{"id":281143,"date":"2026-02-04T23:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/281143\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T23:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:55:14","slug":"what-are-tinctures-and-do-i-need-one-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/281143\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Tinctures? And Do I Need One in 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2026, do you need a tincture? A liquid supplement? An elixir? Dua Lipa<\/a> was just showing off her supplements in liposomal form, like the Akasha Superfoods Liposomal Sea Moss Gel<\/a> she chased with a few swigs of Evian water in her Vogue Beauty Secrets tutorial<\/a>, liquid multivitamins promising optimal absorption from Sakara<\/a> and Mary Ruth<\/a> are popping up in social feeds, and the Japanese-infused brand Apoth\u00e9kary made an intentional move from wellness powders to liquid tinctures that promise to debloat, enhance mental focus, take the edge off<\/a> sans alcohol, and more. So what can we expect of this new wave?<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe tinctures and liquid elixirs will be one of the biggest wellness trends in 2026<\/a>,\u201d says Manhattan-based Alexander Golberg, MD, DO, a double board-certified doctor specializing in functional medicine. It\u2019s a bloated space these days<\/a>, and \u201cliquids tend to be easier on the stomach and are ideal for people who experience nausea or digestive discomfort with pills,\u201d he shares. \u201cBecause the body doesn\u2019t have to work as hard to process them, tinctures feel gentler and more natural for many people. They also allow for smaller, more precise dosing.\u201d He anticipates that as patients continue to prioritize natural and functional options in the booming supplement space, tinctures will become even more relevant. \u201cPeople want supplements that are gentle, fast-acting, and simple to take.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plus, as Lipa proved last month when she fit separate liposomal doses of vitamin C and sea moss in between skin care and makeup steps, \u201cliquid wellness is rising quickly because it fits the way people live today,\u201d he says of \u201cquick drops, small bottles, and visible results\u201d when nutrients and vitamins are more bioavailable. \u201cIn many cases, tinctures offer a superior delivery system,\u201d Dr. Golberg explains. \u201cLiquid supplements absorb faster because they don\u2019t require digestion. There are no fillers, binders, or capsule coatings to break down, just active ingredients entering the bloodstream quickly through the mouth.\u201d He adds that \u201cthis is why patients often feel their effects sooner.\u201d In wellness, it\u2019s hard to beat the allure of a bit of instant gratification.<\/p>\n

When Shizu Okusa launched Apoth\u00e9kary<\/a> half a decade ago, she found inspiration in her grandmother\u2019s \u201cJapanese clay pot that would always be sitting on the stove brewing something for preventative health.\u201d When the line of functional herbs first launched, everything was in a powder format. In traditional Eastern medicine, \u201cyou historically take whole herbs and grind them up into powder form, or you boil them into water, distill, and extract the herbal potency through heat,\u201d Okusa explains. \u201cThe beauty of ancient medicine, at least in our world and herbs, is that this stuff has existed for thousands and thousands and thousands of years and it\u2019s just not been educated or brought to the market as much as pharmaceuticals because it\u2019s not been funded in the same way,\u201d Okusa explains of her larger hope to \u201cbridge family traditions with the modern day.\u201d<\/p>\n

In pursuit of her goal, she rebranded with tinctures \u201cbecause most people just can\u2019t handle the bitterness of whole herbs in ground form.\u201d The mysteriously \u201clight and sweet\u201d taste of each tincture is thanks to glycerin, says Okusa. \u201cYou don’t get that sugar spike because it\u2019s a preservative and not a glycemic index spiker.\u201d A double-extraction method means that herbs and ingredients like Oregon grape root in Blue Burn<\/a> (a shade of spirulina blue with clinical studies backing its metabolic-boosting abilities) and lemon balm in Rescue Bloat (a neon yellow shade indicative of another active herb: turmeric) are even more potent than in their raw form.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2026, do you need a tincture? A liquid supplement? An elixir? Dua Lipa was just showing off…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[103,61,60,371,1184],"class_list":["post-281143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-medication","tag-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}