MUST HAVES You Should have in your Apothecary!

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  1. Tins or Mason jars for storing herbs and powders (Note that reusing jars from the grocery store that formerly housed spaghetti sauce, jam, olives, or herbs is a great money-saving tip— as long as they are thoroughly cleaned and sterilized!)

  2. Amber, green, blue, enamel, or black bottles for essential oils, tinctures, and elixirs to protect from potentially harmful light. (clear bottles can make the oils inside less potent)

  3. Mortar and pestle for grinding (not necessary, but can be helpful)

  4. Dehydrator dehydrating fresh herbs

  5. Funnel is useful for pouring your finished homemade extracts into bottles.

  6. Measuring Utensils: Kitchen Scale, Glass measuring cups, dry measuring cups, measuring spoons, or graduated cylinders

  7. Kitchen Utensils (Silicone or wood): supply spoons, spatulas, knives, and kitchen scissors, cutting boards (metals can leach into your recipes!)

  8. Tea kettle/Pot an old saucepan, small enough to fit inside a larger saucepan (for makeshift double boiler purposes)

  9. Bowls (glass, ceramic, enamel-coated, or earthenware, surgical stainless) (metals can leach into your recipes!)

  10. Strainer/Cheesecloth for straining (metals can leach into your recipes!)

  11. Labels for your storages materials/products with a common name, botanical name, date, and contact information

  12. 80-100 proof alcohol (Everclear/vodka/brandy)

  13. Carrier oils you’ll need to dilute them with a carrier oil before applying them to your skin. Such as coconut, sweet almond, extra virgin olive oil, 

  14. Honey extracts medicinal constituents from herbs just like alcohol or water.

  15. Vinegar is a powerful solvent that you can use to extract herbal constituents. (giving herbal medicine to a child or your religion prevents drinking alcohol)

  16. 100% Vegetable Glycerin is sweet which makes it a good menstruum to use when making tinctures for children.

  17. Clays for facial masks or even toothpaste 

  18. Salt for bath salts and bath bombs

  19. Waxes for making salves, creams, or body butter. Beeswax is the most commonly used wax, but there are other vegan varieties like candelilla, carnauba, and soy. Butters may include cocoa, shea, avocado, kokum, etc.

  20. Butters for making salves, creams, lotions, lip balms, soaps, and other body care recipes.

  21. Solvents preparations such as syrups, tinctures, and infused oils.

  22. Distilled water 

  23. Notebook for formulas.

  24. Books many different aspects of herbalism—foraging books, books for beginners, books for children’s health, advanced study books, old-time herbals, and more. (De materia medica by Pedanius Dioscorides; Herbal Bible/Holistic Self Diagnosis by Llaila Afrika)

  25. Herbs can be in their original form leaf, Steam, root, or powder whichever you choose

    • Your simple already kitchen herbs

      • Cayenne pepper

      • Rosemary

      • Oregano

      • Ginger

      • Garlic

      • Black Pepper

      • Thyme

      • Basil

      • Bay leaf

      • Thyme






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