugs.
Analogs
An analogue of the drug can be an aqueous solution of propolis, propolis in suppositories and propolis in lozenges.
The following preparations containing propolis will help in the treatment of hemorrhoids:
- Propolis DN (additionally contains wool wax);
- Prostopin (propolis, pollen, royal jelly, beebread and mountain honey);
- Hemo-Pro (herbal extracts, sea buckthorn oil, lake mud, rue oil);
- Adonis (propolis, sea buckthorn oil);
- Propolis D (propolis, dimexide);
Terms and conditions of storage
The shelf life of the pharmaceutical tincture is 2 years. Homemade can be stored for up to 3-4 years in a cool, dark place.
Propolis. How to prepare and use.
100 Recipes for homemade tinctures and liqueurs...
The duration of infusion ranges from 2 to 6 weeks; if necessary, the infusion time can be reduced to 7-10 days by increasing the temperature to 50-60°C. Tinctures contain up to 30% sugar with a strength of up to 45% vol. alcohol, they are less sweet, but stronger than liqueurs, have a pleasant taste and can serve as both an alcoholic drink and a healing elixir.
Tinctures should be stored in a cool, dark place in tightly closed dark bottles.
Cardamom tincture
4-6 g of cardamom seeds, 1 liter of vodka, 1 liter of water, 400-600 g of sugar.
Pour cardamom seeds with vodka, leave in a warm place for several days, strain, add boiled water, sugar and stir until it is completely dissolved. Cranberry tincture
1 glass of cranberries, 1 glass of sugar, 500 ml of vodka.
Grind the cranberries with sugar, pour in vodka. Leave for 2 weeks (more is possible: the longer it sits, the tastier it is). Strain.
Sea buckthorn tincturePass the sea buckthorn berries through a meat grinder (you can use the cake left over from preparing sea buckthorn juice), add vodka or alcohol diluted with water. The vodka should cover the raw materials, but not by much. Leave for 3-4 weeks (or longer), strain, squeeze, filter through a cloth folded in four and sweeten with sugar syrup (1.5 cups of sugar per 1 cup of water).
Tincture "Autumn"500 g rowan, 1 kg fragrant ripe apples (Renet), 300 g sugar, 1.5 l vodka
Wash the rowan berries (picked after frost) thoroughly, drain in a colander, drain and remove the stems. Wash the apples, dry them, remove the core and cut them into rings. Place apples and rowan berries in layers in a suitable vessel, sprinkle each layer with sugar. Pour in vodka until the fruit is completely covered. Cover with gauze and leave at room temperature for 2-3 months until the berries discolor. Strain the tincture, filter, bottle and store in a dark and cool place.
Mint tincture100 g peppermint, 40 g dill seeds, 12-15 g juniper berries, 3-5 g cinnamon, 1 l vodka, sugar syrup
Pour vodka over all ingredients and leave for 2 weeks. Then strain and sweeten to taste with sugar syrup.
Foam tincture50 g juniper berries, peel of 2 lemons, 1 liter of vodka, 1 tbsp. l. ginger, 1 tbsp. l. Sahara.
Infuse vodka for 2 weeks on a handful of juniper berries, then for 5 days on the peel of two lemons. Mix crushed ginger with sugar and dilute in infused vodka. Keep in the sun for 2 weeks. Then strain, bottle and store in a cool place. The tincture is ready for use after six months.
Juicy berry tincturePour layers of juicy berries (strawberries, raspberries, wild strawberries, black currants, etc.) into a bottle or jar, sprinkling them with sugar. Compact the contents of the container by shaking. The berries should be completely covered with sugar. Dishes with berries
Place it in the sun. When the berries give juice after 1-2 days, drain it and add sugar to the bowl with the remaining berries. Do this 3-4 times. Add 100 to 200 ml of vodka per 1 liter of juice to the collected juice. Take 1 -1.5 kg of sugar per 1 kg of berries.
Fruit syrup tinctureThe easiest way is to take ready-made syrup (apple, chokeberry, lemon or other) and add vodka or alcohol to it. The sugar content in such syrups is 60-65%, and in sweet liqueurs - from 8 to 30%. Accordingly, vodka is added to the syrup - from 100 to 300 ml per 1 liter of syrup.
Caraway tincture4-6 g of cumin, 1 liter of vodka, 1 liter of water, 400-600 g of sugar.
Pour vodka over the caraway seeds, leave in a warm place for several days, strain, add boiled water and sugar, stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Herbal tincture1/2 tbsp. l. oak bark, 1/2 tbsp. l. dried coriander seeds or greens, 1/2 tbsp. l. thyme, 5 blades of bison grass, 5 blades of lemon balm, 500 ml of vodka, 2 tbsp. l. honey
Pour vodka over honey and stir well. Pour into a bottle and add all the ingredients. Seal the bottle well and keep it in a cool place for 2-3 months. After this, strain the contents through cheesecloth and pour into another bottle. Seal with a stopper and place in the refrigerator.
Citrus tinctureDry peel of 4-5 tangerines, or 2-3 oranges, or 3-4 lemons, 500 ml of vodka, 2 pieces of refined sugar.
Place dry citrus peels in a jar and fill with vodka, add sugar and leave at room temperature for 12-15 days.
Clove tincture4-6 g of cloves, 1 liter of vodka, 1 liter of water, 400-600 g of sugar.
Pour vodka over the cloves, leave in a warm place for several days, strain, add boiled water, sugar and stir until it is completely dissolved.
Horseradish tincture100 g horseradish root, 2 sweet (bell) peppers, 1 mildly hot pepper, 1 liter of vodka.
Wash the horseradish root with a brush and cut into medium-sized strips. Peel the pepper and cut into thin slices. Do not throw away the pepper seeds, but put them together with horseradish and pepper in a glass jar and fill with vodka. Place in a cool, dark place. After 2 weeks, drain the infusion, strain and pour into a bottle. Drink very chilled. This is an appetite stimulant and is good for colds.
Apricot tincture1 glass of apricots, 500 ml of vodka.
Remove and break a few seeds, leave the rest of the apricots whole. Pour in vodka and leave to infuse for 1 month in a warm, dark place.
Strawberry tincture1 kg of strawberries, 1 kg of sugar, 300 ml of vodka.
Grind strawberries (strawberries) with sugar, add vodka. Then proceed as usual.
Quince tincture8 glasses of quince juice, 8 glasses of vodka, a bunch of rye straw, 50 g of sugar, vanilla sugar.
Chop or grate overripe quince. Chop a bunch of rye straw very finely. Mix quince and straw.
Squeeze the juice from the quince. Mix the resulting juice with vodka. Add regular sugar and a little vanilla. Pour the juice into a bottle and leave for a week. Then filter.
Pepper tincture20 g black pepper, 3-5 g allspice, 2-3 drops of cardamom oil, 1 liter of purified vodka.
Add all other ingredients to vodka. Leave for 2 weeks, then strain and filter.
Wormwood tincture100 g of anise seeds, 30 g of sugar, fresh tops of young wormwood, 1 liter of strong vodka.
Place the tops of wormwood into the bottle, filling 1/4 of the volume, add anise seeds and fill with strong vodka. Infuse for 2-3 weeks in a warm place. Then strain and sweeten a little if desired.
Citrus tinctureZest of 2 lemons, or 2 oranges, or 4 tangerines, 1 liter of vodka, a few drops of citrus juice.
Cut off a thin colored layer of zest from oranges, tangerines or lemons (without the white subcortical layer that gives bitterness to drinks), pour in vodka. You can also use dried zest. Squeeze a few drops of citrus juice into the tincture. The resulting drink has a wonderful aroma thanks to the essential oils contained in the zest. Infuse in a warm place, then strain and filter.
Healing tincture30-40 g of galangal root, 10-15 g of dill and anise seeds, 2-3 g of ginger, 1 liter of vodka.
Pour the ingredients with strong vodka and leave in a warm place for 2-3 weeks, then strain and filter.
Fishing tincture3-4 cloves of garlic, 1.5-2 g of ground pepper, 10 g of table salt, 4-5 g of mashed bay leaves, 30 g of sugar, 1 liter of purified vodka.
Chop the garlic, add ground pepper, salt, sugar and bay leaf. Pour vodka over everything and leave for 4-5 days, shaking daily. Then filter through a cloth filter.
Tincture "Hunting"1 liter of strong vodka, 30-40 g of juniper berries, 2 g of ground black pepper, 50 g of dill seeds, 10-12 g of table salt, 40 g of horseradish.
Pour vodka over all ingredients. Infuse for two weeks in a warm place, shaking the contents occasionally. Then strain and filter.
Barberry tincture1 liter of vodka, 200 g of barberry leaves.
Place crushed dried barberry leaves in a bottle, fill with vodka, seal and keep at room temperature for a week. Then drain the tincture and filter well. Consume in small quantities. Barberry tincture has pronounced medicinal qualities. In folk medicine, this tincture is used for uterine bleeding. Take 30 drops 3 times a day for 3 weeks.
Birch tincture1 liter of vodka, 200 g of propolis, birch sap to taste Grind the propolis, pour into a bottle, pour vodka, shake for half an hour. Then leave for 3 days, shaking occasionally. Before use, dilute the tincture with birch sap.
Lingonberry tinctureTo prepare lingonberry liqueur, you should select ripe lingonberries, fill it with 1/2 a quarter bottle, add vodka and let it brew for 2-3 months in a warm place, and then tint it with cranberry juice or cochineal infusion.
Lingonberry-cherry tincture3.5 kg of lingonberries, 600 g of cherries, 150 ml of cognac, 2 liters of vodka, 2.5 liters of sugar syrup, citric acid.
Pour fresh lingonberries and cherries into the bottle, add cognac, vodka and infuse. Then sweeten with sugar syrup and add citric acid. The tincture will be sweet and sour, with a slight pleasant bitterness, a complex aroma of lingonberries and cherries, and a reddish-brown color.
Cherry tincture250 ml cherry juice, 250 ml boiled water, 500 ml vodka; for cherry juice: 1 kg of cherries and 700 g of sugar.
Place washed cherries without stems in a wide-necked bottle, fill with sugar up to the neck, cover with gauze,
Tie and place in the sun for 30-40 days. Mix the resulting cherry juice with boiled water and vodka.
Cherry stem tincture500 g cherry stalks, 200 g sugar, 2 liters of vodka.
Wash the cherry stalks, dry them, pour them into a wide-necked bottle, cover with granulated sugar, shake, tie the neck of the bottle with gauze and leave in the room for 30 days. After this, pour vodka into the bottle, leave for 2 days and strain through cheesecloth.
Grapefruit tincture1 grapefruit, 500 ml of vodka or alcohol.
Peel the grapefruit, cut the peel and pulp. Then put it all in a vessel and fill it with vodka or alcohol. Let it brew. The longer, the tastier the drink will be. Strain, filter and seal in bottles.
Walnut tincture500 ml vodka, 400 g young walnuts, 1 tbsp. l. honey
Finely chop the nuts and infuse vodka on them for a month. Add honey before use.
Kalgan tinctureWash and dry the dug up galangal roots well. Then boil, strain the broth, cool and dilute with alcohol to a strength of 30-40° or put 2-3 roots in a bottle, add vodka and leave for 10-15 days.
Tangerine tincture8 tbsp. l. dried tangerine peel, 750 ml vodka.
Dry the tangerine peels, chop them, add vodka and leave for a week. Refrigerate before use.
Almond tincture1.25 g bitter almond oil, 500 ml sugar syrup, 4-5 liters of vodka. Mix vodka with sugar syrup and almond oil.
Medicinal tincture1 tsp. linden blossom, 50 g pitted prunes, 1 tsp. thyme, 1 tsp. mint, 500 ml of vodka, 10 g of propolis Finely chop the dried prunes, mix with linden blossom, thyme, mint and pour in vodka. Seal the bottle tightly and place in a warm place for 2 months. After this, strain the tincture, add propolis to it, seal it and let it brew for 1 month.
Tincture “Excellent”205 g of oregano flowers, St. John's wort, English mint, sage root and orange peel, 102 g of dill seed, kishnets, anise and juniper berries, 51.2 g of trifoli, 12.3 l of purified vodka.
Pour vodka over all ingredients, leave and strain.
Blackberry tinctureAlcoholized blackberry juice (blackberries - 2.5 kg) - 2 l, sugar syrup - 1.4 l, vanillin - 0.05 g, citric acid - 3 g, water.
Alcoholized blackberry juice with a total content of extractive substances of no more than 200 g is sweetened with 66% sugar syrup and flavored with vanillin.
Add citric acid to bring the acidity to 0.4 g/100 ml.
The resulting tincture is dark red in color, sweet and sour, with a blackberry aroma, and a strength of no more than 20%.
Vodka - 0.5 l, a piece of ginseng, honey - 1 teaspoon.
Infuse vodka on a piece of ginseng root for 2-3 days.
If desired, you can add honey.
You can add vodka to the tincture 2-3 times.
Vodka - 1 l, oleaster flowers - 100 g, honey - 1 tbsp. spoon.
Infuse vodka on the flowers of oleaster (pshata) for at least 3 weeks.
Mix with bee honey before use.
Vodka - 2 l, mint - 40 g, anise - 40 g, nuts - 40 g.
Add mint, anise, and nuts to vodka and leave in a warm place for 12 days.
After this, after straining, you can use it.
Then you can again pour half the proportion of vodka into the grounds and leave it in a warm place for 1 month.
Vodka - 0.5 l, young walnuts - 400 g, honey - 1 tbsp. spoon.
Finely chop young walnuts and infuse them with top quality vodka.
Mix with honey before use.
For 1 bottle of vodka - 2 tablespoons of honey, 5 blades of bison grass, 5 blades of thyme, 1/2 teaspoon each of oak bark, coriander, thyme.
Pour vodka over honey and stir well. Pour into a bottle and add herbs.
Seal the bottle well and keep it in a cool place for 2-3 months.
After this, strain through cheesecloth into another bottle, close with a stopper and put in the refrigerator.
For 1 bottle of vodka - 2 medium-sized lemons.
This is a traditional tincture made from lemon peels.
Wash the lemons and wipe with a dry towel. Using a sharp knife, cut off all the yellow skin, trying to do it as thinly as possible, since the slightest presence of white skin gives the vodka an unpleasant bitter taste.
Leave for several days in a warm place, then filter.
No need for dark dishes.
0.75 l vodka, 6 tbsp. spoons of dried tangerine peel.
It has a very beautiful, sunny color and excellent taste.
Grind the tangerine peel, pour in high-quality vodka and leave for a week.
Refrigerate before use.
For 0.5 liters of vodka - 20 g of seeds from equal parts by weight of sage, peppermint, galangal and ginger.
Leave for 1 month, then strain and bottle.
For 1 bottle of vodka - 6 medium cloves of garlic, 1 pod of red pepper (hot).
Finely chop the garlic, pour into a bottle, add red pepper, pour in vodka, seal tightly and let steep for 3 weeks.
Then strain into another bottle, add juice from half a lemon, and close tightly.
Keep refrigerated.
A component of this tincture can be 1 bay leaf, which gives it a piquant taste.
For 1 liter of strong vodka, take 30-40 g of juniper berries, 2 g of ground black pepper, 50 g of dill seeds, 10-12 g of table salt, 40 g of horseradish.
This is a very sharp, strong tincture with a pungent taste and smell.
Infuse for 2 weeks in a warm place, shaking the contents occasionally.
Then strain and filter.
2 liters of vodka, 70 g pepper, 200-300 g sugar, 3-4 glasses of water.
Pour pepper into vodka, put in a warm place for 2 weeks, strain, dilute with weak syrup, pour into the bottle below the neck, seal, put in a warm place for several weeks.
Then carefully drain and bottle.
This tincture is prepared with cognac or vodka.
Rowan berries should be collected after the first autumn frosts, cleared of stems and poured into bottles at 2/3 of their height.
Pour in cognac or vodka, seal and leave for at least 3 weeks in a dark place until the drink acquires a dark brown color and a strong rowan aroma. Strain.
Store in well-sealed bottles.
No need for dark dishes. To improve the bouquet, you can use this method.
Drain the first infusion of cognac or vodka, which has stood for 2-3 weeks, and pour the berries again with the same amount of vodka or cognac.
After 3 weeks, drain and mix with the filtered first tincture.
Vodka - to taste, 800 g of cumin, sugar - to taste, 3 liters of water.
First prepare caraway water, that is, distill it in a cube, adding caraway seeds.
When consumed, caraway tincture is sweetened and added to vodka.
To prepare this tincture, take a mixture of the following herbs: cardamom, galangal, ginger, cloves, cinnamon and anise, taken 43 g per quarter (holding about 3 liters) bottle of vodka.
Tincture of black currant leavesOne of the most delicious is a tincture made from young, not yet blossomed buds and leaves of black currant (older leaves collected at the beginning of summer also produce a good product).
Prepare and store in dark bottles.
Buds and leaves should be collected in dry weather; It’s best to put them in a sieve, rinse them lightly to remove dust and, scatter them on a cloth, let them dry slightly.
Then fill cleanly washed bottles with them almost to the top, fill them with vodka, cap them tightly and leave them in a warm room for a day.
After this, filter through a glass funnel lined with white filter paper or cotton wool.
You should not squeeze out the cotton wool, as the dregs may turn into a tincture and the straining will have to be repeated.
With this method, the tincture retains the aroma of the fresh leaf.
Wormwood, mint and other tinctures are prepared in the same way.
1 bottle of vodka, 10 g of propolis, 50 g of pitted prunes, a teaspoon of linden blossom, sweet clover, thyme, mint.
Finely chop the dried prunes, mix with linden blossom, sweet clover, thyme, mint and pour in vodka.
Seal the bottle tightly and place in a warm place for 2 months.
After this, strain the tincture, add propolis to it, seal it and let it brew for a month.
2.5 kg of apples, 1.5 liters of vodka, 7.5 liters of water, 2 kg of sugar.
Place peeled and chopped apples in a large bottle, add vodka and chilled water. Tie the neck of the bottle with gauze, place it in the sun for 2 weeks and shake daily.
When the apples float to the top, strain the liquid through cheesecloth, add sugar, place in the sun for 2 days, and then take it out to a cold place for 10 days, then strain, pour into bottles, cork, tie the corks with ropes and keep in a cold place.
The drink can be consumed after 3 weeks.
Common anise - 4 g, star anise - 0.2 g, cumin - 0.5 g, coriander - 0.2 g, dill (seeds) - 0.5 g, vodka - 2.5 l.
The components are infused for 2 weeks, strained, and poured into bottles.
Cool before use.
Orange peel - 180 g, vodka - 2 l, sugar syrup - 3 l, citric acid - 2 g, tartrazine - 20-25 g.
Pour strong vodka over orange peels, leave in a warm place for 1-2 weeks, strain, sweeten with 66% sugar syrup.
At the same time, add citric acid and tartrazine to obtain a sweet, fresh orange peel-colored tincture with an acidity of 0.02 g/100 mg and an orange aroma.
Vodka - 1 l, barberry leaves - 200 g.
Place crushed dried barberry leaves in a bottle, fill with vodka, seal and keep at room temperature for 7 days.
After a week, drain the tincture and filter well until transparent. Consume in small quantities.
This tincture is used in folk medicine as a hemostatic agent for uterine bleeding with a dosage of 30 drops 3 times a day for 2-3 weeks. Wormwood tincture.
Vodka - 1 l, wormwood - 50 g, sugar - 50 g.
Fresh or dried wormwood is poured with vodka, left for 2 weeks, strained, and sugar is added.
Poured into bottles and sealed.
Relieves nervous tension. Tincture of birch buds.
Vodka - 0.5 l, birch sticks - 50 g, honey - 1 teaspoon.
Take birch sticks and infuse vodka on them for 10 days.
Before use, add bee honey if desired. Birch tincture with propolis.
Vodka - 1 l, propolis - 200 g, birch sap - optional.
To prepare birch tincture, you need to grind the propolis, pour it into a bottle and pour in the vodka, shaking it for half an hour.
Then leave, shaking occasionally, for three days.
If desired, the tincture can be diluted with birch sap before use. Lingonberry-cherry liqueur
Cognac - 150 ml, vodka 2 l, lingonberries - 3.5 kg, cherries - 600 g, sugar syrup - 2.5 l, citric acid.
Pour fresh lingonberries and cherries into a bottle, add selected cognac, vodka and let it brew.
Then sweeten with 66% sugar syrup, citric acid, bring the acidity of the tincture to 0.5 g/100 ml.
The resulting forest tincture is sweet and sour, with a pleasant slight bitterness, a complex aroma of lingonberries and cherries, and reddish-brown. Cherry tincture
Vodka - 0.5 l, cherry juice with sugar - 250 ml, water - 250 ml.
Place washed cherries without stems in a wide-necked bottle, fill with sugar up to the neck, cover with gauze, tie and place in the sun for 30-49 days.
Mix the resulting cherry juice (0.7 kg of sugar per 1 kg of cherries) with boiled water and vodka. Cherry stem tincture
Vodka - 1 l, cherry stalks - 250 g, sugar - 100 g.
Wash the stalks, dry them, pour them into a wide-necked bottle, add sugar syrup, shake, tie the neck of the bottle with gauze and leave in the room for 30 days.
After this, pour vodka into the bottle, mix, leave for 2 days, strain through cheesecloth. Mint tincture
Vodka - 1 l, mint leaves - 50 g.
Fresh mint leaves, collected in dry weather, are crushed, poured with vodka, and left for 2 weeks.
Strain and bottle.
The tincture has a beautiful green-emerald color, increases appetite, improves digestion. “Erofeich” (one of many recipes)
2 g each of flowers and herbs: oregano, St. John's wort, lovage (dawn), sage, wormwood, lemon balm, yarrow, thyme, young leaves of strawberry, apple and pear, hawthorn flowers, 0.5 g each of cardamom and anise (14 components in total) , 1 liter of good vodka.
Leave for 2-3 months, drain, filter, pour into dark bottles and seal.
The tincture improves tone and relieves nervous tension. Tincture of nut partitions
Vodka - 1 l, bee honey - 2 tbsp. spoons, walnut partitions, water - 0.5 l.
Place the walnut partitions in vodka and leave for 2-3 days.
Then mix with cold boiled water and honey. Tincture with English pepper “Bitter Tears”
Vodka - 2 l, pepper - 70 g, sugar - 200-300 g, water - 3-4 glasses.
Take vodka, add English or plain pepper, put in a warm place for 2 weeks, strain, dilute with weak sugar syrup, strain, pour the tincture with pepper into the bottle below the neck, cap it, put in a warm place for several weeks to let the mixture infuse, drain carefully and bottle. Orange colorless bitters
Vodka - 1 l, dried orange peel - 2.4 g, sugar - to taste.
Pour dried orange peels into the bottle and add vodka.
Leave for 2 weeks, shaking occasionally.
After this, add sugar to taste. Ancient tincture of sage, ginger, calancha
Vodka - 2 l, sage - 25 g, ginger - 25 g, kalancha - 25 g, water - 1.5 l.
Pour vodka over ginger, kalancha and sage. Then let it brew for 18 days.
After this period, add spring water to the tincture and filter. Healing tincture
Vodka - 0.5 l, various medicinal herbs - 50 g, granulated sugar - 50 g.
To prepare the elixir, you need to take 1/2 g of: celery seeds, caraway seeds, anise; 1 g each: elderberry flowers, sweet peas, cloves, black pepper, nutmeg, cardamom, St. John's wort; 2 g each: cinnamon, rose petals, ginger, fragrant tea, coffee, rum essence, cherry essence, mint drops, pear essence, plum essence, barberry essence; 3 g each: partitions of nuts, tarragon (tarragon), thyme (urtsa); 4 g each: cilantro, parsley seeds, dill seeds.
Boil all the listed components of the drink over low heat, cool, and strain.
Then add sugar and strong vodka to the mixture, pour into bottles, seal and set for aging.
The drink relieves general weakness of the body. Apple-honey tincture
Vodka - 1.5 l, apples - 1.5 kg, sugar - 200 g, natural honey - 50 g, water - 1.5 l.
Infuse vodka on apples for several days, add sugar, honey, water - to taste.
The prepared tincture with a strength of no more than 25%, with sugar 3 g/100 mg, acidity 0.23 g/100 ml, yellow in color with a golden tint, sweet and sour taste and aroma of apple with honey. Herbal honey tincture
1 liter of vodka, 4 tbsp. spoons of honey, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of oak bark, coriander seeds, dried thyme, lemon balm, bison.
Stir honey with vodka and pour herbs over it, seal the bottle, and place in a cool place for 2-3 months.
Strain, pour into bottles, seal.
Store in a dark, cool place. Gooseberry tincture
2 kg of gooseberries, 2 liters of vodka, 2-3 slices of rye bread, jam syrup.
Pour the gooseberries into a bottle, add water, spread the bread with thick jam, dry on a wire rack and add to the bottle.
The bottle is tightly sealed and placed in a dark, cool place for 4 months. Pear-currant tincture
100 g dried pears, 100 g raisins, 100 g young currant leaves, 2 liters of vodka.
Place in a bottle, place in a dark place for 1 month, shake periodically.
Filter the finished tincture, pour into bottles, and seal. Apricot tincture
2 kg apricot, 250 g sugar, cinnamon, cloves, 1 liter of vodka.
The apricot pulp is cut into slices, the kernels are crushed in a mortar, sugar and 5-6 cloves are added. and cinnamon on the tip of a knife, pour vodka and leave for 1 month.
Then filter, bottle, seal and place in a dark, cool place. Healing walnut tincture
0.5 liters of good Cahors, 2.5 cups of walnut kernels, 5 lemons, 750 g of aloe leaves, 1 kg of honey and butter.
Nuts, lemons with peels but without seeds, aloe leaves are passed through a meat grinder, everything is mixed. Store in a dark, cool place.
For diseases of the lungs and bronchi, take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day before meals for 10-15 days.
According to the doctor's recommendation, repeat the course after 2 weeks. Beetroot tincture
0.5 liters of beet juice, 0.5 kg of honey, 0.5 liters of vodka.
Mix thoroughly, place in a cool, dark place for 3-4 days, shake periodically.
To remove kidney stones, take 1 tablespoon diluted in 0.5 cups of hot water for a month.
On the recommendation of a doctor, the course is repeated after two weeks.
The tincture is stored in a dark, cool place. Vitamin tincture
1 glass of beet juice, 1 glass of carrot juice, juice of 1/2 lemon, 1/2 glass of cranberry juice, 1 glass of honey and 100 ml of alcohol.
Mix thoroughly and leave for 3-4 days in a cool, dark place, shaking occasionally.
For hypertension and as a general tonic, take 1 tablespoon three times a day before meals for 1.5-2 months. Garlic tincture
350 g chopped garlic, 200 ml alcohol (96% vol.).
They insist for 10 days. Take with milk (1/4 cup) 3 times a day from 1 to 15 drops, increasing by 1 drop with each dose, and then decreasing to 1 drop.
The remaining tincture is taken 25 drops per day.
Garlic tincture is an excellent cleansing and restorative agent that helps remove lime and fat deposits from the body, relieves vascular spasms, and actively improves metabolic processes. Application
Translation of old Russian measures of weight and volume into modern ones
WEIGHT MEASURES 1 pood = 40 pounds = 16.38 kg
1 pound = 32 lots = 0.409 kg
1 lot = 3 spools = 12.8 g
1 spool = 96 shares = 4.27 g
1 share = 1/96 spool = 44.43 mg
VOLUME MEASURES 1 garnets = 1/4 bucket = 1/8 quadrangle = 3.28 l
(garnets holds 14 pounds of honey; 1 Russian pound - 409 g)
1 quadruple = 8 garnets = 2 buckets = 26.24 l
1 bottle (wine) = 1/16 bucket = 0.77 l
1 bottle (vodka) = 1/20 of a bucket = 0.624 l
1 shtof = 2 bottles = 10 glasses = 1.23 l
1 glass = 1/10 damask = 2 scales = 0.123 g
1 scale (kosushka) = 1/2 cup = 0.06 l
8 pounds = 16 glasses = 4 quarts = 1 garnet
2 pounds = 4 cups = 1 quart = 1/4 garnz
1 pound = 2 cups = 16 tablespoons
1/2 pound = 1 cup = 8 tablespoons
1/4 lb = 1/2 cup = 4 tbsp. spoons = 8 lots
1/8 lb = 1/4 cup = 2 tbsp. spoons = 4 lots
1/16 lb = 1/8 cup = 1 tbsp. spoon = 2 lots
7 kg of berries (raspberries, currants, pitted cherries or any other) are poured into a bottle, poured into 3 kg of sugar, the neck of the bottle is tied with a cloth and placed in the sun for 3-5 days, shaken periodically.
After fermentation begins, place a water seal (or a plastic bag under an elastic band) and leave it in a dark place for 30-40 days until the end of fermentation.
Then the liqueur is filtered, bottled, and sealed. Store in a cool, dark place.
You can prepare low-alcohol mixed liqueurs: as the berries and fruits ripen, the ripened fruits are placed in the bottle and sprinkled with sugar at the rate of 300-400 g of sugar per 1 kg of berries.
If desired, you can lastly add freshly squeezed lemon or orange juice and prepare a “Sangria” type drink. Cherry liqueur
Cherries - 3 kg, sugar - 1 kg, vodka 1 l.
Place the cherries in a bottle and sprinkle with sugar. Tie the bottle with gauze and place it in the sun for 6 weeks to allow the cherries to ferment. Then drain the cherry juice, pour into bottles, seal and put in a cool place.
Pour vodka over the cherries that are left from the bottle, close tightly and let stand at room temperature for two months.
Drain off the second liqueur, filter, pour into bottles, and seal.
After 5-6 months, the liqueur can be consumed. Vishnevka
Black cherries are dried in the sun, laid out in 1 layer on a cloth. Pour into a bottle, shaking so that the cherries settle well, and pour in vodka to completely cover the fruit.
Infuse for 12-14 days, drain the liquid fraction, and pour the fruits again with vodka for 2 weeks, then drain and fill with vodka 3-1 times.
Infuse for 2 months, mix with the 2 previously drained fractions, add sugar to taste, bottle, seal and store as needed. Cherry liqueur in Polish
Cherry - 1 kg, sugar - 800 g, vodka - 200 ml.
Place pitted cherries in a jar and sprinkle with sugar, after 2-3 days add vodka.
Tie the jar with gauze or cloth and place it in a warm, dark place for 1.5-2 months.
Filter, bottle, seal. Cherry liqueur in French
Take well-ripened cherries and carefully remove the pits. Leave the stalks and trim them to 1 cm. Transfer the prepared berries to sterile jars with screw-on lids.
Screw on the lids and lower the jars into boiling water for a few minutes.
Cool and then pour vodka over the berries so that it lightly covers them, add sugar, a piece of cinnamon, a few buds of cloves or lemon or orange peel to taste.
Cover tightly and shake occasionally to dissolve the sugar. After 3 months, the liqueur is ready for use. “Baked cherry” liqueur
Vodka, cherry, sugar.
Place the ripe cherries, peeled from the branches, on a board and put them in the oven so that the cherries wrinkle a little and do not dry out. Cool them and fill the prepared barrel or bottle with them.
When the barrel is completely full, pour vodka into the berries and let them stand in a cold cellar for 10 days.
Then pour all the liquid into a separate bottle, pour vodka over the berries a second time, leave for two weeks, drain the liquid, pour over the berries a third time and let stand for 7 weeks.
Then mix all three liqueurs together, sweeten to taste, cork, tar and keep in the cellar. Gooseberry liqueur
1 kg of gooseberries, 0.6 liters of vodka and wine, 300 g of sugar.
Wash the gooseberries, remove the stems, put them in a bottle and fill them with vodka. Leave for 2 weeks, drain the infusion and pour 18-20% vol. wine over the gooseberries. strength (preferably homemade apple or quince), leave for 2 weeks, drain the infusion, heat, dissolve sugar in it and combine with the first infusion.
Stir, leave for 5-6 days, strain, bottle, and seal. Raspberry-gooseberry liqueur
Half the bottle is filled with gooseberries and poured with 70% alcohol so that the fruits are completely covered.
They insist for a month. Then add raspberries in the amount of 200-250 g per 1 kg of gooseberries and leave for another week.
Then it is drained, settled, removed from the sediment and bottled.
You can add sugar to taste. Redcurrant casserole
The currants are poured into a clay pot or enamel pan, poured with homemade table wine and kept in a moderately hot oven for 14-15 hours (with breaks).
The liqueur is drained, sugar is added to taste and bottled. Fragrant rose liqueur
5 kg red currants, 4 kg sugar, 150 rose petals.
Wash the currants, dry them, remove them from the stalks, add layers of currants, rose petals, sugar into the bottle, cover the neck with a cloth, and place in the sun for a month.
Drain, strain through a cloth, pour into bottles, and seal. Blackcurrant liqueur
3 kg of currants, 1 kg of sugar, 250 ml of 70% alcohol.
Wash the currants, dry them, pour them into a bottle with sugar in layers, and place them in the sun for 3-4 days. The bottle is shaken periodically.
After fermentation begins, install a water seal (or a plastic bag under an elastic band, and place in a dark place for 1.5 months.
After fermentation is complete, the liqueur is filtered and alcohol is added at the rate of 50-70 g per 1 liter of liqueur, bottled and sealed. Plum liqueur
Wash the ripe sweet plums, dry them, remove the seeds, fill the bottle 80% full, pour vodka to cover the fruits, and place in a dark place.
Let it sit for a month; weekly, to better mix the wine material with air, decant the liquid fraction and pour it back into the bottle.
Strain, add sugar in the amount of 200 g per 1 liter of liqueur and let it sit for a week.
Strain, pour into bottles, seal. Slivovitz
Place an overripe, slightly dried plum, preferably a Hungarian plum, into a bottle with 80-90% of its volume, add water and leave for 1.5 months. Drain the infusion and seal it.
Pour sugar syrup over the plums: 300 g of sugar per 1 liter of water, 400 ml of syrup per 1 liter of infusion.
The mixture is infused for 1 week, drained, settled, filtered, mixed with the previously drained infusion, bottled, sealed and infused for another 3-6 months. Prune liqueur
Prunes are washed, pits are removed, cut into pieces, poured into a bottle, filled with alcohol and vodka at the rate of 0.5 liters of alcohol and 2 liters of vodka per 600 g of prunes, left for 1.5 months, shaking the bottle periodically. The infusion is drained, filtered and sealed.
The plums are poured with water in an amount equal to the drained infusion, left for 3 days, drained, mixed with the previously drained infusion and left until it settles completely, drained from the sediment, sugar is added to taste, poured, and sealed.
As it is stored, the taste of the liqueur improves. Ternovka
Vodka - 2.25 l, sloe - 2.5 kg, sugar - 1.25 kg.
Place ripe thorns in an 8-liter bottle and sprinkle with sugar. Wrap with gauze and place in the sun for 6 weeks.
When the sloe has fermented, pour 250 ml of vodka into it and let it sit for 4 months, then strain the liqueur, pour in another 2 liters of vodka, pour everything into an enamel pan, boil, cool, pour into bottles, cap tightly, pour in paraffin, put in a box , cover with dry sand and keep in a cool, dry place.
The liqueur will be ready for use in 6 months. Caraway liqueur
Vodka - 2 l, cumin - 80 g, sugar - 600 g, water - 3 glasses.
Take vodka, add caraway seeds, let it sit in a warm place for 2-3 weeks, dilute it with sugar syrup (at the rate of 3 glasses of water per 600 g of sugar), strain through cotton wool, pour the liquor into the bottle below the neck, cap it, put it in a warm place on Let the mixture sit for a few weeks, drain carefully and bottle.
Due to the availability of ingredients, speed of preparation and rich taste, cranberry liqueurs are deservedly considered one of the best alcoholic drinks prepared at home. We will look at two of the best recipes, based on which even beginners can create stunning alcoholic masterpieces.
Any ripe berries are suitable for cranberry liqueurs - fresh or frozen, which are sold in stores almost all year round. In the second case, it is better to make the drink according to the second recipe, since store-bought fruits do not ferment well, which requires separate preparation of starter cultures.
Classic cranberry liqueur recipe
Real liqueurs are prepared by natural fermentation without vodka or other alcohol, only sugar is added. They are not as strong as tinctures, but they better retain the aroma and taste of the original raw materials. To increase the strength at the last stage, you can pour a little alcohol or vodka into the already prepared liqueur.
Ingredients:
- cranberries – 500 grams;
- water – 0.5 liters;
- sugar – 0.7 kg.
Preparation:
1. Separate unwashed cranberries from the bunches, mash until smooth and place in a container with a wide neck. There is wild yeast on the surface of the berries, so cranberries should not be washed, otherwise they may not ferment.
2. Add water, sugar and mix well.
3. Bandage the neck with gauze and place the container for 3-5 days in a dark room with a temperature of 18-25°C. Stir once a day with a clean hand or a wooden stick.
If fermentation has not started, you should add 100 grams of unwashed raisins or make a starter from fruit, for example, apples.
4. If signs of fermentation appear (hissing, foam near the surface, sour smell), install a water seal on the container or put on a medical glove with a small hole in the finger.
5. After 30-40 days, the water seal will stop gurgling (the glove will deflate), which means that fermentation is over and it’s time to move on to the next stage.
6. Drain the finished cranberry liqueur from the sediment, filter through gauze and cotton wool, pour into bottles, then cap tightly.
7. Before use, keep in the refrigerator (basement) for 30-40 days.
Classic cranberry liqueur If desired, the strength of the drink (initial 12-14 degrees) can be increased by adding 10-15% alcohol (vodka) of the volume of the liqueur.
Store in a cool, dark place (10-16°C). Shelf life up to 2 years.
Recipe for cranberry liqueur with vodka
This drink is made faster and easier than the previous one. True, it is more like cranberry tincture than a classic liqueur.
Ingredients:
- cranberries – 0.5 kg;
- vodka (moonshine, alcohol 40-45%) – 1 liter;
- water – 1 liter;
- sugar – 1 kg;
- dry mint – 2-3 leaves (optional);
- chopped galangal root (cinquefoil) - 1 teaspoon (optional).
Sugar can be replaced with honey in the same proportions. If moonshine is used, it must be as odor free as possible, otherwise the aroma of the liqueur will be worse.
Preparation:
1. Separate the berries from the stalks, wash well and crush with a wooden rolling pin (grind with a meat grinder or blender) until smooth.
2. Add mint and galangal, pour vodka.
3. Mix well, close the lid tightly and put the jar in a dark place at room temperature for 10-14 days.
4. On the last day of infusion, mix water and sugar, bring the mixture to a boil, then simmer over low heat for 4-5 minutes, skimming off the foam. Cool the finished syrup to room temperature.
5. Mix the syrup with cranberry infusion, close tightly and keep in a dark, warm place for 7-10 days.
6. Filter the finished liqueur through 2-3 layers of gauze and cotton wool.
Cranberry liqueur with vodka Store in an airtight container in a cool place out of direct sunlight. The shelf life of homemade cranberry liqueur is 3 years. The result is a drink with a strength of 14-16 degrees with a perfectly balanced taste and a subtle forest aroma.
You will also need a glass jar and a metal lid.
Method for preparing homemade tincture from bee glue (propolis):
Recipe for making propolis tincture based on vodka at home
If it is not possible to purchase ethyl alcohol, replace it with high-quality vodka. Its dissolving properties will be weaker, but sufficient to extract the maximum of useful substances from the bond. Adding pollen is optional.
What you will need:
- propolis – 50 g;
- vodka – 500 ml;
- flower pollen – 1 tsp.
How to make:
- Grate the propolis or finely chop it with a knife. You can also use the freezing method described in the first recipe to grind the bonds.
- Take 1 tsp. pollen. It is recommended to use dark colored peas.
- Place crushed propolis in a jar or other glass container.
- Fill it with vodka.
- Add pollen.
- Close the jar tightly with the lid. To prevent liquid from leaking out when shaking vigorously, you can put a piece of cling film under the lid.
- Shake for 2-3 minutes.
- Cover the jar with a dark cloth and place it in a visible place for 15 days. Shake every day.
- Filter and bottle. If medications were previously stored in the container, it must be thoroughly rinsed from the inside and dried.
The finished tincture is transparent and rich brown in color.
How to properly store medicinal tincture?
The healing properties of propolis extract last up to 3-4 years, provided proper storage
Keep the tincture in a dry place, protected from the sun, in a tightly closed bottle. It is advisable to use tinted glass containers. It is better to store the product at room temperature, for example, in a pantry or medicine drawer. It is not recommended to put it in the refrigerator.
How to use this natural medicine
- For treating cuts and abrasions. Propolis and medicines based on it accelerate healing. For shallow damage to the skin, you can treat the wound directly. If the wound is serious (open), it is recommended to lubricate only the area of skin around it.
- For gargling with sore throats and acute respiratory infections. Mix 1 tsp. alcohol solution with 100 ml of warm boiled water. Gargle and gargle 3 times a day.
- For the treatment of gastritis and other gastrointestinal diseases. Mix 1 tsp. tinctures with 100 ml of water or milk. Take 1 hour before meals in the morning and evening.
It is not advisable to take the drug in its pure form, as this can lead to a burn to the esophagus.
- For the treatment of “colds” (herpes) on the lips. Lubricate the affected area with a cotton swab. Symptoms of the disease subside already on the 2nd day.
- For colds, it is used as an additive to tea. For 200-250 ml of boiling water, take 1 tsp. black leaf tea. Brew it and cool to about 70 degrees. Add 1 tsp. tinctures of propolis and bee honey. Stir. Drink in small sips.
- For fungal diseases of the skin and nail plates, the medicine is applied to cotton wool and generously applied to the affected areas. The duration of treatment is until the manifestations of the disease disappear.
The tincture, like other propolis-based preparations, cannot be consumed daily for a month. Long-term continuous use can lead to inhibition of the body's protective functions. Therefore, this remedy is suitable for the symptomatic treatment of a wide range of diseases.
Treatment with the drug is also prohibited if allergic reactions to its components occur and there are contraindications to drinking alcohol.