How To Make White Willow Bark Tea

Add about 1 tablespoons full of bark chips for every cup of water.

How to make white willow bark tea. Pour into favorite cup. Have the willow bark in your favorite tea brewing holder i like cotton bags other have these little metal balls with holes in them and then there are the really cool spoons for just a cup. Boil it for 5 10 minutes. Strain the brew before drinking it and heat it if desired.

Dried willow bark can be cut or broken into chips so it s easier to measure. Follow the package instructions to store it properly. Place in a warm spot and shake once a day to distribute the alcohol through the plant material. Make willow tea by boiling two teaspoons of willow bark for every eight ounces of water.

Once it has boiled turn off the heat and allow it to steep between 20 and 30 minutes. Use about 2 grams of powdered or chipped bark for each cup of tea and steep it for up to eight hours in cold water. Label with salix alba willow bark tincture and store in a cool dark place. Strain out the bark from the liquid using a natural coffee filter or fine mesh strainer.

Turn the heat off. As you might imagine willow bark tea tastes just like tree bark. The bark is. Let it steep for another 30 minutes.

Instructions you can buy white willow bark from health stores. After a month strain the liquid and put in a colored glass bottle to protect the herb. You can add a cinnamon stick. Brewing tea willow bark tea is best brewed slowly to extract the maximum amount of salicin.

Either way start by boiling water in a pot. Allow this to boil for about 5 to 10 minutes. Cover the willow bark with vodka and cap. Start by adding 1 to 2 teaspoons of white willow bark to 8 ounces of water.

Willow bark is the bark from several varieties of the willow tree including white willow or european willow black willow or pussy willow crack willow purple willow and others. In a saucepan take water and white willow bark. I used 16 ounces and added about 4 teaspoons. Allow it to simmer on the stove for 10 minutes then remove from heat.

Put the herb brewer into the water. Pack down somewhat so that the jar is full of willow bark.