I should be getting my salvia leaves any day now. I looked into extraction and it don't look hard but it does get confusing. Here's what i got so far. I take leaves and put in acetone + stir. Then it says stuff I don't get. Can somebody please simplify this for me!!!

It's cheaper and safer to buy pre-made fortifications like 5x or 20x, but if ur doing it yourself I would recommend investing a little money in buying some ACS reagent grade chemicals. Hardware store bought Acetone is notorious for containing metals and other dissolved crap that can do some decent damage to ur head, unlike the salvia. Otherwise, take the salvia and grind it up to a fine powder, dissolve it in just enough acetone to cover the plant matter, pour it through filter paper and boil off the acetone while keeping it from being exposed to too much light ESPECIALLY UV. Once u have a dark waxy substance pour naptha over that and white crystals should precipitate from the solution, that is the salvinorin A, multiple washes in each step increase yield and purity.

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Holy shit man, salvia is amazing. I had one toke of 20x held it in for 30 secs and had a really "funny" 5 min trip lol , you've got to get it.
I got a 20x standardized gram of it, and its not cheap. But well worth it WellCoolStuff.com :: Home - Cannabis Seeds, Legal Highs, Pipes, Bongs, Blunts and T-shirts you can get it.

Fifty dollars for one gram of salvia extract? Why does it cost more than coke?

Well really its just because they make it 20 times stronger than the original leaf. There is salvia growing all over really, it doesnt require any looking after to grow, so you might think its a lot. But I think its expensive to make it stronger and you have to know what your doing which is why it costs a much. That or wellcoolstuff just rips you off.

Common salvia (salvia officinalis) grows all over, yes. It's one of the simplest plants to grow. Salvia divinorum, however, does take quite a bit of care. It's a fragile plant, extremely sensitive to its environment, and requires a lot of initial humidity when grown from a commercial cutting. They are not the same subspecies. Salvia divinorum has been grown from clones for a very long time (centuries, if not millenia), and thus takes a green thumb to grow since it is not as hardy as its garden-variety cousin.

And you're right. Because it is a standardised extract, it is more expensive; it is several times the relative strength of the original leaf. But the primary reason is because of commercialism; the plant is in high demand, and thus, they mark up the price quite a bit.

Limpbiskit66, if you have specific questions on the extraction process, PM me. I'd be more than happy to help you, but what you asked is a bit broad. Basically, you want to utilize a polar and non-polar extraction (which will extract various parts of the plant, thusly purifying it in the process). Most salvia extractions require very little expertise, and are simpler than you'd think. I wouldn't recommend acetone as a solvent though.

I would, however, recommend a good fortified leaf over a pure extract, since you'll need something to smoke it on anyway. This obviously depends on how much leaf you'll be receiving, as well as the quality of it.

~Ethno

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