Mistletoe Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Mistletoe (Viscum album), the European mistletoe, is an evergreen, semi-parasitic shrub of the sandalwood family, Santalaceae, native to Europe and western Asia, where it grows in rounded, hanging clumps up to 1 m across on the branches of apple, poplar, lime and hawthorn. Its forked yellow-green stems carry pairs of leathery, oblong leaves and tiny yellowish flowers followed by sticky, translucent white berries in winter, spread by thrushes. The plant draws water and minerals from its host and is the mistletoe of Christmas custom. We extract the dried herb.