Hanna’s H-12 is a masterful blend of herbs. If you haven’t heard of it before or are curious what the healing qualities are take a look to learn more about this tonic! You can make your own tincture or purchase it ready-made.

Hanna’s H-12 Blend

H-12 blends Apple Tree bark, Calamus root, Burdock root, Tormentil root, Angelica root, Cherry bark, Rhubarb root, Gentian root, Peach bark, Cascara Sagrada bark, Nutmeg, and Myrrh. These twelve ingredients are combined for a variety of uses. To make your own tincture, follow Hanna’s recipe:

In a bottle or jar with a well-fitting lid: Pour 1 quart of 80 proof alcohol over 2 ounces of H-12 and allow it to sit on the window sill for 10 days. Shake the bottle once or twice a day and after 10 days, strain the fluid off and fill into small bottles; this is your first batch used for internal uses.

Pour another pint of 80 proof alcohol over the used herbs and allow to sit for 3 days then strain into a bottle, separate from the first batch. At this point, squeeze every drop of goodness from the herbs into that bottle and use this batch for external uses. This batch is thicker and darker than the first batch but it just as important to have on hand in your home pharmacy.

Hanna’s Home Remedies with H-12

• For old age symptoms, 1 teaspoon in water 3 times a day.
• To keep environmental poisons out, 1 teaspoon in water twice a day.
• In acute illness with cold symptoms, 1 tablespoon in water or juice 3 times a day.
• Emotional upset, 2 teaspoons in warm water.
• For ill-natured tumors, make a compress over them.
• Bellyache in children, moisten a cotton ball with the solution and secure over the bellybutton with a bandage.
• Apply to the spine, limbs, or wherever needed by drops only.
• Rub on the forehead for clearer eyes.
• Tie a cotton ball with the solution on nape of neck for better brain functioning.
• Rub on the soles of your feet to reach all the nerves in your body.
• Rub it on your chest to ease coughing.
• Moisten a cloth with the tincture and lay over closed eyelids when inflamed.
• For fluid retention take one teaspoon 3 times daily in juice or water.
• Ease depression and melancholy with 1 teaspoon twice a day or more often.
• To assist digestion and decrease gas formation, 1 teaspoon in a little water.

Hanna wrote in her book Instant Herbal Locator:

Old age can start as early as age twenty-two and as late as age seventy. Old age is not determined by chronological age, but is determined by the slowing down of glandular functions. It is a filling up of the arterial system with slush and deposits, a breakdown of bodily functions singularly or all together. It is a let down of mental activity and mental capacity. Old age is an attitude, “I don’t want to start anything new.” Old age begins with lassitude, one-sidedness, with failure to recognize the challenge which life has to offer. Old age is a letdown of self-discipline and a letdown of enthusiasm. These are attributes of “Old Age,” and you find them in all age groups. Master Formula H-12 will change this quickly. The Master Formula is an energy-giving formula, which increases the strength of the mind, improves the memory, eliminates depression and anxiety. H-12 increases the ability to function physically. The Formula acts at the inter-cellular level and restores cells to normal and youthful functions. It also acts on the electro-magnetic ion function of the cells.

Learn more about making your own healing oils and tinctures here. Curious about H-12? Want to make or purchase the finished product? See the herbal blend here and the tincture here.