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So, in my mind, this post...happening right now...was to be completed around 9am. Tops...10am. I have managed to move around at a snail's pace all day while enjoying making some meds. Wonderful positive vibes in the kitchen from the onset of the day. Some days, I find I barely have a moment to post what's on my mind. Well, maybe that's for a good reason. Because, something deep inside is telling me that I have a good philosophical point I need to make...but I'm too lit to remember what that point was.
I do know that it all started this morning with motivation! Enough of it to do something that I have wanted to get done for the past 3 years. A pain relief salve infused with cannabis. I know...doesn't seem like that difficult of a thing. Why wait 3 years?! I agree! Trust me...It is a major character flaw and working towards fixing that. Something I do a few times a year is make coconut oil infusions. This is the base for the pain salve recipe I will be working on later this evening.
My morning actually started last week and restarted yesterday afternoon. Yeah...just move on. It was part of the plan. So last night, I finished decarbing some cured flower harvested on 10/2/21 from Girl Scout Cookies #8 from my outdoor garden. It was from my 3rd harvest off that plant. In total, I processed 4 decarbed ounces in this batch of oil. I decarbed 2 oz a couple weeks ago. Yes. My plan was to do this 2 weeks ago.
Moving on...I used a little over 4 cups of unrefined cold-pressed coconut oil. I ran two batches of 2 oz dried material to 2 cups of oil.
I have been using the @MagicalButter machine I believe since around the time I became a member here. Anyway, I use my machine at 160°F and process the herb and oil with 1Tbs Sunflower Lecithin per cup of oil. I run my machine for a 4 hr total infusion.
I started it last night and let it rest the whole night until this morning. That was part of the plan. It would give the material ample time to settle and reduce the amount of the plant material was in the oil.
I scraped the sides away from the oil and into a jar. All material will be salvaged for long term infusion. More on that at a later date.
This was the first pass through the 190 micron filter. All this will be saved and scraped into a "waste" jar.
And now, the first of many passes through the 73 micron filter.
But first, let's try some of that first run in my coffee! Unknown amount and unknown strength of oil at this point.
And now, I run the oil back and forth through the 73 micron filter at least 4 or 5 times. Each time, scraping the material away from the filter and putting it in the waste jar.
I ended up with 400mL or 1¾ cups of infused oil.
I'm running another batch of oil with the "waste" from the first run and another 2oz of fresh decarbed flower. The process was the same. The oil infusion time says 1 hr on the MB machine. I have always infused longer. I am not saying that it is better. I just thought I should mention it.
I did an initial test on the oil and it was out of measuring range straight. I then diluted it 10:1 with MCT oil. Then it was too weak. So I added more oil to make it 5:1 ratio and I got back a reading of 3.3 mg/mL x 5 is estimated to be 15 mg/mL for my "concentrate" oil. I ran the test again at 2.5:1 and got a return of 4.4 mg/mL x 2.5 gets back an estimated 11 mg/ml for the concentrated oil.
9 mLs of concentrate oil to 30 mLs of MCT oil. This is for a sublingual micro dosage. This is the same ratio as before but larger volume and tested similarly at 5.3 mg/mL or x2.5 at 13.25 mg/mL for the concentrated oil.
These are estimated calculations using a tCheck device. I base my actual findings on personal trial and error. I knew my morning coffee experience was excellent and very affective at leaving me happy, relaxed, and mentally numb to pain. I could medicate with the concentrate or dilute it and make micro-dosages of various items.
So this was the start of my pain relieving salve. It all starts with a base and this is it. When I finish the salve and have pictures, I will post it here.
I do know that it all started this morning with motivation! Enough of it to do something that I have wanted to get done for the past 3 years. A pain relief salve infused with cannabis. I know...doesn't seem like that difficult of a thing. Why wait 3 years?! I agree! Trust me...It is a major character flaw and working towards fixing that. Something I do a few times a year is make coconut oil infusions. This is the base for the pain salve recipe I will be working on later this evening.
My morning actually started last week and restarted yesterday afternoon. Yeah...just move on. It was part of the plan. So last night, I finished decarbing some cured flower harvested on 10/2/21 from Girl Scout Cookies #8 from my outdoor garden. It was from my 3rd harvest off that plant. In total, I processed 4 decarbed ounces in this batch of oil. I decarbed 2 oz a couple weeks ago. Yes. My plan was to do this 2 weeks ago.
Moving on...I used a little over 4 cups of unrefined cold-pressed coconut oil. I ran two batches of 2 oz dried material to 2 cups of oil.
I have been using the @MagicalButter machine I believe since around the time I became a member here. Anyway, I use my machine at 160°F and process the herb and oil with 1Tbs Sunflower Lecithin per cup of oil. I run my machine for a 4 hr total infusion.
I started it last night and let it rest the whole night until this morning. That was part of the plan. It would give the material ample time to settle and reduce the amount of the plant material was in the oil.
I scraped the sides away from the oil and into a jar. All material will be salvaged for long term infusion. More on that at a later date.
This was the first pass through the 190 micron filter. All this will be saved and scraped into a "waste" jar.
And now, the first of many passes through the 73 micron filter.
But first, let's try some of that first run in my coffee! Unknown amount and unknown strength of oil at this point.
And now, I run the oil back and forth through the 73 micron filter at least 4 or 5 times. Each time, scraping the material away from the filter and putting it in the waste jar.
I ended up with 400mL or 1¾ cups of infused oil.
I'm running another batch of oil with the "waste" from the first run and another 2oz of fresh decarbed flower. The process was the same. The oil infusion time says 1 hr on the MB machine. I have always infused longer. I am not saying that it is better. I just thought I should mention it.
I did an initial test on the oil and it was out of measuring range straight. I then diluted it 10:1 with MCT oil. Then it was too weak. So I added more oil to make it 5:1 ratio and I got back a reading of 3.3 mg/mL x 5 is estimated to be 15 mg/mL for my "concentrate" oil. I ran the test again at 2.5:1 and got a return of 4.4 mg/mL x 2.5 gets back an estimated 11 mg/ml for the concentrated oil.
9 mLs of concentrate oil to 30 mLs of MCT oil. This is for a sublingual micro dosage. This is the same ratio as before but larger volume and tested similarly at 5.3 mg/mL or x2.5 at 13.25 mg/mL for the concentrated oil.
These are estimated calculations using a tCheck device. I base my actual findings on personal trial and error. I knew my morning coffee experience was excellent and very affective at leaving me happy, relaxed, and mentally numb to pain. I could medicate with the concentrate or dilute it and make micro-dosages of various items.
So this was the start of my pain relieving salve. It all starts with a base and this is it. When I finish the salve and have pictures, I will post it here.
