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Making Plant Medicine by Richo Cech
A modern medicine making book and formulary with its roots in original herbalism designed for every medicinal herb gardener to cultivate the full potential of the plant-human relationship.
Note regarding coverage of menstruum:  We've had people who use the formulas in "Making Plant Medicine" get back to me saying that they make the dry herb tincture according to formula and the menstruum fails to cover.  This is one of the mysteries of herbal extraction, and it can throw people for a loop at first.  Here's my answer to one such comment:

"Thanks for your note and I understand that you're concerned about not seeing the menstruum covering the herb.  First, make sure to use the formulas given under the individual herb headings (part 2 of the book).  If the herb you are trying to extract is not listed, then use the default formula 1:5 (50A:50W).  The specific formulas for making tinctures go way back in time--I didn't make them up--and to the experienced medicine maker "coverage" of the herb material with liquid is not a requirement.  Sometimes the formula simply doesn't cover.  Its all right.   Like you mentioned, other things like consistent production and strength are more important.  Many times when the herb is "fluffy" (like dried calendula, or even more so like dried artichoke leaf) the herbal material is simple wetted with the menstruum and is not fully covered.  If you mix well and macerate as usual and shake daily and press the macerate after the requisite 2 or 3 weeks, then you will get the tincture back out of the wetted herb, and it will be a full strength tincture according to the traditional formulary.   If you ignore the formula and add menstruum until the herb is fully covered, then it will be a dilute tincture and there's nothing very wrong with that except that dosage would have to be increased to get the same effect.  Basically the question you are asking will be resolved for you once you go through the process and press your tincture out--you'll see how well it works, and your tinctures will be in high demand due to strength and consistency.  If you follow the misguided "rule" of adding menstruum until your herb is fully covered, some of your tinctures will be fine and others will be quite dilute.  The fluffiness of the dried material is really not a concern--just weigh according to the formulary, and measure according to the formulary, and you'll have first class extracts--herbalists have been making them this way for centuries.

And then after a couple of weeks, this:

"I just needed to write you to tell you that my tinctures are beautiful.  I trusted what you said and I believe that these tinctures are above anything thing else I have ever made.  Thank you for you words of wisdom and being available to me.  Now I am tincturing my brains out."

Oh, that's great.  I'm really glad your tinctures are working out!

276 pages, soft cover