If anyone could provide detailed solubility data for THC or point him to some solvents to more selectively extract the active principal from this mess of organic junk, he would be thrilled.
Maybe nowbody gives an answer simply because nobody ever goes trough the trouble of geting rid of the waxes and clorophyls when making some hash oil.
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Obviously it's difficult for a newbee to understand this, but repetitive questions are rather irritating, and not likely to be answered at all ;) It's well known that hydrocarbon solvents are more selective than alcohols or ketones, as you would have found out if you had used the search engine and found
(https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/hive/hiveboard/picproxie_docs/000483949-utfse.gif)
I think I'm in love. :) Mind if I 'sleaze on up?' The intercourse is all intellectual, after all...
Why not?
I will post more on the chemical connection and imbalances I speak of shortly. I am away from my house now and will post when I return.
Lugh: Thanks for the link and the smile, the dumb fucker GIF cracks me up everytime. My apologies for being such a poor searcher, I must have overlooked it for I have no CO2. Hopefully when I post my method and results Newbees will benefit (but then they wouldn't see your GIF). :P
...the pesky problem of not being able to make rational connections and think logically while stoned...
Could you elaborate slightly?
Of course. It affects everyone differently, some (but not all) variables include:
- Present adrenal condition(as this affects cognitve function); hypo/hyper active adrenals, Parkinsons's, adrenal exhaustion, adrenal hysteria (induced by a stressful lifestyle and/or chronic use of marijuana. If not kept in check, will lead to adrenal exaustion), etc.
- Baseline intellectual ability. You see, if most of what you think about hardly stresses your ability to compute then how would you know if your capacity was diminished slightly as it would not require much more effert anyhow. For those whith less than superb intelligence, the wrath is felt much stronger.
- Amino acid consumption and balance. Eating enough protein?
- Tolerance.
- Health, generally. :P
Now, for the L-Glutamine, one with a greater deficiency would see a greater benefit from supplementaion. If you eat healthfully and consume adequate amounts of whole proteins, then you probably do not have such a noted loss of intellect. For cognitave function under any circumstances, vinpocetine (cerebro vasodilater, derived from periwinle) has been noted to markedly increase information processing speed and attention span.
This includes phosphatidylserine (the chemical connection between your adrenals and brain)...
Oooh... got any further detail on the finer points of 'connection,' perchance? ;) ;)
hmm.. lets see what we can do for ya...
...ahh yes! I owe many thanks to this book about adrenal exhaustion and how to undo it.
Hanley, Jesse, M.D., and Nancy Deville. Tired of Being Tired. The Berkley Book Publishing Group, 2002.
"Phosphatidylserine, which is a brain nutrient, helps rebalance pituitary/adrenal communication and nourishes and supports adrenals while you rest. For those who suffer from insomnia because their adrenals are turning on innapropriately at night, PS can help. You know this happening when you routinely awake in the middle of the night once, twice, or more times a night. You may experience your heart beating rapidly and/or you have to get up and go to the bathroom all night long. PS influences your brain's messages to your adrenals so that they stop the innapropriate release of adrenaline, cortisol and DHEA."
Well activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis is not the only thing PS modulates.
from
http://www.thorne.com/pdf/journal/1-2/phosphatidylserine.pdf (http://www.thorne.com/pdf/journal/1-2/phosphatidylserine.pdf)
...a timed release pantothenic acid (food for the adrenals) pill.
Eh... at the level of... which... PEA beta-hydroxylase, or...?
I will have to get back to you on the specifics of what enzymes systems are affected by B-5.
This will ensure that the adrenal reserves do not become depleted and lead to irratibilty...
...I've always personally associated that specific with the pre-adrenal, namely dopamine, ever since my lobelidine-group days...
...lack of energy and a fucked up sleep/wake cycle sucks, though...
Dopamine supplementation would downregulate dopamine receptors, IMHO. This would result in a worse feeling when you ceased supplementation than when you started it. B-5 as I have stated, is a nutrient for the adrenals and nourishes them, facilitating their normal functions. On the contrary, adminsitration of DHEA or any catecholamine will in a sense, replace the adrenal functions, facilitating atrophy and Parkinsonism. Catacholamine abuse will rapidly deteriorate the adrenals. First hysteria, then depletion, then exhaustion, then your fucked and you do not want to go on anymore, problems seem worse and worse...
Interestingly enough, my adrenals were completely fucked from wrestling endurance practices and fasting to lose weight. It forced me to think more about things b/c I almost died and recovered very slowly, which forced me to launch an investigation of my own physiology. This investigation after many fruitless leads, came to adrenal exhaustion. So I followed some rejuvenation guidelines and everything just kept getting better. :)
Well, that's it for now. I can most likely dig up much more information upon request. ;)