Another Tincture Thread - Try it, You'll like it

I posted a link to a company a few days ago and there are many more. Terpenes can be pricey, though.

 

My personal choice would be to get a good strain that I know will knock me out if I toke just a little bit, something like Afgani, and make a natural decarb GD out of it to keep the terpenes. You know me, I'm into the natural profiles. I might consider adding some terpinolene/myrcene.

Help is on the horizon. There are now CBN products out now and there will be CBN isolate available to the general public soon. There's already wholesalers.

 

Of course. That will make it 10g per ounce. In my opinion that's too strong. You need to get control if you want to continue to use cannabis for medical uses. By "control" I mean that you should find the dosage that works for your needs otherwise you're going to run your tolerance up to the point it will no longer be sustainable. That's called "titration". You start at a higher dosage that definitely treats your symptoms then each day after that, do a drop or two less until it's no longer effective. Raise it to the lowest effective dose and that's your titration point.

For that 20g I would use 4-5oz of alcohol for the reconstitution. You don't want to knock your tolerance out of the park right away but that is up to you.

Is this still the 151? You don't need to do the full evaporation with 190.

 

That's sediment left over from your filtering. You can filter it or leave it like that.

 

Not without a lot of equipment and material. It's probably going to be about the same cost as CBD isolate.

 

We've already determined that from the lab tests of older material. You can't make the isolate in your kitchen. We've spent pages and pages on CBN. This is nothing new except that isolate will soon be available. There are CBN products already on the market.

 

Mainly sedative but has other good benefits, too. 5mg of CBN is supposed to be the equivalent of 10mg of diazepam but it doesn't seem so to me.
https://www.leafly.com/news/cannabis-101/what-is-cbn-and-what-are-the-benefits-of-this-cannabinoid

 

170°-180°F should do it well enough but you may need to increase it depending on your alcohol volume. It doesn't really matter too much how fast you do it. I've done it fast and slowly. Very little of the terpenes survived the decarb so it's not like you need to be gentle. It can depend on how good of a ventilation system you have. 173°F is the vapor point of ethanol but it will start bubbling long before that. I like a nice low rolling boil for my personal tinctures that aren't naturally decarbed.

 

I've actually used a 5mg dosage of CBN a few times as has my friend. Tested by a lab. There's no intoxication to it at all and the head is clear, too clear, the next morning. It's nothing like the benzo it's compared with, a complete 180° in my opinion. I've gotten loaded on 10mg of diazepam and the CBN is much different. The actual effects of the CBN has been hit or miss. More research needed.

 

Is that the same Diesel or did you use another strain like you were going to? It sounds a lot to me like you're driving up your tolerance. I suggest that you take a break for a couple of days then start using it for your medical needs instead of psychoactivity. You can't keep using it in large doses. It's like narcotics because those CB1 receptors need higher and higher stimulation.

Take it from someone who has had to adapt in the same way, cannabis ingestion will change the way you think about marijuana. Of course, it can be good as a recreational experience but not full time otherwise it won't meet your medical needs. I have decided I need the medical benefits more than the recreational pleasure. I still need to get stoned for my head's sake but I toke for that. It's really something that each of us has to balance for ourselves.

You're still learning and boy howdy, is there a lot to learn. Take your time to learn the nuances. You'll benefit and so will your patients.