Bearclaw Valley contorno

The other healer described what a tincture was. The bruin-heart could tell that teaching was not what she wanted to be doing. Arielle would ask questions anyway; it would be stupid not to learn valuable information that could be used to help Ursus. 

Stryx wanted to know how Arielle learned her medical knowledge. No one taught me, she answered calmly. I have learned through the bear and through experience. She had never had any formal training.

When would you use a tincture rather than just having the patient ingest the plant by itself? If it was watered down, wouldn't it be less concentrated?