HERB - witch hazel

[Albert Boyle]

Adding citric acid to witch hazel -- especially if it is to be used after
shaving -- strikes me as rather painful!

Ulbrecht

----- Original Message -----
From: Walter J. Wakefield <wjwakefield at juno.com>
To: <herbalist at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: HERB - witch hazel


> What you want is herbs where the fragrance will extract into alcohol,
> since witch hazel is essentially tincture of witch hazel bark.  Besides
> the rosemary that you mention, I would think peppermint might be nice,
> maybe cloves, any of the citrus fruits (put the rind in and shake it some
> every day for a while).  I tried tincturing rose petals one time, and it
> sorta worked.

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