Capsules
General description of the method; for a specific herb always check suitability, plant part and safety on its card.
Filling capsules with dried herb or powder; home and industrial variants.
- Difficulty:
- Medium
- Preparation time (rough guide):
- About 30–60 minutes for manual filling batches.
- Equipment:
- Powder or granulate, empty capsules, optional capsule machine, scales.
- General preparation safety
Overdose risk with concentrated botanicals. For children and swallowing difficulty consider form choice.
More detail
A capsule is a container; it may hold plant powder or a dry extract. Equal fill weights do not mean equal constituent levels or effects. Filling capsules with powder at home is therefore not equivalent to a standardized extract.
The word "standardized" alone does not guarantee product quality. A product sold in capsules may differ from the preparation used in a study.
This page is a guide to processing forms, not a universal dosing procedure. For each herb, distinguish the plant part, powder and extract; the list below does not by itself establish suitability for home filling.
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Recipes in the catalogue
These herbs have a published step-by-step procedure for this method — full instructions are on the herb card under processing.
Herbs in the catalogue
Published herbs that list this method on the card.
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- AndrographisAndrographis paniculata
- AshwagandhaWithania somnifera
- BrahmiBacopa monnieri
- Cancer bushSutherlandia frutescens
- Cape aloeAloe ferox
- Devil's clawHarpagophytum procumbens
- GinkgoGinkgo biloba
- JiaogulanGynostemma pentaphyllum
- Mastic treePistacia lentiscus
- MoringaMoringa oleifera
- St John's wortHypericum perforatum
- UmckaloaboPelargonium sidoides