Does anyone REALLY use tincture?

[TheReleafCenter]

A lot of the tincture I've tried seems more like snake oil. Lots of inconsistency, bad flavor, over priced, gives me headaches. Does anyone really like tincture here? Any brands you can recommend?

TheReleafCenter Reviewed by TheReleafCenter on 04-23-2010. Does anyone REALLY use tincture? A lot of the tincture I've tried seems more like snake oil. Lots of inconsistency, bad flavor, over priced, gives me headaches. Does anyone really like tincture here? Any brands you can recommend? Rating: 5

[funkfingers]

Mended hearts, granny greens, from what I have heard from my patients...:rastasmoke:

[neversummer]

tinctures are kind of gimmicky. not really worth the price. I tried some ok homemade stuff, tasted like honey. Id rather smoke full melt bubble

[pfunk211]

tincture's nice- for it's purpose.

the glycerin tinctures taste better but the alcohol (green dragon) really seems to hit you right between the eyes.

i use the alcohol tincture to make candies, a tasty and efficient way to medicate anywhere/anytime.....

i would recommend, rather than shopping for a brand, get some trim or cheap buds and a bottle of glycerin from whole foods/wherever and make one you can brag about.

[Reenster]

I do not use tictures but my son-inlaw does not medicate any other ways but tictures and ediables.

Truer words were never spoken about the inconsistancy of this product. It seems ediables have come a long way in the last year and tictures are getting more consistant but have a ways to go.

I have purchased tictures from several places in town and have found plant matter, consistancy and textures to be varied and different. Taste and effectiveness also varies.

Recently I have found one that seems to be very consistant from Herbal Connections in Cherry Creek. I can not remember the brand and the bottle is impossible to read really. This is a flavored alcohol ticture and is sweeten with either honey or agave. Because of some extensive dental surgery both my husband and myself have used these very effective tictures. Smoking is our favored method of medicating but with the dental surgery that was not possible.

Wish I could remember the name but I am sure the folks at Herbal Connections in Cherry Creek can assist. After purchasing tictures there 4 or 5 times I can say each time the product looked tasted and worked exactly the same way.

[AuggieWest]

Tinctures are often snake oil......and you can't judge it by inspection like you can w/ bud of course.

The best I've had is Sugar Leaf Premium Tincture, the 2X(double strength). Glycerin based, purified by four filterings.

Don't mix tincture. Apply directly under your tongue w/ a dropper. The effect is much different than edibles, closer to smoking but quite a smoother buzz. Fairly quick reacting within 15 minutes.

I've experimented with tincuture w/ no other smoking or any other medical application to obtain pure results. With the Sugar Leaf product, a small 1/2 oz bottle can last me a week (I am a low to mid medicator). You can pack this in your toiletry bag & fly with it (just remove the label to be safe). There are situations/environments where it is so hard to smoke & tincuture works well for that.

If you overindulge, you get sleepy but also a quick, very low-level psychedelic passage - which is quite cool. Then your dreams are unreal & crystal clear. This last part shocked me because regular to heavy smokers have always told me they dream less when medicated than when not medicated.

I can't even picture smoking the equivalent dose I did w/ that tincture experience but if I did, I would be out and probably not remember any part of a dream. Would be interested in other's experience w/ different tinctures sans bud or w/ bud.

[Colodonmed]

I really get fantastic pain relief for my lumbar spine with green dragon, I tried it at a dispensary in Denver and was a believer from that moment on. I live 3 hours from the metro and after that drive I went to a dispensary for some sort of relief from the damn pain,( Cannabis Medical ) I believe is the name of the place and the owner had me try a dropper under my tongue. In less than ten minutes my back pain was gone. It was a glycerin based tincture and I purchased a small bottle ( $25 at the time for what was probably a half fluid ounce ) and used until it was gone and worked well on my pain. When it was gone, a day or so later my pain started coming back hard and not wanting to drive 6-7 hours I looked it up on the net and found out how to make it, I use everclear or 151 and a bag of trim for $ 50.00, can produce a good 8-12 ounces for a very reasonable price. However I have noticed as well, the potency is really dependent on the quality of trim, if I can ever afford it I will make a batch out of good bud. With the pontency variation I just had to self titrate and adjust as needed based on the batch. I find I can function well, not much of a head high at all, but a fantastic pain relieving body high, but it is strange as it seems to have the best effect only on my back pain, some ( very little ) relief for my pains in other areas, and as a sleep aid, a dropper full before bed and I am out in 20 minutes for a decent nights sleep

[rudy2010]

Tintcures work excellent. You should make your own using grain alchohol. If you can get Everclear or Clear Spring. You used to be able to get 190 proof but that may not still be readily available.

My friend found some and added buds of killer Afghan Goo. He let it sit for two months then strained the alchohol. He added more buds and repeated the process.

Now two drops of tincture from an eye dropper will get you high in just minutes.

It tastes terrible and is nice in a fruit drink.

Another person I know made tincture and added keefe at the end sort of like Keefeschlager. It was effective too.:stoned:

[hidell]

A brand of tincture that I have found very effective for me is one produced by Dixie Elixirs.

[ThaiBuddhaMan]

I have yet to find any decent tinctures in any dispensaries. Of course most of what you find in dispensaries are glycerin based. Personally I don't see how a glycerin based tincture can be effective - what are the compounds binding too?

Now I've been making some homemade tincture, alcohol based, that is incredible. It's doesn't cloud your head, great for body aches & pains, and just a general good overall well-being feeling.

For me it's not practical to use product purchased from a dispensary as that would just drive the cost of making it too high. I only use what I grow or what friend's have given to me. I use a combination of both bud & sugarleaf. Personally though using just bud gives the tincture the best flavor & effect. Using sugarleaf gives it a very "green" taste due to the abundance of chlorophyll.

I basically use the Green Dragon method, but have over time altered it to improve the taste. Regular straight green dragon simply can't be taken directly. Too much burn & god awful taste!

I've had several acquaintances who run dispensaries ask if I would be interested in mass producing it for them to sell at retail. After calculating how much I spend in time & money in making and how much it would have to sell at retail so they could turn a small profit, I don't think there's a big enough market for a nearly $75-100/oz tincture.

I do provide my patients a 4oz bottle of tincture monthly, but most of what I make is just for myself & my girlfriend.