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Solid extracts are made from liquid extracts. These are mostly made by
commercial manufacturers and are intended for ultimate use in tablets or
capsules. For the home herbalist solid extracts are probably too difficult and
costly to make. Solid extracts are made by reducing the liquid in
liquid extracts even further. This is done
with relatively simple (but again too expensive for the home herbalist)
equipment that reduces the liquid (normally water or alcohol depending on the
method of initial extraction) by evaporating in a vacuum.
The first stage is a syrupy concentrated liquid called a Soft Extract. In
many cases the process is halted at this stage. Soft extracts are sometimes
marketed in that form but are mostly sold as gelcaps where the liquid is
encapsulated in a gel capsule.
Further evaporation will result in a solid which is then pulverized and used
in tablet form or sold as a powder.
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