Powdered Herbs & Herbs Extract

Powdered Herbs & Herbs Extract Powder, You may have confused for it . Today Let me give you some tips for distinguish it.

What are powdered herbs?

Powdered herbs are raw (crude or prepared) herbs that are ground or pulverized into a powder. They may be single herb products or formulas (combinations of herbs). They are not extracted or cooked. Not soluble to water other solvent. It include whole component of raw herbs. And the powder color are close to raw herbs

What is an extract?

An extract is a liquid mixture obtained from adding a raw material to a solvent such as ethanol or water. In Herbal Extracts, the raw materials are raw (crude or prepared) herbs. It is not absolutely necessary to cook or heat the solvent to obtain the extraction, although it is common to do so. Extracts may be sold as liquid extracts (e.g. decoctions) or as tinctures (usually containing a large amount of alcohol.) They may also be sold in powder form and these are commonly called extract powders or granules. That is, powders and granules are simply dried decoctions. Some manufacturers use other solvents such as hexane, chloroform, ether, acetone, or other organic chemical solvents to extract chemical ingredients that are less soluble in water or ethanol or to improve the concentration of a specific marker chemical in order to enhance the ingredient profile of the extract. This kind of powder more purity than raw hers powder, also with more effective function in care, especially single ingredients. In different extract process and solvent, the final powder can soluble in different solvent. Also, the powder color will in difference which depend on the assay and ingredient characters.

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