Is the alkaloids the ones to smoke, or do you have to make it an .HCl first.
And last, is the alkaloid extraction really as simple as i've read ?
The one i've choosen says :
Put the crushed rootbarks in water with an acid + a solvent (ether etc.)
Pour the solvent off, and make it basic.
Use a solvent to absorp the alkaloids, the evaporate.
http://dmt.lycaeum.org/extract/yoda.html (http://dmt.lycaeum.org/extract/yoda.html)
This method has worked for a lot of people. There's lots of info about extraction methods on the lycaeum and erowid.orgIs it possible for lye to cross over into your DCM after you add it to the basified aqueous solution? Reason I ask is because after I smoked my product, my lungs felt SEVERELY torched for a couple days, like I had burned them chemically or something. Mild shortness of breath, etc. I almost went in to see a doctor about it. I felt fine again after a few days, but now I'm wondering what kind of damage I might have done...
I was thinking maybe some lye went into the DCM, and after evaporation, my product was contaminated with it (I didn't do the optional purification steps described in the Yoda extraction).
Anyone know if this is likely or unlikely? I suppose washing the DCM with water before evaporating it would have taken care of any lye...
And by da way, thanks for the useful link (https://www.thevespiary.org/rhodium/Rhodium/hive/hiveboard/picproxie_docs/000127052-file_6zdu.gif)
-Methex
To remove suspended drops of NaOH solution you either have to dry the solution, e.g. with MgSO4, K2CO3, or Na2SO4, or to do a simple washing step with water.