RECIPES: Marijuana Sludge and Paste
HOW MUCH MARIJUANA DO I NEED?
The question is how much marijuana do I need to use to create good medicine? Because marijuana quality varies, it is impossible to predict exactly how much to use in order to achieve the desired results. It is better to get it weak instead of too strong until you know your tolerance to marijuana edibles. I lifted the following off the internet trying to give those who posted credit for what they said:
I had no idea how much each of these 00 caps held, didn't want to try to figure that out so I took 1/4 cup of coconut oil and melted 1 gram of feco into it and it filled 64 caps. Based on the potency profile each cap will have 13 mg activated, of which 12.4 mg is THC. Now I know a 1/4 cup of coconut oil will fill 64 caps, so next time I can modify the amount of coconut oil to change the mg per cap.
Nancy Budwell posted: So, I have been told a gram is equal to aprox 16 grains of rice, so each of these caps would be 1/4 grain, how the numbers just seemed to work themselves out, take 4 a day and you've got a grain a day
I have been thrown under the bus more than once for suggesting this. Make paste, eat a tiny bit every day. You will feel better after a week or so. BEST bang for your buck if you are after health and not the high. I think this might be a post from Alice Rodriquez.
The question is how much marijuana do I need to use to create good medicine? Because marijuana quality varies, it is impossible to predict exactly how much to use in order to achieve the desired results. It is better to get it weak instead of too strong until you know your tolerance to marijuana edibles. I lifted the following off the internet trying to give those who posted credit for what they said:
I had no idea how much each of these 00 caps held, didn't want to try to figure that out so I took 1/4 cup of coconut oil and melted 1 gram of feco into it and it filled 64 caps. Based on the potency profile each cap will have 13 mg activated, of which 12.4 mg is THC. Now I know a 1/4 cup of coconut oil will fill 64 caps, so next time I can modify the amount of coconut oil to change the mg per cap.
Nancy Budwell posted: So, I have been told a gram is equal to aprox 16 grains of rice, so each of these caps would be 1/4 grain, how the numbers just seemed to work themselves out, take 4 a day and you've got a grain a day
I have been thrown under the bus more than once for suggesting this. Make paste, eat a tiny bit every day. You will feel better after a week or so. BEST bang for your buck if you are after health and not the high. I think this might be a post from Alice Rodriquez.
MARIJUANA SLUDGE OR PASTE
This recipe is clearly not for the faint at heart. It is meant for those who are fighting for their lives and their health.
POTENCY
The potency of the sludge or paste should not be compared to the oil, butter, or glycerin recipes you have strained to get the finished product. The unstrained sludge or paste ends up to be 100% what you started with. If you have 1 pound of cannabis to start with then you will end up with 1 pound when you’re finished. Unlike the RSO, you started with 1 lb. and end up with 2oz. Where did all the cannabis go? I often save the left over "sludge" to make chocolates or brownies with, but some people end up throwing it out.
With this method we are not making a concentrate. We are choosing to eat the plant matter with our finished product.
The paste actually tastes good as it is slowly heated or cooked using your choice of Olive oil, Vegetable Glycerin or Coconut oil. That might not be true for some of you who have "refined" taste. I believe this recipe is for those who have a need for health reasons that surpasses their need for taste. It might be a cod-liver oil like experience for many.
DOSAGE
Depending on your body weight and illness, 2.4 grams is a good strong dose. Start out with 1 gram and increases the amount over couple days until you feel the effects of the cannabis. You will personally know what amount to take by how you feel. Each person is different and each illness requires a different dose. If I had started on 1 gram a day, I would be flat on my back. Everyone is different. It may take some time to build up your tolerance.
There are other factors involve such as some pharmaceutical drugs can void out the hallucinogenic effect of cannabis and you think your just eating farm grass. If you have 4th stage Cancer you might want to take anywhere from 3 to 5 grams a day BUT do not start off with that amount! The point here is that we are trying everything to save your life and the more Cannabinoids you ingest the more you fight off the cancer. You might not want to get high but, you want to kill off the cancer. I would be choosing high over not fighting for my life.
With Lyme disease you have to start slowly due to the herxheimer reaction. Herxing is believed to occur when injured or dead bacteria release their endotoxins into the blood and tissues faster than the body can comfortably handle it. This provokes a sudden and exaggerated inflammatory response. I would consult others that have Lyme disease to see what they have experienced. There is comfort in shortening your learning curve through the knowledge of others.
Some predict that within the next 3 years no one will ever make Cannabis Oil. Think about it. 1 pound produces 3 months of oil supply versus 32 months of paste. It could be pure economics deciding that we would choose paste over tincture.
This recipe is clearly not for the faint at heart. It is meant for those who are fighting for their lives and their health.
POTENCY
The potency of the sludge or paste should not be compared to the oil, butter, or glycerin recipes you have strained to get the finished product. The unstrained sludge or paste ends up to be 100% what you started with. If you have 1 pound of cannabis to start with then you will end up with 1 pound when you’re finished. Unlike the RSO, you started with 1 lb. and end up with 2oz. Where did all the cannabis go? I often save the left over "sludge" to make chocolates or brownies with, but some people end up throwing it out.
With this method we are not making a concentrate. We are choosing to eat the plant matter with our finished product.
The paste actually tastes good as it is slowly heated or cooked using your choice of Olive oil, Vegetable Glycerin or Coconut oil. That might not be true for some of you who have "refined" taste. I believe this recipe is for those who have a need for health reasons that surpasses their need for taste. It might be a cod-liver oil like experience for many.
DOSAGE
Depending on your body weight and illness, 2.4 grams is a good strong dose. Start out with 1 gram and increases the amount over couple days until you feel the effects of the cannabis. You will personally know what amount to take by how you feel. Each person is different and each illness requires a different dose. If I had started on 1 gram a day, I would be flat on my back. Everyone is different. It may take some time to build up your tolerance.
There are other factors involve such as some pharmaceutical drugs can void out the hallucinogenic effect of cannabis and you think your just eating farm grass. If you have 4th stage Cancer you might want to take anywhere from 3 to 5 grams a day BUT do not start off with that amount! The point here is that we are trying everything to save your life and the more Cannabinoids you ingest the more you fight off the cancer. You might not want to get high but, you want to kill off the cancer. I would be choosing high over not fighting for my life.
With Lyme disease you have to start slowly due to the herxheimer reaction. Herxing is believed to occur when injured or dead bacteria release their endotoxins into the blood and tissues faster than the body can comfortably handle it. This provokes a sudden and exaggerated inflammatory response. I would consult others that have Lyme disease to see what they have experienced. There is comfort in shortening your learning curve through the knowledge of others.
Some predict that within the next 3 years no one will ever make Cannabis Oil. Think about it. 1 pound produces 3 months of oil supply versus 32 months of paste. It could be pure economics deciding that we would choose paste over tincture.
Alice's 50-50 Cannabis Paste
Ingredients
1 cup of coconut oil
1 cup of crumbled bud
Directions
Place both ingredients into a Magical Butter Machine
Set Temperature at 160
Cook 2 hours each day for 4 days
If you do not have a Magical Butter Machine, place into lidded canning jars and cook at approximately 160 degrees in a water bath either on the stove or in a slow cooker for 4 days or more.
Do not strain before placing in jars
An adult could benefit from using approximately a pea-sized potion several times a day; while a child or pet might take as little as a grain of rice sized potion.
Sage's FECO
Sage Amdahl has shared many of her great recipes on her page on Facebook. Be sure to check her out.
Place 2 oz ground cannabis in a glass oven safe dish covered with foil or place it in a turkey bag. Place in a 240f preheated oven for one hour. Remove cannabis and slow to cool before opening.
This image shows what 1 gram of FECO looks like in a syringe
Sage Amdahl has shared many of her great recipes on her page on Facebook. Be sure to check her out.
Place 2 oz ground cannabis in a glass oven safe dish covered with foil or place it in a turkey bag. Place in a 240f preheated oven for one hour. Remove cannabis and slow to cool before opening.
- Take 2 cups of everclear and the cannabis and place it in the Magical Butter Machine.
- Set it to 130f and run it for 8 hours.
- Allow it to rest over night.
- Run the machine for 4 hours at 130f.
- Allow to cool.
- Strain mixture.
- Place the infusion in a glass jar in a crock pot water bath, up to the halfway mark of the glass jar.
- Set the crock pot to high.
- Leave the lids off the jar and the crockpot and allow the alcohol to fully evaporate.
- You will be left with a dark green tar.
- Add a few drops of coconut oil to the mixture to allow it to be collected more easily.
- Suck up the oil with oral syringes.
This image shows what 1 gram of FECO looks like in a syringe
CANNABIS PASTE OR OIL
Directions
Thousands of years ago man did not need technology to make the oily paste. We can duplicate what our ancestors found beneficial for healing. In the Biblical days, they took 9 pounds of smashed buds and olive oil and frankincense and myrrh and put in the sun in a clay pot for 3 weeks and then poured it over the entire body as an anointing oil and cure.
- Grind a half ounce of Cannabis buds in a coffee grinder then pour into a small (8 oz.) preserving jar.
- Poor 2 ounces of 100% pure vegetable glycerin oil + 2 ounces Coconut oil into same jar then close it tight and shake well.
- Put jar in a big pan of water.
- The water level needs to be over 5 inches high. Use a lid as it will keep the heat in and even.
- Put pan on a small burner at 1 or low for 10.5 hours with a lid.
- The water level will affect the temperature so adjust the water and temperature to a steady 175 degrees at all times.
- Shake jar every couple of hours if possible. When it cools the lid should easily open. Check to make sure lid is on really tight or water will get in jar. I use plastic canning jar lids that I found where canning supplies are sold.
- Once finished and cool down to just warm, transfer the resulting paste into smaller, easier to use containers.
If once it has cooled down it is too runny, rewarm, and add a little wax to it. The usual ratio is 1 part wax to 5 parts oils, so you only need very small amounts.
Another method that could work for you, it is suggested turning your oven onto lowest setting, and put the jar inside, leaving it for 24 or 36 hours, but believe the much lower heat, saves more of the unknown chemicals in cannabis to stay active.
The author experimented by dividing cannabis it into about 4 small amounts; he used smaller jam jars, just put in enough oil to cover powdered cannabis, plus about 1 cm more, so it was well covered. He processed each jar a different way:
- 1 in crock pot in a glass jar 10 hours;
- 1 in oven 24 hours;
- 1 in warming drawer, 36 hours
- 1 in hot-water cupboard, where you keep your water heater; so it was there for a 4 months, (three weeks would do the job). The one in the hot water cupboard for 4 months was by far the strongest.
Stay-Focused Paste
Ingredients
14 grams of cannabis bud
10 grams of cannabis concentrate (if concentrate not available, use 28+ grams of cannabis bud)
1 cup coconut oil
1 cup cocoa butter
1/2 cup bud mud left over from making tincture
Directions
Cook in a Magical Butter Machine at 160 for 4 hours or after placing recipe into lidded canning jars, cook in water bath at approx 160 for 6-8 hours in a slow cooker or on the stove.
Ned Ketoguy Gordon used 10 gm bubble concentrate 14gm flower 1 cup coconut oil 1 cup cocoa butter 1/2 cup leftover from last batch decarbed first flower 240 for 40 min concentrate 15 min at 240 then ran mb2e at 160 4hours. vey strong alot of body effects but not sleepy. focused and happy would best describe in my experience.
Source: Ned Ketoguy Gordon
Ingredients
14 grams of cannabis bud
10 grams of cannabis concentrate (if concentrate not available, use 28+ grams of cannabis bud)
1 cup coconut oil
1 cup cocoa butter
1/2 cup bud mud left over from making tincture
Directions
Cook in a Magical Butter Machine at 160 for 4 hours or after placing recipe into lidded canning jars, cook in water bath at approx 160 for 6-8 hours in a slow cooker or on the stove.
Ned Ketoguy Gordon used 10 gm bubble concentrate 14gm flower 1 cup coconut oil 1 cup cocoa butter 1/2 cup leftover from last batch decarbed first flower 240 for 40 min concentrate 15 min at 240 then ran mb2e at 160 4hours. vey strong alot of body effects but not sleepy. focused and happy would best describe in my experience.
Source: Ned Ketoguy Gordon
Slow and Low Cannabis Paste
75 grams of cannabis bud (either CBD or THC) that has been decarbed
3 cups of food grade glycerin
3/4 cup coconut oil
4 Tablespoons 190 proof alcohol (Everclear)
Add all but the alcohol to your Magical Butter Machine. The heat should be set at 130 degrees and the time can be for 4-8 hours.
The next day, add the alcohol letting it sit for an hour before turning on the machine to 130 degrees for 4 hours.
Each day for the next two weeks, run the MBM at 130 degrees each day for 4 hours.
I then jar it up in 2 ounce tins. Do not strain the mixture. I often simply stick it all in a mason jar for those with cancer; since they will be using quite a bit of it.
Dose for non-Cancer:
using 1/8 a tsp dose at least 2x per day.
Dose for Cancer:
Starting dosage: 1/8th of a TSP 2x a day. Effects last 6-8 hours double dose every 4 days until you reach 1 tbs 3x per day
Do this for 2-5 months or until cancer is in remission, depending on cancer
Then take 1 TSP per day for maintenance dose to prevent cancer from coming back
Many find they can function better if they use the CBD version during the day; while saving the THC version for night time.
3 cups of food grade glycerin
3/4 cup coconut oil
4 Tablespoons 190 proof alcohol (Everclear)
Add all but the alcohol to your Magical Butter Machine. The heat should be set at 130 degrees and the time can be for 4-8 hours.
The next day, add the alcohol letting it sit for an hour before turning on the machine to 130 degrees for 4 hours.
Each day for the next two weeks, run the MBM at 130 degrees each day for 4 hours.
I then jar it up in 2 ounce tins. Do not strain the mixture. I often simply stick it all in a mason jar for those with cancer; since they will be using quite a bit of it.
Dose for non-Cancer:
using 1/8 a tsp dose at least 2x per day.
Dose for Cancer:
Starting dosage: 1/8th of a TSP 2x a day. Effects last 6-8 hours double dose every 4 days until you reach 1 tbs 3x per day
Do this for 2-5 months or until cancer is in remission, depending on cancer
Then take 1 TSP per day for maintenance dose to prevent cancer from coming back
Many find they can function better if they use the CBD version during the day; while saving the THC version for night time.