The garden of this Castle near Breda in Holland
has a large herbal section from where our Tagetes
was obtained.
BASIC LIQUID
The basic liquid to which
the essential oils have to be
added is an alcoholic tincture made with Propolis,
Tartaric acid and fresh Tagetes flowers. It is based on
a more than 300 year old recipe used in many South and
East European Monasteries.
The garden of this Castle near Breda in Holland
has a large herbal section from where our Tagetes
was obtained.
| The Tagetes (Tagetes glandulifera) with
which this tincture was made, were fresh flowers. They macerated in
alcohol during 8 weeks, a tincture was preferred instead of using the
essential oil of Tagetes.
Tartaric acid is used also because it is claimed that it improves the skin absorption of the oils. Why? Nobody can answer that question but according to some Monks the mixture will not work as effectively as it does without it. Tartaric acid is one of the most widely distributed of plant acids, with a number of food and industrial uses, it is obtained from by-products of wine fermentation. In a partially purified form, tartar was known to the ancient Greeks and Romans.
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