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2. Place the ground up leaves in a polyethylene container with a well sealing
polyethylene top. Polyethylene will not dissolve in isopropyl alcohol. Neither will glass
but the rubber seals on glass jar lids may, so stick to polyethylene containers.
3. Add enough 91% isopropyl alcohol to cover the leaf material twice over. 91%
isopropyl alcohol is available in pharmacies over the counter. It is used by some
diabetics to sterilize reusable insulin syringes, and is pharmaceutical grade (very pure).
4. Shake the alcohol leaf powder mixture twice daily for at least a couple of days. The
longer you do this the more complete the extraction will be. Leaving the material sit in
a closet for weeks or even months will not hurt the final product. But two days with
good shaking may be all that is needed.
5. If all the leaf material has not settled to the bottom of the container you will have to
filter. Filtration is possible using cheese cloth for preliminary filtration followed by
filtering through a coffee filter. If you left the container sit long enough you can skip the
filtration step as all the leaf material will have sedimented out. If it has just decant the
alcohol which was now greenish black in color.
6. Pout the more or less particle free green black isopropyl alcohol crude fluid extract
into a Pyrex baking dish.
7. If weather permits evaporate it outdoors. Just cover with a clean aluminum screen
and let it evaporate at ambient temperature. If indoor evaporation is necessary set it
next to an exhaust fan for 48 hours.
8. Once all the alcohol has evaporated the mixture will no longer smell like rubbing
alcohol but may contain water and be slimy. Expect a wet slimy greenish-black
material to be coating the Pyrex baking dish. Once it no longer smells of alcohol place
the pan in a 150 degree oven for a couple of hours. You may want to crack the oven
open about an inch to let any residual alcohol vapors escape.
9. At this point the material in the pan should be a crust of film coating the pan. Open
the oven and remove the pan from the oven and let it cool some but not down to room
temperature.
10. With a plastic spatula scrape the black tar-like material off. There will be a lot of
scraping. The scrapings are the stuff you want so don’t throw them out! Place these
scrapings into a plastic bag. When there is no more that can be scraped out of the pan
take the scrapings in your hands (make sure they are clean first) and using your fingers
roll the scrapings into a ball. Your fingers will become coated with the tarry soft
extract.
11. Place the ball back into the plastic bag and let it cool to room temperature. As it
does it will become stiffer.
12. The material can be stored at room temperature in a sealed plastic bag. It will
probably keep a very long time.
13. To measure a dose, scoop out a tiny piece with a small measuring spoon e.g. 1./4 tsp
size. Fill the measuring spoon with the extract. Since this is strong stuff and 1/4 tsp. is a
large dose so you may want to use an 1/8 tsp. measure, or alternatively measure 1/4 tsp.
and then cut than in half to get approximately 1/8 tsp.
14. To use, place the dose under your tongue. Lie down in a quiet place with dim
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