Was asked to prune a Mahonia (Oregon grape) earlier in the week so it's time to make some #berberine tincture. It tastes like total crap but like most bitter things its very good for your liver. 😁

You want to snap the twig and extract the cambian later below the bark. Pop it in some vodka or in this case I am using polish spirit leave it for month or so to extract and your good to go. It will stain everything more yellow than Coldplay so just be aware of that too.

You can get berberine from Berberis and other plants too but I find it much easier to get the berberine rich part out of a mahonia.

#herbs