Medicine of the Moment – Tinctures
Posted by The AAC Staff on February 10, 2010
Edibles Without The Sugar
Not all medical marijuana patients like to smoke or vape their medicine, but prefer the effects of edibles instead.
The problem is you don’t always want to have to eat something to get that effect… or, if you’re a diabetic than your choices of edibles are severely limited because most edibles are cookies, brownies, cakes and other sweets.
Tinctures might help you get around those problems…
Tinctures
About Alcohol Based Tinctures
In medicine, a tincture is an alcoholic extract (e.g. of leaves or other plant material) or solution of a non-volatile substance; (e.g. of iodine, mercurochrome). To qualify as a tincture, the alcoholic extract is to have an ethanol percentage of at least 40-60% (sometimes a 90% pure liquid is even achieved). [1] In herbal medicine, alcoholic tinctures are often made with various concentrations of ethanol, 25% being the most common.
Source: from Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tincture
About Glycerines Based Tinctures
Glycerines have a shorter shelf life than alcohol based tinctures and while they can sit on the shelf I refrigerate mine. Vegetable glycerine has nearly no impact on blood sugar or insulin and is very low in calories (4.3 per gram). It’s sweet taste makes the tincture more palatable than the alcohol based tincture and is a suitable substitute for those concerned with alcohol consumption.
Source: AAMJ - http://www.letfreedomgrow.com/recipes/glycerine_tincture.htm
Introducing MJ’s Wild Nectar Tinctures
Fruit nectar and honey blended glycerine-based tinctures from MJ’s Wild Nectar come in a wide variety of flavors – Raspberry Raw Honey, Perfect Peach Nectar, Chocolate Raw Honey, Mango Tango Nectar and many more.
Donation amount for each bottle is only $25 and provides enough medicine for a number of dosings – depending on the strength you require.
Medicating a couple drops at a time…
These tinctures are high in Cannabichromene (abbreviated as CBC), which provides more body relief than the psychoactive effects caused primarily by THC.
Application is easy – just a couple of drops on the tongue and then wait 15 to 30 minutes…
Note: Like with all herbal medicines, it may take a couple applications to judge what strength is best for you.
Flavor List – $25 each
- Raspberry Raw Honey
- Perfect Peach Nectar
- Natural Raw Honey
- Vanilla Raw Honey
- Mint Raw Honey
- Original Orange Honey
- Pure Blue Agave
- Chocolate Raw Honey
- Mango Tango Nectar
- Strawberry Nectar
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If you’re looking for an alternative to smoking or edibles, check out the new MJ’s Wild Nectar tinctures next time you are at AAC.
