Following extraction is relatively efficient.
You need acid "A" (Hydrochloride, vinegar or acetic acid), defatting
solution "B" (Methylene chloride, naphta, acetone), base "C" (Ammonium
hydroxide, lye), kettle, filter or cheesecloth, two containers, extraction
funnel [or turkey baster =)], pH meter or paper.
Find all this equipment, read and understand how the extraction works,
and find a place you can do it in. Harvest.
If you have fresh grass, place it in freezer overnight. Next morning
take it out, let it soften just a bit and place it in blender or juicer
or chopper and blow it to pieces. If you want to be thorough, you can
freeze it again after first chopping, and chop again next morning. This
is done to rupture the cells of the plant to free as much of the alkaloids
as possible.
Dried grass pulverizes (literally!) easily in blender. Dont open the lid
immediately, or some of your finest powder will float away.
Add small amounts of water to make the mush/powder pourable. This is
called Mixture. You can now begin.
[1] Converting alkaloids to salts.
Add acid ( "A" ) to the Mixture to bring the pH down to 5.
Add small amounts, check pH, add small etc. etc.
Alkaloids react with the acid and form salts. To ensure that large portion
of the alkaloids really do this, give the Mixture time and some heat (less
than 50 C); dont boil. Simmer it overnight with a lid on.
[2] Removing unwanted oils.
Place the Mixture in the funnel. Add 10% of the Mixtures volume of
defatting solvent ( "B" ). Shake. Shake. Shake. Let the Mixture and the
solvent separate; they will form two different layers, and oils and fats
will move to the solvent layer.
Separate solvent and Mixture layers, and throw away the solvent layer.
Mixture no longer has solvent-soluble oils or fats.
[3] Converting the alkaloid-salts to freebase-form.
Add base ( "C" ) to the Mixture to bring the pH up to 9.5.
Add small amounts, check pH, add small etc. etc.
Alkaloid-salts react with the base and convert into freebase-form, making
them non-water soluble, but soluble to your solvent ( "B" ).
[4] Removing the alkaloids from the Mixture.
This is similar to step 2.
Add 10% of the Mixtures volume of solvent ( "B" ). Shake. Shake. Shake hard.
Wait until the solvent and Mixture form different layers.
Separate solvent and mixture. Put the solvent (which now holds some
of the alkaloids) in some container to wait.
Repeat [4] three more times, and wait a week each time before separating
the solvent and the mixture.
[5] Preparing the alkaloids for smoking.
Place the solvents in some shallow container and allow to evaporate.
Do this in either very well ventilated space or outside. No smoking or
open fire near the solvent. This takes several days.
Solvent evaporates, leaving behind orange (color varies) substance, that
may be hard or gummy. Scrape this off the container. You now have extracted
DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, Bufotenine and some other alkaloids from the plants.
