Drying methods

After you have spent all that time in the garden or bush harvesting your herbs, it would be a shame to find that they spoiled due to improper drying methods. Of course, if you are preparing fresh plant remedies, like fresh plant macerations or oil infusions, then you don’t need to dry them – although a little washing and then drying may still be important, especially for fresh plant oil macerations, which can go bad very quickly if there is too much water in the preparation.

The late, great herbalist Michael Moore provides five basic methods for drying herbs, as follows:Please login or register to see the full article