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EnchantedWoodsGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kathy
New Jersey
USA
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 Posted - Jul 29 2006 : 04:36:46 AM
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I have a wonderful newly home brewed batch of Lemon Balm Tincture ready for sale. Each is bottled in an amber glass bottle with a glass dropper and is 2 oz. I sell them for $12 which includes shipping.
Lemon Balm is excellent for your immune system and is also a wonderful mood lifter for the coming winter months. I have fibromyalgia and use it all the time. I love adding it to my pot of tea or just putting 3-4 drops on a sugar cube or a spoon of honey! In the middle of winter it is lovely to open up a bottle and inhale the wonderful scent of summer!
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
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Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Aug 12 2006 : 11:01:36 PM
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Ooooh, Kathy - I just love the scent of lemon balm - and I especially enjoyed reading the thread on lemon balm for depression - thanks for making this available!!!
XOXO, Libbie
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Aug 14 2006 : 06:18:39 AM
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Kathy, is this something that can be used for people already taking antidepressants? How long will a 2oz bottle last (# uses per bottle and shelf life?). I'd like to forward your info to a couple of friends, just thought I'd get more detail first.
Thanks!
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EnchantedWoodsGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
959 Posts
Kathy
New Jersey
USA
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Posted - Aug 14 2006 : 07:22:49 AM
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I have a bottle from last Sept that I am still using - it goes a long way and shelf life is similar to Bach Remedies, at least 2 yrs if kept in dark - they are bottled in Amber bottles.
I take Wellbutrin and have been taking the two together for a long time. I use the Lemon Balm tincture as a supplement and it helps so much - I did not go through SAD - Seasonal Affective Disorder last year like I usually do.
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1553 Posts
Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Aug 14 2006 : 12:18:52 PM
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Thanks, Kathy! I have a wonderful large lemon balm plant growing in my herb garden for years - how nice to know another good use for it.
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1553 Posts
Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Sep 15 2006 : 3:19:17 PM
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Well, I have successfully bottled my first batch of this Lemon Balm tincture in the proper amber bottles, 1/2 oz. and 1 oz. sizes, and I have given samples to some friends. Ingredients consist of dried lemon balm leaves soaked in 80 proof vodka in a dark cabinet, shaken daily for 5 weeks. I even made little labels for the bottles!
If I keep doing this as more than a hobby, do I need a business license or anything in order to legally sell/ship it to other people? Or can I barter it with friends and fellow farmgirls?
and, most importantly -- Dear Kathy, where are you? Did you get swallowed up by the Enchanted Wood? Come back soon, We miss you!
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EnchantedWoodsGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
959 Posts
Kathy
New Jersey
USA
959 Posts |
Posted - Sep 15 2006 : 4:19:47 PM
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Thank you all for being concerned about me - just having a tad of a personal crisis - my life is kinda crazy right now - nearly living between two houses and trying to keep sane - lol-
Good news guys - I have had my article accepted for November publication in the print magazine for children - Learning Through History - it is an article about the Dogs of Defense used during World War II.
Please keep me in your prayers and look for a comeback as the weeks go by - I am able to spend more time with the computer now. I have missed you all terribly
Great with your lemon balm tincture - doesn't it just smell heavenly - I need to buy some honey so I can start taking it faithfully again for the coming gloomy days of fall.
Blessed Be from the Enchanted Wood that is full of baby deer - both brown and white ones!
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Posted - Sep 15 2006 : 4:43:48 PM
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kathy, I think you may really want to look into selling tinctures because there is alcohol involved and I am pretty sure you need to be an herbalist, though I cannot be 100% sure. I know that for me to do it here in MN, I have to have an alcohol license, so I am of the habit of just giving mine to people, but if people want to pay shipping I think you can get away with that. But be safe and check into it.
~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Sep 18 2006 : 05:22:22 AM
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Welcome back, Kathy! Congratulations on your article! Hope you get some great honey to go with the tincture, I have been taking it since September 1st and shared it with a couple of friends. I've started a couple of batches of blackberry cordial, too, using the leftover pulp from my blackberry jam. Where is Diana Barry when I need her?
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EnchantedWoodsGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
959 Posts
Kathy
New Jersey
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2006 : 7:16:46 PM
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That cordial sounds lovely and I would love to try some - I am going to begin my lemon balm again on a regular basis from my last batch that turned such a lovely dark color.
What a lovely plant lemon balm is - we are in the midst of our autumn monsoon season and have had some cold nights but the sweet melissa is still as green as can be.
You know I just thought I could probably brew up a batch of raspberry cordial next summer with all the scads of wild raspberries I have here.
Egads, I am already thinking of next summer and it isn't even winter
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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