fractal enchantment said:
..he was thinkning 15-20mg of harmalas, plus 25mg spice, per hit.. than infuse that into cappi..
That sounds about right.
Some more info (not completely scientific, harmala doses could possibly go lower, but just passing along info):
- 100mg impure rue fb + 100mg spice FB + 200mg 10x enhanced passion flower
- 200mg THH HCL + 200mg spice FB + 500mg lavender / wild dagga (~70/30 ratio)
- 200mg THH HCL + 200mg Harmaline FB + 500mg spice FB + 1gm lavender / wild dagga (~70/30 ratio)
Anecdotally, ~30mg smoked impure rue extract is sufficient to strengthen and extend smoked spice, so it makes sense to use less in changa as you would be smoking more changa repeatedly (vs. smoking an amount of harmalas first separately, and then smoking spice several times afterwards before the harmalas wear off).
Would be very interested to hear from other people experimenting with this. Amount of harmalas could likely go much lower. It would be useful to do several tests with differing amounts of harmalas but no other changes (ie: same amount of spice, same amount of leaf, same amount of solvent) to determine what the threshold minimum level could be.
Harmalas do mess with your physiology. While they are not true MAOIs, they are RIMAs, "RIMAs increase the amount of noradrenaline and serotonin in the brain and can work as antidepressants". Side effects can include "dizziness, agitation, sleep disturbance, and tremors". Since changa is potentially so convenient it is probably not a good idea to be chronically ingesting harmalas. It could likely have poor long term effects on mood, depression, anxiety, etc. and there are "slight withdrawal effects" to RIMAs as well. The biggest issue with true changa though (infused leaf that contains harmalas as well as spice), is that people must be safe and careful with themselves and people they smoke with. RIMAs should not be combined with recreational SRIs, "SSRI antidepresants, Narcotic analgesics, stimulant drugs, or Selegiline."
Source -
http://www.bluepages.anu.edu.au/treatments/what_works/medical_treatments/antidep_rimas
Be safe.
That last recipe is the winner BTW, very euphoric. More like Pharmahuasca than smoked spice. There is a high ratio of leaf to spice but lots of harmalas also. So it is a very slow, easy going, non head smashing, smoke. Slow deep packed bowl, or slow joint with friends. Comes on very very slowly, long rounded peak, very body buzzy in a nice sparkly way, harmala mood lift remains long afterwards. Visuals don't come on until the second of third good sized hit (since the spice level is relatively low, it takes time first for the harmalas to do their thing).
soulfood - thanks for the tip on slow evapping. The red stickiness observed occured when trying to evap a small amount outside in the sun on a hot dry day. The same recipe was repeated, done indoors (with proper safe ventilation) in a more humid environment taking ~8 hours to evap instead of 1 and there was no stickiness. Leaf dried completely and cleanly with no residue!
LLB - thanks for the ethanol tip, sounds promising. 190 proof is not available everywhere though.