Wow! Great to have a reply. I'll be giving those dill seeds a try sometime. I love dill essential oil - even just the smell :want:
My nutmeg tincture got me through the winter quite nicely - I don't think eating nutmeg nor its essential oil would compare favourably to this and I have no intention of finding out. People speak of eating an ounce of nutmeg whereas an effective dose of the tincture corresponds to much less than a teaspoon of the spice. What I will say for nutmeg tincture is that, for me at least, it makes sleep deprivation very easy to cope with. Of course, that is on a one-off, occasional basis. It's no substitute for a decent night's sleep - just a fun thing to do if you haven't had one.
Also I have tried the space booze approach. This was even more interesting. I made a distilled extract using the volatile components of the space paste mixture, including soaked almonds (actually, apricot kernels, but they are more or less functionally identical. Just don't poison yourselves, please!) The effects of this distilled tincture were noticeable at
5 drops!!! I kid you not. This potion also greatly improves the flavour of a G&T
Some of this distilled potion was then used to extract a full space paste mixture, producing a sort of "double space booze", a bright yellow liquid with quite a bite to it. I've not yet had the courage to try more than a small taster as I seem to be always waiting for the effects of whatever previous experiment to wear off. Suffice to say, it brings a certain sparkle to proceedings. I'm not convinced that much larger doses would bring any particular benefit. These days I'm more into improved social function, sensory enhancement and a bit of a body high than anything too far-out. Medicine rather than incapacitation... Also, the benzaldehyde seems to hang around on the breath for an undesirably long time so I wouldn't use the doubled up approach if repeating this recipe. As well I suspect it's the apricot kernels are a bit stronger than almonds would be.
All of this seems to inexorably lead towards the reinvention of Aquavit, Jaegermeister and Absinthe.
What I may well do, strictly in the name of science, is testing of
distilled nutmeg tincture and thereafter, double nutmeg tincture for comparison. This will give some indication of the relative role of volatile and fixed components in the nutmeg syndrome.
One final note is that my cognition seems improved subsequent to the subjective cognitive impairment during the nutmeg tincture experience. Maybe I just caught up on lost sleep, however.
Coming soon- reports on tincture of dill seed and possibly "double tincture of dill seed".
P.S. Lysurgeon - what sort of dose of the dill tincture did you find to be effective, and of course, how many grams of seeds per what volume of what strength alcohol?