There is an easy way to make enteric coating for capsules. I found out how to do it last night. It’s actually pretty easy. You coat the capsule with a few coats of food grade shellac dissolved in alcohol and let it evaporate. The gelatin capsules are insoluble in alcohol so they won’t melt. Food grade shellac is non-toxic and has been used for this purpose for many years.

I think we should have a thread solely devoted to making your own enteric coated capsules. This is very useful for a lot of drugs.

SWIM has ordered some food grade shellac and will be trying this with 80% pure elemicin very shortly. The method is simple. Fill the capsule with elemicin, close the capsule, paint it with shellac dissolved in alcohol, then dry it. This should allow the capsule to bypass the stomach.

As soon as the elemicin and shellac arrive SWIM will post a trip report on it.