Recipe guides

Take the library to your bench

Printable guides drawn directly from our monographs and formula knowledge base. Free to download, print and keep beside your jars.
Guide 01

Tincture Fundamentals

Weight-to-volume ratios, choosing alcohol strength, the folk and percolation methods, pressing, labeling and storage — the complete method in one guide.

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Guide 02

Synergy Formula Recipe Book

All seven Synera formulas with batch tables for 30, 60 and 120 mL, synergy rationale, dosing and cautions — ready to print and keep at the bench.

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Guide 03

Materia Medica Quick Reference

A one-line-per-herb reference to every monograph: Latin name, parts, actions, tincture ratio, dose and key safety flags.

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Tincture ratio cheat-sheet

Weight-to-volume ratios state grams of herb per milliliter of menstruum. A 1:5 tincture is 100 g dried herb in 500 mL of solvent.

MaterialRatioAlcoholExamples
Fresh aromatic leaf & flower1:295%Lemon balm, skullcap, holy basil
Dried leaf & flower1:540–50%Chamomile, passionflower, hawthorn
Dried roots & rhizomes1:550–60%Ashwagandha, echinacea, rhodiola
Resinous / curcuminoid rhizomes1:570–90%Turmeric, ginger
Seeds (ground fresh)1:370%Milk thistle
Polysaccharide-rich mushroomsDouble extract~25% finalReishi