Here ya go... Re: No...No....No
No problem, Willowley! And you're absolutely correct on the "dropper issue" :)
One can measure ml's with a dropper, but only a 'pharmaceutical dropper' from a pharmacy/science source. And one must take into consideration that a drop from a dropper in the horizontal position is different than a drop from a dropper in the vertical position.
The EASY way!
Let's start with Schulzes formula, since it's 5 herbs, equal parts. If we tinctured every herb in a separate jar, then once they were all pressed we'd just add 'one part of each' and that would be perfect. When we're tincturing 'at home' and filling bottles, it's MUCH easier to mix up a larger quantity than only enough for one 2/4
oz bottle - and then just use that to fill the smaller bottles.
So, what if we didn't tincture every herb separately? Still easy. If we HAD tinctured them separately, we'd still be measuring out 'one part' of each and mixing them all together. The only difference is that they've been tinctured together instead of separately. Example using one part = one cup.
If we'd tinctured them separately, we'd be adding:
1 cup - raspberry leaf
1 cup - goldenseal
1 cup - bayberry
1 cup - eyebright
1 cup - cayenne
...then drawing from that mixture to fill whatever size bottle we wanted to fill.
But if we tinctured the first four herbs together and the cayenne separately, we'd use 4 cups of the blend (that would equal one cup/part of each) and then add 1 cup of cayenne.
When doing Dr. Christopher's formula, it's one part of the first four and 1/8 part of the cayenne. So that would be mixed (using one part = 1 cup), like this
1 cup - raspberry leaf
1 cup - goldenseal
1 cup - bayberry
1 cup - eyebright
1/8th cup - cayenne
Again, if the first four have been tinctured together, then use 4 cups/parts of the blend and 1/8th cup/part cayenne.
If you don't have enough tinctured to use 'cups for parts', then use whatever 'part size' that works for you.
On the link-bar at the top of every CZ page, you'll find this link: Convert Units
//www.curezone.org/conversions.asp
...which will convert fluid
ounces to milliliters for you (assuming you want to figure the whole thing out in fluid
ounces & milliliters).
It's MUCH easier to use cups, partial cups, tablespoons & teaspoons to 'do the math' using standard/common knowledge measurements (16 tablespoons or 48 teaspoons in a cup).
Blessings,
Uny
P.S. Always remember (particularly with the cayenne tincture), that tinctures vary considerably from one batch to another depending upon many variables. We rarely 'taste' the minor differences, but we definitely 'feel the difference' in the eyewashes.