RebeccaCashman wrote:
What about freeze drying herbs? And using oxygen absorbers?
I am just getting started with the Herbal Medicine Making Series section of the modules and learned that drying out in the sunshine was a big no no. That is how I have always done my herbs before!! Yikes! But I wonder if freeze drying them would be a good way to keep them fresh without having to dry them, as freeze drying is known to keep all the nutritional properties of the food for years to come.
Also, I want to know a bit further in depth why sun drying isn't good at all. I thought the sun had a gazillion life promoting benefits? Thanks!
The sun bleaches and destroys many of the important phytochemical in herbs. Not good.
Freeze drying is amazing if you can do it.