This has been through animal testing at an "unamed" college for effectiveness on neural degeneration due to glaucoma and has been proven in four rounds of testing to be more effective at preventing degeneration than any other single natural or artificial cannabinoid by over 100%. Administration as a sugar/alcohol emulsion has quite different effects than oil suspensions or foods or even tinctures.
I am quite proud of this product and it has been of much use medicinally
Whiterasta's honey elixir;
A tincture is made from 190 proof ethanol using high resin content material by grinding into a flour and covering with 1/4" per pint of alcohol or 1 inch per gallon.macerate for a moon and strain.
Reserve the alcohol and begin preparing other ingredients.
Having an aproximate idea of the volume of resin disolved is handy for the smoothest elixir.In my batches i use 1500ml EtOH/224g of sugar trim and bud this works out with my strain to just over 50 ml of resin 22+% by weight.
Take an equal amount of lecithin (I use powdered) and smoothly disolve in a minimum of water with a little heat.
Now THIS STAGE IS FLAMABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND MUST ONLY BE PERFORMED OUTSIDE ON AN ELECTRIC HOTPLATE! In fact I have hesitated releasing this recipe for its ability to blow up if done by an inexperienced person over a gas stove! Please do this portion with open ventilation and NO open sources of ignition!
The reserved tincture is placed in a heavy large S/S kettle or a crock pot (works well due to enclosed heat source).
I can usually get back with vigorous pressing of the marc aproximately 1200ml+
The liquified lecithin is added along with 750ml pure honey and stirred to homogeneity.
Begin slowly bringing this to a boil while stirring aggressivly but without slopping out the mix.
NOTE at this point distillation is the most proper method of safely removing and recovering the alcohol,which if the alcohol is used several times becomes a cannabis brandy containing many interesting compounds amd flavors(mostly terpinoids and related aromatics) and can be used as a cordial once the proof has dropped below 150.
The mixture in the pot will start by swirling light and dark green as the resins are emulsified by the lecithin and then begin to boil.
Turn it down to a simmer and watch carefully while stirring to prevent boilover.
Reduce this mixture down to 850mls and cool.
At this point you have a double strength syrup which is holding the cannabinoids in suspension. The key is leaving a small amount of alcohol in the syrup ,<10-15% , to keep the syrup from becoming to thick. This will keep it's effectiveness under refrigeration for many,many months.
Should one continue the boil until all alcohol is removed then it is possible to make lozenges of the honey by standard candy making techniques just watch your temps or you will vaporize some of the active ingredients.
This elixir, due to its extreme concentration will separate over time so must be shaken well prior to administering.
Using my strain, and at the concentration stated, dosage of elixir is 1/4tsp-2tblsp depending on ones tolerance to oral preps and severity of the symptoms it is used for.
Most people find it much quicker relief than oil extracts, this due to it piggy backing through the digestive sugar pathways rather than the fat pathway used by oils, and it can be made many multiples stonger than tincture or oils by changing the reduction ratio of honey/tincture.There are limits on the amount of resin which can be disolved in an oil or alcohol. These limits are superceded by creating a suspension. I personaly have created elixirs of 1g/ml concentrations, however these are more sweet tars than easily administered syrup.
Some of the uses of this product are;
Chronic pain
nausea
calming violent autistic behavior
influenza
viral infections
sleep disorders
Neuralgia
and the list goes on...
I also add a quantity of real vannilla for flavor and IMHO a synergism which makes the elixir more effective(we have vannilloid receptors in our nervous system)
I hope this is of help to some of you, and again I caution you regarding the reduction of the alcoholic fraction.
Bon Chance!
WR
PS Hey F&B, this is VERY tasy in a cup of hot milk
