Medicine preservation

[dithyramb]

I have a question regarding the long term preservation of DMT containing plant brews (all of them - from chacruna to mimosa and beyond). In your experience, how long do they keep their potency and quality when stored airtight in a fridge? And a second, important question: is freezing a viable option for long term storage? Does it reduce the potency and/or quality upon thawing?

You can reply about the full Ayahuasca brew or rue also.

About rue brew, my experience is that it loses its original sharpness within a few days of opening the lid and deteriorates fast after that, but I haven't studied it when it is stored airtight without using it.

 

[Sakkadelic]

About rue brew, my experience is that it loses its original sharpness within a few days of opening the lid and deteriorates fast after that, but I haven't studied it when it is stored airtight without using it.

By deteriorate you mean losing potency?
In terms of spoilage, does it stay ok for a week in the fridge?

 

[ABe©eDarian]

Can just preserve them indefinitely as long as you have a living freezer. Here's what I do. Most recently with MHRB tea concentrate. 200 grams of rootbark thoroughly brewed. Strained well in the process of evaporating and reducing it to just below 2 liters. Then, with thorough mixing while still warm to get it all uniform, bring it back up to 2 liters precisely. I use good Reverse Osmosis water for this instead of the garbage city tap water. Then 200mL goes in each of 10 of these cleaned 237mL Boost bottles. So the space left unfilled in each bottle leaves room for ice expansion. 10 Boost bottles labeled as MHRB go into a freezer. 5 grams MHRB potency per 50mL, 20 grams MHRB potency per 200mL in each of 10 bottles. 25mL = 2.5g worth of MHRB potency and so on and so forth. Never fails. Thaw and melt and shake prior to using doses out of each bottle.

 

[Vikukshi]

I am intrested in this also, because i have one bottle in refrigerator for like 15 years already.

 

[blig-blug]

I am intrested in this also, because i have one bottle in refrigerator for like 15 years already.

That's a lot. What plant material was it? If it's some tannin rich plant, there's a chance that it's still good. But I personally wouldn't risk it: even if there's no problem, I wouldn't want to be worrying during the experience if something I feel is from the effects or food poisoning. The botulinum producing bacteria are able to grow in cold environments. If it's a DMT containing brew, maybe you could extract the DMT. I don't know if that would avoid extracting any potential toxins, though.

 

[Transform]

For long-term storage of brews outside of a freezer, I would recommend adding pure alcohol to make up 22% ABV ("44° proof US"). Acetic acid also acts as a preservative at around 4% concentration or higher, but it's easier to boil off excess alcohol than having to deal with a really acidic brew.