Does anyone REALLY use tincture?

I've taken tinctures, edibles (lollipops, Cheeba Chews, brownies, cookies), and prerolled joints on trips. Never had a problem but Nothing's labels and all are in packaging that doesn't raise eyebrows when going through security. Remember TSA is looking in your bag for explosives. Make sure your tincture is in the proper sized bottles.

My buddy gave my wife a bottle of his tincture for Christmas. Now that is a gift that keeps on giving. 2 ml will rock you.

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Originally Posted by copobo

while it doesn't leave you stoned off your ass as the same amount cooked whole in a brownie, the pain relief qualities are remarkable. i did my last glycerin run in 260 degree oil bath. It's a hobby trying to get better extraction/conversion for me. I only use dry sift kief. The higher temp with the oil baths made a big difference, but I think there's much room to get better. I've done plenty of green dragon, and agree the extract is much greater/stonier but I find the pain relief and speed of relief to be better with glycerin. ymmv



I use an oz of kief to 1 cup glycerin, so I'm not sure that it would be cost effective to sell it. I use a teaspoon dose for spine issues and muscle spasms.

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I prefer a pure glycerin extract too pretty much for the same reasons. Finding one on shelf is hard to find though.

Here is the method I've been using for a while now with great success. You can use as much or as little hash to come out with the potency you desire, presently I use a 1/2 gram of hash to each 1 oz bottle and use half a dropper for newbs or 1 to 2 full droppers for a regular user.:stoned:

My wife and daughter use the tinctures for migrains with great success.:thumbsup:


Here it is, it's known as a propylene glycol based tincture and only takes a few hours to make. Mixing vegetable glycerine and ethanol (everclear) will give you propylene glycol, a known food additive. I also add distilled water and Loran propylene glycol based flavors (hard candy flavoring) to the hash. Good stuff for sure as this tincture is tasty and potent.

I like to use the bubble bags to make hash out of the MJ, making sure to press all the water out. I find it's easier to measure how much is going into the tincture. I have also found that one quarter of some good stuff is about 1 gram of hash when ran through the bags. I use 2parts glycerine to 1part distilled water to 1part everclear as the base.

If not able to use bags, then convert the bud to hash using the green dragon method, again using the 1 quarter ounce to 1gram of hash conversion, not as accurate as bubble bags but not too far off. One plus is you won't have to mix it as much to break down the trichs by using the green dragon method of extraction. Boil off as much of the everclear needed to get the right mixture.

For example, if I use one gram of hash, it gives me two one ounce bottles of tincture, just multiply using the formula, if you have more bud or hash to make tincture with. So for one gram of hash I break it down in 2 ounces of everclear then boil off 1-1/2 ounces in a hot water bath, then mix with 1/2 ounce of distilled water and 1 ounce of vegetable glycerine for a total of 2 fluid ounces.

I like that I can make it in small amounts if necessary. I have seen others use one gram of hash for a one ounce bottle of tincture but prefer two bottles tincture with half a gram each instead.

I start by putting the hash in the oven at 300*F for ten minutes to decarboxylate and then add it to two ounces of the ever clear to break it down. I shake it in a canning jar with a wire whisk ball inside to help break down the hash, which usually takes a few hours of good shaking.

I then reduce the everclear by boiling most of it off in a hot water bath (use much caution, research it if you're not familiar with this, it's easy just be safe and again, research) to one half ounce and add one half ounce of distilled water and one ounce of vegetable glycerine. I then shake it well and add it to my little dropper bottles. I also started adding the Loran flavorings, good stuff, I like the pomegranite and watermelon. I add about 4 drops of flavoring to 1 ounce bottle of tincture.

Excellent to use sublingually and the flavorings make a huge difference. My wife uses it for migrains, usually one half of a dropper is good for her, 15ml I believe.

Thanks for filling in the details. This looks like some good specific information. It also sounds like you are able to make some decent strength product. While my alchohol based tincture will get you stoned with just one or two ml your glycerine based product that uses just 15 ml sounds reasonably strong.

I also make bubble hash. The last time I tried coating some killer buds with the hash while it was still wet. The results were excellent. When the hash dried on the buds it held firmly and made for some really good hash joints when cut and rolled like regular buds. It is way easier then trying to add hash to a joint.:smokin:

I make my own tincture, and that seems to be why mine works and the kind you get at dispensaries doesn't.

Whoever said that it's not an efficient way to use weed is absolutely correct. Vaping is the most efficient. I am fortunate to usually have ample material to make tincture correctly.

Lots of people use trimmings for their tincture, whereas I use only buds. I measure everything carefully and make it the same way (same strain of bud, too) every time. I also let it evaporate at room-air until it is half the volume that I made it - sometimes a 1/4 or the original, if I have time. That gets rid of a good deal of the alcohol. Then, I measure it and put it in my coffee and have some toast with butter at the same time. An hour later, I am much happier, more productive, move better and am pain free! That'll last 4-6 hours. Seems to me that tinctures may be a bit less impairing in the thinking department, too.

The reason I like the tincture is because I get a consistent, predictable product, that has a longer shelf-life than buds stored in a glass jar. If you keep it right, you can probably use tincture for like 5 years. (Think about it- when was the last time you worried about how old the gin in the liquor cabinet was - never - it really never goes "bad" - gets weaker, but most folks would still use it)

I think tinctures are getting a bad name, because people aren't making them right or concentrated enough. They travel a lot better than weed and are easier to keep in "plain sight".

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Originally Posted by rudy2010

Thanks for filling in the details. This looks like some good specific information. It also sounds like you are able to make some decent strength product. While my alchohol based tincture will get you stoned with just one or two ml your glycerine based product that uses just 15 ml sounds reasonably strong.

I also make bubble hash. The last time I tried coating some killer buds with the hash while it was still wet. The results were excellent. When the hash dried on the buds it held firmly and made for some really good hash joints when cut and rolled like regular buds. It is way easier then trying to add hash to a joint.:smokin:

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I am sorry about the typo, the one is supposed to be a . (period) lol, as each dropper is approximately one ml and she takes one half a dropper. So it should read my wife takes .5ml and not 15ml.:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by farmermo

I make my own tincture, and that seems to be why mine works and the kind you get at dispensaries doesn't.

Whoever said that it's not an efficient way to use weed is absolutely correct. Vaping is the most efficient. I am fortunate to usually have ample material to make tincture correctly.

Lots of people use trimmings for their tincture, whereas I use only buds. I measure everything carefully and make it the same way (same strain of bud, too) every time. I also let it evaporate at room-air until it is half the volume that I made it - sometimes a 1/4 or the original, if I have time. That gets rid of a good deal of the alcohol. Then, I measure it and put it in my coffee and have some toast with butter at the same time. An hour later, I am much happier, more productive, move better and am pain free! That'll last 4-6 hours. Seems to me that tinctures may be a bit less impairing in the thinking department, too.

The reason I like the tincture is because I get a consistent, predictable product, that has a longer shelf-life than buds stored in a glass jar. If you keep it right, you can probably use tincture for like 5 years. (Think about it- when was the last time you worried about how old the gin in the liquor cabinet was - never - it really never goes "bad" - gets weaker, but most folks would still use it)

I think tinctures are getting a bad name, because people aren't making them right or concentrated enough. They travel a lot better than weed and are easier to keep in "plain sight".

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I believe tinctures to be incredibly efficient in every way, they surely are the bomb.

You would have to vape non-stop and still not equal the amount you can injest via tincture in a short period of time and there is no loss with the tincture.

It also gets to other areas of the body through the digestive tract.

Look up phoenix tears oil, this is an alternative to that even.:D

Thanks for clarifying the dose of your tincture required. At .5 ml that does sound like a good product. I believe that .5 ml of the alcohol tincture I have would get most people stoned. If you get stoned on any of the medibles you buy at the clubs then .5 ml would work for you.

I agree too about the body versus head high of tinctures. You get the body feeling without all the head high. However I am usually smoking joints when I take the tincture so it is hard to separate the effects of the two different methods of ingestion.