07-28-04 21:12
No 522268
SWIC has noticed that alot of bees overcomplicate things... why not go the simple route if it works just as well? SWIC has devised a simple way of cleaning ephedra that works for him. It should also work well for any newbees out there. The ephed/pseudoephed you get from this method is clean eneough for a red rxn, though SWIC prefers birching it.
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THE EPHEDRA CURE by CLEANsanchez/18294
July 2004
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Make sure plant material is in a fine powder form. Take your favorite dry, nonpolar solvent and apply liberally.
let soak.
decant NP/ dispose of.
let ephedra powder dry
add dry denatured alcohol to dry powder.
let soak.
decant off alcohol.
put through a home made activated charcoal column, or a brita water filter.
repeat if necessary.
evap alcohol and see nice little ephedrine/pseudoephedrine crystals.
rxn time!
