iamdave wrote:Wolfnippletip wrote:I despine with needlenose pliers (grip and roll, rather than pluck), slice it up into strips and then freeze/thaw it twice to break down the cell walls and loosen the harder outer skin. Remove the outer skin then liquify in a blender with about 8 ounces of lemon juice. Add the foamy green slime to the biggest cooking pot you have and low boil it til it cooks down to a manageable amount (about 20 minutes). Simmer for about an hour and a half, adding water if needed. Let cool and strain through a t-shirt.
Chug it in the morning, unless you don't mind staying up all night. Enjoy the purge.
Thanks for the suggestions! I'll make sure to do that.
Good advices given by Wolfnippletip.
I have done this only once, with Peruvianus and Pachanoi. It was really perfect by slicing them, freezing them then blending them, without removing the outer skin, since we decided to experiment the whole plant effect and we red that the outer skin was responsible, at least partially, of the purging effects. By the way, I appreciated the purge as a purifying step in the experience!
After blending our cacti, we blended them and gently boiled them during 6 hours, adding some fresh water each time it was necessary. Didn't add lemon juice but the water we used was from a lightly acidic stream (pH 5,5).
After that, we filtered, through a coton shirt, and then reduced the resulting juice to 700 ml. What will need to be improved next time, to me, is this step: this resulting juice had a bitter taste, but not disgusting. What was really awfull was the texture: each sip was like swallowing a dead slug! It took me one hour to drink 250ml... So, I think we shouldn't have reduced that much the cactus juice, it would have been easier to drink!
To finish: I don't know about letting your cutings behind a window, I heard it was better to keep them 2 to 4 weeks in the dark before to consume them, that's what I did, in the middle of the growing season, without watering them during one month before to take the cuttings.
This said, it was a really great experience, I think, to this day, my favorite one with any psychedelic! I wish you the best, let us know how it was for you.
Peace