Homemade honey tinctures are not only tasty, but also healthy. Thanks to antiseptic properties honey helps against colds, sore throats and other infections, and vodka (or alcohol) enhances this effect. We'll look at 5 best recipes honey tinctures for drinking and treatment. All of them are prepared using the classical method.
As an alcoholic base, I advise you to use high-quality store-bought vodka, diluted with water to 40-45% ethanol or cheap cognac. Another option is well-purified, odorless moonshine, but due to the content of fusel oils and other impurities for medicinal infusions it fits worse.
It is advisable to take fresh flower, linden or buckwheat honey. If fresh is not available, old candied will do. The main thing is not to melt the honey, because under the influence high temperature he loses beneficial features. The shelf life of all tinctures is up to 3 years. The color of the drinks depends on the honey used.
The most simple variety homemade pepper. Stimulates appetite and warms well. Usually served at the beginning of the feast with hot dishes meat dishes and fried potatoes. In small doses it is used to treat colds in the early stages of the disease.
Ingredients:
If desired, you can also add a few peas of cloves and black pepper.
1. Wash and dry the pepper. Make a longitudinal cut in each pod. Do not remove the seeds; they add a piquant note of flavor.
2. Put the pepper in a two or three liter jar, add honey, cloves and pepper. Pour vodka.
3. Close the jar with a lid, then shake well several times to mix the ingredients.
4. Transfer the jar to a cool, dark place. Leave for 7 days, shake once a day.
5. Strain the honey-pepper tincture through cheesecloth. If the drink turns out cloudy, filter through cotton wool or thick cloth.
The drink is popular among residents of the north living in harsh climates. The aroma of the tincture includes coriander and bison. The taste is soft with honey-floral notes and herbal aftertaste.
Ingredients:
1. Add all the herbs, seeds, oak bark and honey to the jar.
2. Pour in alcohol, close the lid, shake several times.
3. Leave the jar for 14-20 days in a dark room at room temperature. Shake once every 3-4 days.
4. Strain the tincture through cotton wool or several napkins. It is advisable to repeat the filtration.
5. Before drinking, keep the drink for 2-3 days in a dark, cool place, then drain off the sediment (if any appears).
A moderately sweet, strong masculine drink with a long ginger aftertaste. Increases appetite and helps stomach digestion fatty foods. One to two shots per day are used to treat the throat, remove coughing. Due to the very pungent taste, it is better not to drink on an empty stomach.
Ingredients:
Juniper and pepper add a piquant taste to the tincture.
1. Grate the ginger on a medium grater and add it to the jar along with honey and berries. Mix.
2. Put pepper, pour vodka, close the jar tightly with a lid.
3. Leave for two weeks in a dark place at room temperature. Shake once every 2-3 days.
4. Filter through gauze and cotton wool.
Honey and lemon neutralize the smell of alcohol and make the taste softer. Garlic adds pungent notes and a characteristic smell. In folk medicine, such tinctures are used to cleanse blood vessels.
Ingredients:
1. Rinse the lemon well warm water, wipe dry, cut into several slices. Peel the garlic and cut into small pieces.
2. Squeeze into a jar for infusion lemon juice. Cut the lemon peel and pulp into pieces and add to the jar along with the garlic.
3. In a separate container, mix moonshine and honey until smooth. Pour the resulting mixture into a jar.
4. Before use, leave for 1-2 days in a dark place at room temperature.
5. The “trick” of this recipe is that the ingredients are not removed, remaining in the jar until the alcohol base runs out. The taste of the tincture is constantly changing, becoming richer.
Helps with colds. Made with vodka or diluted alcohol, moonshine is a last resort.
Ingredients:
Only the lower leaves of a three-year-old or older plant that contain enough extract are suitable.
1. Rinse the leaves in running water, wipe dry and wrap in paper. Leave in the freezer for 7 days. This time is enough for the aloe to become soft.
2. Defrost the leaves, drain, cut into small pieces.
3. Place the pieces in a jar, add vodka and honey. Mix.
4. Tie the neck of the jar with gauze. Leave for 3 days in a cool, dark place.
5. Strain the tincture through cheesecloth, squeeze the leaves well.
6. Store in a sealed container. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day before meals for 3 days.
Attention! Self-medication can be dangerous to health. Before using tinctures, consult your doctor.
No one doubts the benefits of honey, which is why herbal tinctures with honey have always been popular in Rus'. They were taken both in order to survive in harsh climatic conditions and to restore strength after long illness, and just for Have a good mood and a fun feast.
Tinctures of honey with herbs or hot pepper – wonderful remedy to improve health and help in the fight against illnesses. Over many centuries, people have accumulated many recipes for tinctures of honey and mead with various herbs, and the herbs are used depending on the range of their actions. The use of these drinks also brings more benefits to our contemporaries than some medicines from the pharmacy.
Honey tincture can be made with water, vodka or alcohol, especially since alcohol retains the healing properties of the medicinal plants used in a particular recipe for a long time.
The recipes we offer are easy to prepare, but in the end you will get a wonderful healing drink, the quality of which no one will doubt. Of course, provided that you use natural, high-quality honey and high-quality alcohol. Well, it’s up to you to decide what use to use them; high-quality tinctures with honey and herbs can not only be taken orally, but also made into nourishing masks for the face and hair.
Please note that the honey that you intend to use for your culinary masterpieces cannot be heated above 40 degrees and cannot be stored in the refrigerator. Both from heating and from hypothermia healing properties are decreasing. It will be enough to put the tincture in a dark and cool place where the sun's rays do not reach.
Recipe 1.
Altai honey tincture is prepared with vodka, alcohol, or purified moonshine. You will need: 1 liter of alcohol, 1 tablespoon each of chopped lemon balm, thyme, coriander seeds, 5 tablespoons of honey.
Preparing the tincture is quite simple - all the ingredients need to be put in a glass jar, stirred so that the honey dissolves, cover with a lid and put in a dark, cool place for 2-3 months. Then strain and pour into bottles and decanters. Honey tincture can be stored for 3 years.
Recipe 2.
Tincture of honey with herbs, vodka or alcohol. Take: 2 tablespoons of honey, 0.5 liters of alcohol, 1 tsp. dry, crushed oak bark, thyme, coriander seeds, bison grass, a sprig of lemon balm.
Mix the ingredients thoroughly in the jar and close the lid. Place the jar in dark place for 3 weeks. Then filter the tincture and refrigerate for 2 days. If small particles settle at the bottom, the tincture will need to be filtered again.
As a result, you will get an aromatic, tasty, copper-colored tincture. If you make this tincture again, the amount of herbs and honey can be adjusted at your discretion. Drinking it will be pleasant and healthy; in addition, the tincture can be used for another purpose - making nourishing face masks.
Recipe 3.
If tinctures with honey, the preparation of which is described in the first two recipes, are used mainly as strong drinks, then alcohol tincture on honey with aloe has exclusively medicinal purposes.
Alcohol tincture of honey will help you in the treatment and prevention of colds and diseases respiratory tract. To prepare it, take: 500 grams of honey, 500 ml of alcohol, 2-3 aloe leaves. Aloe must be at least 3-4 years old; for our purposes, the leaves must be cut 2-3 weeks in advance and kept in the refrigerator for fermentation, wrapped in food paper or foil.
Aloe leaves are crushed, placed in a jar, poured with alcohol, and honey is added. All components are thoroughly mixed, the neck is tied with gauze, and the jar is placed in a dark place for 3 days, not necessarily in the refrigerator. Then you need to strain the tincture, squeeze out and remove the leaves, and pour the drink into a clean container.
Application: 1 tbsp. three times a day before meals. The course of treatment is 1 week. Then you need to take a break, and you can resume taking the medicine. Because of the aloe, the tincture will taste a little bitter, so you can wash it down with water or unsweetened tea. A tincture of honey and aloe makes a wonderful face mask.
Recipe 4.
Alcohol tincture with honey and hot pepper. Take: 1 liter of alcohol and pour it into a jar, add 1-2 pieces of red hot pepper, 5 black peppercorns, a few cloves, a pinch of cumin. Hot peppers need to be pierced or made into cuts, but they should not be completely crushed.
If you want to tint the tincture, add 0.5 cups of partitions to the jar walnut. The tincture will turn out coppery in color, and even more useful.
Mix all the ingredients and place the jar in a dark place. After 14 days, add 1 tablespoon of honey to the infusion, stir the contents of the jar until it is completely dissolved, and leave for another 2 weeks.
Then you will need to remove the hot pepper from the jar, filter the tincture and pour it into a clean container. The pepper that was used in the tincture can be placed in one of the bottles as a decoration.
Your drink will be bitter, spicy, but very healthy. Tincture with hot pepper can, among other things, be used for a mask on scalp heads. Using the mask will promote hair growth and strengthening.
Recipe 5.
Belarusian tincture with honey “Krambambulya” is a drink that was once forgotten, but has returned to us again. To prepare it, take 0.5 tsp. allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, black peppercorns, ground hot pepper, pour 250 ml of water and 250 ml of vodka. Boil the mixture over low heat for 10 minutes, then remove from heat and cool.
Add another 250 ml of vodka and 3 tbsp. spoons of honey, mix, pour into a jar and place in a cool, dark place. After 10 days, strain and take as directed. “Krambambula” infused with hot pepper can also be used as a mask for hair growth.
Recipe 6.
Rejuvenating honey tincture for women. To preserve youth, health and beauty with the help of honey infusions, you need not only to make face masks from them, but also to drink them in moderate doses.
We advise you to prepare this drink: for 1 liter of vodka, take 1 glass of beetroot and carrot juice, black radish juice, and 1 glass of honey. Mix all ingredients, cover with a lid and place in a cool, dark place for 2 weeks.
You need to drink the drink 1-2 tbsp. spoons three times a day, regardless of meals.
Regular use of the tincture will make your facial skin fresh, clear of acne and inflammation, tightened and elastic.
Recipe 8.
Ginger-honey tincture has warming and tonic properties. The combination of ginger and honey will make the drink wonderfully tasty and healthy. Take 100 grams of honey, 50 grams of grated ginger root, 1 liter of vodka or alcohol. If desired, you can add 10-15 juniper berries or a small pod of hot pepper.
Mix all ingredients in a jar, dissolve honey, and leave for 2 weeks in a cool, dark place. Then strain the drink, pour into a beautiful bowl and serve, or take it as an appetizing and prophylactic remedy.
Honey infusions with water are prepared if alcohol is contraindicated. We should remember the recipes of our distant ancestors, who, without alcohol and yeast, prepared a drink with honey - mead.
IN old times Mead was prepared very simply: they diluted 1.5 pounds of honey in 16 buckets of clean river water, poured everything into oak barrels, and buried the barrels in the ground for 5 years. The drink was tasty, strong and did not cause a hangover at all. Isn't it a very simple recipe?
A modern person cannot master such methods alone, so mead or an infusion of honey on water can be made according to a different recipe - with or without yeast.
The suggested recipes will help you make mead, which you will definitely find a use for.
Recipe 1.
Mead made with water and yeast. Take 1 liter of boiled but cooled water, 50 grams of May honey, 10 grams of yeast. Dissolve honey in warm water, add yeast, stir. Cover the neck of the bottle or jar with gauze and place in a warm place for fermentation. After 10 days, the drink will be ready, it can be strained and poured into beautiful bottles and decanters.
Everyone knows that yeast is part of some nourishing masks for facial skin. And in addition to yeast, this drink also contains honey, which also nourishes and softens the face. Therefore, mead prepared according to this recipe as a mask will be even more useful.
Recipe 2.
Mead made with water without yeast, or honey kvass. The “locomotive” in this drink will not be yeast, but cherries. Take: 4 kg of cherries, 2 kg of honey, 1 liter of water. Mix all the ingredients in a large jar, cover the neck with gauze and place in a dark but warm place. After 10 days, filter the drink and bottle it.
Recipe 3.
Mead on water with raisins, or royal mead. Take 1 liter of boiled, cooled water, 50 grams of honey and raisins and mix everything until the honey dissolves. Wrap the container with the drink in gauze and place it in a dark and warm place for 2 days. Then strain the drink, pour into clean bottles and place in a cool place.
Infusions made with water without yeast become even tastier after 3-4 months of storage, during which time the drink will turn into low-alcohol honey kvass with a pleasant aroma. And if you store it even longer, the sweetness will begin to fade and the strength will increase.
Despite the huge number medications displayed on shop windows pharmacy points, most people prefer to be treated with old proven methods using recipes traditional medicine. Honey tincture with vodka or moonshine is the number one remedy for combating many ailments, this great way get rid of cough and cold in just a few days. Using various ingredients, you can prepare tinctures with a variety of taste qualities and high healing effect.
Most consumers at home prefer to make vodka tincture with pepper and honey. For preparation you will need:
Fans of spicy aromas can add a few black peppercorns and clove stars to the recipe. A small pinch of anise will give the traditional tincture an amazing aftertaste and enhance the anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, antiseptic effect, will improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
The quality of the honey used is of great importance. Of course, in order for the healing properties of the drink to fully manifest themselves, you only need to use natural product without the slightest admixture of sugar. Moreover, the sugar content has absolutely no effect on the taste of the drink or its effectiveness. Most varieties of honey begin to sugar at the beginning of autumn, this is normal natural process, from which there is no escape.
If you prefer to melt honey to give it a liquid, viscous consistency, keep in mind that at temperatures above 40 degrees, irreversible decomposition reactions begin to occur and there will be no benefit from such a product. Place a container of candied honey near a heating device; it will melt for several days, but will retain all its healing properties.
Cooking method:
Every year ginger has more and more admirers. Today you won’t surprise anyone with a large number of recipes containing this amazing spicy root. The masters of preparing various alcoholic drinks. We suggest you make a tincture with ginger so that you can have a remedy for colds in your home arsenal.
In addition to its pleasant aroma, ginger has an excellent taste with notes of an amazing burning aftertaste. Honey and high-quality vodka, without foreign impurities and odors, will help this bouquet to fully reveal itself. Drinking such a drink is a pleasure.
Required ingredients:
Cooking method:
In our country, aloe is akin to a panacea; it is used to treat both chronic and colds. Alcohol-containing honey tincture is no exception; its effectiveness has been proven by time and experience.
For the tincture to have healing properties, you should use leaves of a plant that is at least 3 years old. Younger flowers do not yet contain the required amount of medicinal composites.
Required ingredients:
Before preparing the tincture, you should prepare the leaves. To activate the activity of all contained extracts, it is necessary to influence aloe with cold. To do this, the strong, elastic leaves from the bottom of the plant are washed, wiped dry, wrapped in food foil and placed on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator for 5–7 days. After this time, the aloe is ready to make a healing drink.
Without exaggeration, all components of this recipe can be attributed to medicinal plants, which means that a tincture containing them will have increased degree efficiency.
You will need:
Preparation:
Honey and horseradish are native Slavic products, well known for their healing properties for many centuries, which means that a tincture containing them should be present at every traditional feast.
Everything you need for cooking will probably be found in the bins of every housewife.
Preparing the tincture
Preparing a drink with herbs is not particularly difficult. It is enough to mix all the ingredients in a glass container and leave for 20–30 days to infuse. After which all that remains is to strain the tincture.
If you use alcohol-containing drinks for treatment, follow a few simple rules so as not to cause an additional blow to a weakened body:
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