First, the background, then the question.

I have some ground up bud soaking in 190 proof grain alcohol right now. Been soaking 20 days. I'm going to let it go 10 more days, then start evaporating off the alcohol so I'm left with mostly the canna-oil. I'm going to heat the tincture very slowly, safely, and carefully to about 170 degrees and let the alcohol boil off.

Okay, here's the question. I want to be able to take this tincture under my tongue. However, the alcohol is *very* strong and can burn. I don't want to evaporate all the alcohol off to make sure I don't burn the oil, so I'm just going to evaporate most of it. My question is this:

If I add water to what is left of the tinture so that it dilutes the remaining alcohol, will adding water to the canna-oil harm the tincture? In other words, if I just put the oil itself under my tounge, would that be "stronger" than if I added a few tablespoons of water and swished it around in my mouth, let it soak under my tongue, etc. and swallowed it. I just want to make sure I don't ruin my 30 days worth of work. This is my first time making a tincture.

Thanks and Peace!



P.S. - note to moderators since I know this place gets legalistic about certain drugs... I'm not *drinking* the alcohol, I'm only using it to extract the medical compounds from the cannabis.
jsn9333 Reviewed by jsn9333 on . Question about the tincture I'm making First, the background, then the question. I have some ground up bud soaking in 190 proof grain alcohol right now. Been soaking 20 days. I'm going to let it go 10 more days, then start evaporating off the alcohol so I'm left with mostly the canna-oil. I'm going to heat the tincture very slowly, safely, and carefully to about 170 degrees and let the alcohol boil off. Okay, here's the question. I want to be able to take this tincture under my tongue. However, the alcohol is *very* Rating: 5