How to make infusions and decoctions

This Tutorial is a Gift for our users, as it is extracted directly from the Astrological Plant Alchemy Course – Astroalchemical Phytomedicine – of the Astroherbarium School (linK to the course).

In the course you will also find a video where we add the plants to the Cauldron and share colors, aromas and flavors, as well as the intentions of the planets that rule each of these plant beings.

For the preparation of a herbal tea, or infusion, we are going to take into account which part of the plant we are interacting with: root, leaves, stem, seed, flowers, because each part takes its own time to transfer its properties to the water.

We are going to use the most complicated method as an example, a combination of decoction and infusion, which is what we need to know to make our decoction of the 7 selected plants:

1. We first add the most resistant parts with a litre of COLD WATER (Decoction) on the stove:

* GINGER ROOT: The equivalent to half of your ring finger.

Grated or cut into small pieces and crushed in the mortar.

This sattvic Root will give warmth to your Body and clarity to your Mind.

* The CINNAMON bark: to taste, a small handful will be enough.

This Bark will connect you with the Joy of Living and the fruits that were gestated from strong and enthusiastic Seeds.

2. When it starts to boil, we leave it for 20 more minutes.

At the last minute, we add a handful of each of these plants:

* HORSE TAIL. Soft stem.

This stem, a vegetable being from the time when flowers did not exist, will give strength to your bones, with its contribution of silica and emotional support, with its saturnine – lunar coregency.

* SALVIA OFFICINALIS. Semi-hard leaf.

This tongue-like leaf will help you to communicate from the heart, with true words.

* HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA. Hard flower.

This flower with its calyx will give enthusiasm to your body and vitality to your spirit.

3. After one minute, we turn off the fire.

4. There we add the handful of:

* MINT leaves. Soft leaf.

These leaves with their small violet flowers will bring freshness and inspiration to your life.

* The JASMINE flowers. Delicate flowers.

These flowers will give light to your eyes to see the courage and beauty in the apparent fragility.

5. We always keep everything covered with a lid so that the essential oils do not evaporate in the process. And we let it rest for 15 more minutes with the hob off.

6. We strain and now it’s time to drink the first cup of our infusion.

We will drink a litre throughout the day:

The first cup in the morning, the next at noon, the other in the afternoon and the last at night.

If this rhythm does not suit your possibilities, find your own rhythm!

The important thing is that you keep these substances in the bloodstream, so that they harmonise in your body, mind and emotions, the aspects of the sky that are encoded in these plants.

The logic behind these preparations is very simple. We go from the roots, fruits and seeds, which are brought to a boil from cold water (decoction), through the hardest leaves, such as rosemary, which are added in the last minutes of boiling, to the most delicate flowers or leaves like lemon balm, which are added once the hob is turned off (infusion or herbal tea).

AstroHerbarium wishes you a whole experience with these plant beings and guarantees you a very pleasant experience, since the combination of these herbs is delicate, aromatic and with a spicy touch that you will love. Always remember to adapt the suggested amounts of each plant to your own palate. The taste is necessary and important in the paradigm of this new medicine that seeks balance, even of flavours.

Astroalchemical Phytomedicine course proposition:

Prepare one liter per day to drink during a 28-day moon cycle. No contraindications if you are not taking allopathic medication and there is no allergy to any of the active ingredients of the plants.

To be safe, drink 3 days in a row and check the effects, then continue. Each body is particular and goes through different stages. The most important thing is to recognize that the responsibility for what happens to us is always ours and that to be truly responsible, we must first know ourselves and be attentive to what we ingest and its effects at the time, which change according to emotional states and seasonal cycles.

This infusion – decoction provides more heat to the body, so it is advisable to drink it in warm or cold climates.

With its warmth it will help you to tune in better with your mutable states, which sometimes are nothing more than a lack of adaptation to external changes.

Effects at the organic level of the combination of these 7 Plants – Planets:

Cardiotonic, energizing, aperitif, digestive, slightly aphrodisiac and circulatory stimulant.

Enjoy it with all your senses!