Vertigo Tincture

🌪️ What this tincture is meant to help

This combo is generally aimed at vertigo associated with:

• Poor cerebral circulation
• Anxiety-triggered dizziness
• Blood pressure or autonomic nervous system swings
• Palpitations or stress-related lightheadedness

It is not ideal for vertigo caused by:

• Inner ear crystals (BPPV)
• Acute ear infections
• Severe vestibular neuritis
• Migraine-associated vertigo (can worsen for some)

🌿 What each herb does

🍃 Ginkgo

Primary action: improves blood flow to the brain

• Increases cerebral circulation
• Supports balance and spatial orientation
• Often used for dizziness, tinnitus, and cognitive fog
• Works best for chronic or circulatory vertigo, not sudden spinning

⚠️ Can lower blood clotting ability

🌸 Motherwort

Primary action: nervous system + heart regulation

• Calms the nervous system
• Helps palpitations, anxiety, and “fluttery” feelings
• Can steady stress-related dizziness
• Mild blood pressure–lowering effect

🍸 Alcohol’s role

• Extracts ginkgo’s flavonoids well
• Makes effects faster acting
• Can temporarily worsen dizziness if dose is too high

➡️ With vertigo, low dose is critical.

⚠️ Important cautions (very important)

Avoid or use caution if:

• You take blood thinners (ginkgo)
• You have low blood pressure or faint easily
• You are pregnant or breastfeeding (motherwort)
• You have a heart rhythm disorder
• Your vertigo includes one-sided weakness, slurred speech, severe headache → medical evaluation needed

Possible side effects:

• Increased dizziness (too high a dose)
• Headache
• Palpitations
• Nausea

🧠 In plain language

This tincture can help if your vertigo feels like:

• Lightheadedness
• Floating or rocking
• Worse with stress or anxiety
• Comes with heart racing or tension

It may make spinning vertigo worse if the cause is inner-ear–mechanical

💡 Best-practice use (herbalist approach)

• Start very low: 3–5 drops
• Take seated
• Do not combine with other alcohol or stimulants
• Assess response before increasing
• Short-term use only unless supervised

🚩 When not to self-treat

If vertigo is:

• Sudden and severe
• Accompanied by hearing loss
• After head injury
• Associated with numbness, weakness, or vision changes

👉 seek medical care — herbs are not appropriate in those cases.