How To Make Natural Willow Bark Tea

The natural remedies column shows you how to use the versatile the willow tree.

How to make natural willow bark tea. Let it steep for another 30 minutes. Once it has boiled turn off the heat and allow it to steep between 20 and 30 minutes. In spring harvest willow bark from the live tree by peeling off the bark from young branches. Fill a pot about.

How to make white willow bark tea heat water in a kettle add 2 teaspoons of willow bark chips for every 8 ounces of water let the bark simmer in the boiling water for 10 15 minutes depending on the quantity and then take it off the heat. Place in a warm spot and shake once a day to distribute the alcohol through the plant material. To make a willow bark extract using the folk herbalist method start by packing a jar about 2 3 full with willow bark. When consuming willow bark in this form it s hard to tell how much salicin you are getting in each serving of tea.

Cover the bark completely with a neutral alcohol such as vodka. Boil it for 5 10 minutes. Remove the leaves from the branches. How to make willow tea for plants 1.

Avoid the deadfall on the ground as it doesn t have the. Cut the branches into pieces 1 inch long. Steep willow bark tea for two to three minutes in hot water. You can add a cinnamon stick.

Turn the heat off. Let the willow bark steep for an additional 20 30 minutes. Allow it to simmer on the stove for 10 minutes then remove from heat. Break the bark into smaller chips.

Instructions you can buy white willow bark from health stores. In a saucepan take water and white willow bark. Start by adding 1 to 2 teaspoons of white willow bark to 8 ounces of water. After a month strain the liquid and put in a colored glass bottle to protect the herb.

Dosage of willow to replace aspirin with herbal remedies. Follow the package instructions to store it properly. Cover the willow bark with vodka and cap. Creating soothing tea a natural aspirin substitute for pain and emergency food in the wilderness.

Make willow tea by boiling two teaspoons of willow bark for every eight ounces of water. Split each piece in half to allow the. The active ingredient salicin found in the bark of willow trees also acts as an anti inflammatory and is present in varying amounts in a variety of willow trees. I used 16 ounces and added about 4 teaspoons.

How to make willow bark tea. Cut fresh willow branches when they are green and flexible. Label with salix alba willow bark tincture and store in a cool dark place. White willow salix alba has the greatest concentration of salicin but what we have on our property is just a run of the mill swamp variety known as black willow salix nigra that grows heartily around our pond and in the wet.