How to Actually Use Tinctures in Your Day (Without Changing Your Whole Life)

Tinctures are our favorite herbal preparation if you couldn't tell. We love the way we feel the same day we take them, we love how effective it is in contrast to taking capsules or powders, and we love just how easy and versatile it is to use. You can create a holistic, healthy, adaptogenic lifestyle using tinctures in a variety of ways that seamlessly fit into your daily routine. 

If you're new to tinctures/liquid supplements, or just want to add these methods to your herbal arsenal, this guide gives you 5 no-fuss ways to integrate tinctures into your life without skipping a beat.

1. Under the tongue

Probably the most intuitive way to take tinctures for most. It's simple, fast, and sometimes more effective than other ways if taken sublingually. For moments when you need to feel calm, clear, or centered now—take your tincture straight under the tongue. This method bypasses digestion and gets the active compounds into your bloodstream fast. Just note that the liquid completely on its own can have a strong taste, so we love to add it to other liquids (other methods mentioned later in this post) if you don't like the potency on its own.

How:
Squeeze the recommended serving under your tongue, hold it there for 30 seconds, then swallow.

When to use it:
Before a stressful meeting. Mid-commute. Anytime your nervous system could use an anchor.

2. Drop into your favorite morning beverage

Whether you’re team matcha, espresso, or mushroom coffee—your morning drink is a ritual. You can easily elevate it by adding in a tincture of your choice every day, and giving anything a botanical, adaptogenic twist.

Try this:

• Add drops to your morning tea or coffee to start the day grounded.

• Blend into matcha for calm, focused energy without the crash.

• Drop it into your pre-workout, electrolytes, or protein powder and go.

The beauty of herbal tinctures is they meet you where you are. No pills. No powders. Just plant power on your terms.

3. Mix into food (no it won't ruin the taste)

Possibly the most unassuming way to take tinctures that no one talks about. Tinctures are surprisingly easy to mix into food—especially if you're the type that forgets to take supplements.

Try this:

• Add a dropper to homemade salad dressings, soups, or broths.

• Blend into anything you're baking to make it functional/adaptogenic. Tinctures can hold their power in the oven.

• Mix into smoothies.

You're not masking anything. You're enhancing it.

4. Add to a shot glass of water

This is the way our founder started taking tinctures and continued to do so for the longest time before beginning to add to coffees & smoothies.

How to:

Get a little shot of water, add your drops, and drink. It's so simple & fast, tastes good, and easy to add to your morning or night routine.

5. Make your own wellness shots

Need a midday check-in? A quick herbal boost can be your go-to reset. Adding tinctures to your own wellness shots is a game-changer.

Try this:
In a shot glass or travel bottle, combine:

• 1 serving of your liquid supplement of choice (Calmplex for functional stress-reducing effects)

• 1 part apple cider vinegar

• 1 part ginger

• 1 part honey

• Shake. Sip. Breathe.

Why Tinctures Work Better

Tinctures are more bioavailable than most powders or capsules.
Here’s why:

• No fillers or binders

• Proven faster absorption into the bloodstream

• Full-spectrum = more of the plant, not just isolated extracts

This means you get more benefits, faster, with less. It’s not about taking more—it’s about truly absorbing the benefits.

Tinctures are not just supplements. They're your body and mind's support system.

When made with time-tested herbal formulas like Xiao Yao San and extracted for full spectrum power, they become daily allies for your brain, body, and balance.

Start simple. Make it yours. And feel the shift.