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boiling and remove from heat. Add raw honey to taste. Adding cinnamon, nutmeg, clove,
or star anise works well with this recipe and tastes great! If you don’t have raw honey for
sweetening, you can also use raw maple syrup.

Golden milk is drank warm, like tea. It is perfect just before bedtime to help calm the body
and mind. It can actually help you sleep better, in addition to its anti-inflammatory and
pain relieving benefits. Drinking this once or twice daily is a tasty and beneficial way to
help relieve or prevent inflammation in the body.

Turmeric Tincture

Turmeric can also be taken
in a smaller dose, such as a
liquid extract called a
tincture. Tinctures have
been used for many
centuries as a natural type of
folk medicine to treat a
variety of ailments. This easy
method of preparing plants
for medicinal purposes
Simon A. Eugster, Own Work, 2014, CC. 3.0 involves infusing the plants
in at least 80 proof alcohol.
Not only is this method a great way to make your own remedies, it helps to preserve the
plant material, sometimes for more than seven years. To make your own turmeric
tincture, finely chop organic turmeric roots and fill a glass bottle or jar with them. You
may choose to peel the outside skin off the roots first, but this is not completely necessary.
Add up to two tablespoons of black peppercorns to the jar as well. Black pepper has been
shown to help the body better absorb the curcumin in turmeric. Next, pour at least 80
proof alcohol into the bottle, making sure to completely cover the chopped roots and
peppercorns. Place the lid on firmly and set it in a cool, dark place. Shake the mixture
daily to promote infusion. The mixture will be ready to strain out in four to six weeks.
When you have strained it out through a cheesecloth (squeezing it well to get all of the
liquid from the plant material), put the liquid extract in a dropper bottle. Take 15-30
drops, three to four times daily. Start with the lowest dosage twice a day, and go up from
there as needed for pain and inflammation. For those wishing to avoid alcohol (although
the actual alcohol content in your daily turmeric tincture serving would be miniscule),
you can create a tincture using organic apple cider vinegar or non GMO vegetable glycerin
as well.

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