A few of my favorite things about prescribing tinctures.

1. Ease of delivery.  Just a few dropper fulls in water, or on the tongue gets the herbs into your system.
2. Absorption.  Tinctures are especially useful for those with digestive issues!  The small quantities required and lack of adulterants make them easier to put to use in the body.
3. Recognition.  Due to the prevalence of western herbal medicine, people are more used to seeing herbal medicine in dropper bottles and capsules.
4. Custom control: Customizing formulas is very important for TCM.  Having single tinctures means we have the same amount of flexibility of ingredients and dosage as you would a bulk or granule formula.  The ease of capsules without the restriction on prescriptions!
5. Comparable cost.  Tinctures are no more expensive per day than the standard bulk or granule formula!