Hello people, half year ago i got myself (legally) Banisteriopsis Caapi extract 30:1 in paste form, it was more like a hard mud ,had to break it down into smaller pieces, i already made two brews from it, i was supposed to only pour boiling water over it then drink it, first one had no effect overall besides next day in work i felt like crap and my blood pressure wasnt ok i was dizzy, due to not caring much about tyramine diet, the second time i took more of it and went out in a park, besides i could totally relax myself again it had no much effect positive or negative. Could be my extract poor in alkaloids or i have to prepare the drink differently ? let it boil for few hours so it releases from the paste into the water ?

Hi I also used that paste. I found that it did the job regarding harmalas. You don't have to boil it for hours. How many grams of paste have you used? I use for example 8-10 g of it

the entire package is 25g , which equals to 750g of raw yellow caapi , so you say 10g? that would equal 300g of caapi , what effects am i supposed to experience at that dose ? cuz i used like 3-5 max one teaspoon basically, i mean long term i felt better and the felt like depression was lifting from me, i know you are not supposed to be hallucinating from it and such, but i found no experience reports on b.caapi uses alone.

theoretically 10 g of paste extract at 30:1 should equal 300 g of vine but in practice it didn't for me.If you are scared just start from 4 g or something and up your dosage gradually. You know you have enough harmala when you are nauseous and can't get up from bed, and with a good dosage you will see visual tracers.You will feel sick for 3-4 hours but yes they do provide a mood glow in the next day

and how much water hot should i pour over the 10g of that extract? like 100ml ? and drink the bottom too? or only the liquid ?

it doesn't matter, whatever will help you down it easier. Don't worry it will still taste terrible no matter what you do to it, drinking only the liquid is fine.

It is difficult to generalize on the potency of these extracts. As you have probably seen, many vendors have different types of caapi extracts/pastes. In my experience they vary in terms of potency.

On another note, I used to microdose that stuff (maybe a pea-sized portion every second or third day and felt it had similar effects like psilocybin microdosing - overall enhanced mood, more relaxed mind and body and slightly enhanced cognitive abilities. Some say it is healthy (e.g. antiviral and antioxidant), but I am not sure about such claims; it subjectively felt healthy to me though.