tricks for reducing nausea from syrian rue

[catchdog]

A lot of the preparations for ayahuasca analogues I have seen containing syrian rue begin with finely grinding the syrian rue. SWIM has done a few expirements and determined that this is not neccessary. 6 grams of whole syrian rue seeds were boiled for 1/2 hour with a dash of vinegar to acidify, filtered, then reduced and drank alone without any additives. Effects appeared in half an hour and were roughly equivalent to 4.5 grams of ground syrian rue prepared in the same manner. There was a slight amount of nausea present but much less than using ground seed powder. It was not enough to make SWIM unhappy, but he did think about it every now and then.

Its true that it takes slightly more plant matter when using whole seeds than ground, but syrian rue is so inexpensive that it more than makes up for it with reduced nausea and ease of filtering. With whole seeds the brew is incredibly easy to filter and there is no "mud" to clog the filtering medium.

Another trick SWIM has noticed is an interesting trait of the gelatin method. Making a syrian rue and mimosa brew, SWIM brewed each separately in distilled water with no acidifying agent and then filtered. SWIM then combined the brew (this was done at a warm but not hot temperature). At this point, one could observe quite a bit of material falling halfway out of solution. SWIM would then add the gelatin and it would gather up all of this material that had started to come out of solution, and then SWIM would separate it out with a spoon. The result was a brew that could be reduced to about a half of a shot glass without becoming very thick. The brew was very bitter as could be expected from the alkaloid content but was almost totally devoid of any other unpleasant tastes. The brew hit very hard and was the most psychedlic substance swim has yet consumed. Another significant benefit was that the nausea was almost totally eliminated. There was a slight hint of an upset stomache before the effects came, but by the time the DMT made itself felt SWIM actually felt more healthy than before he consumed the brew. Swim has tried this a few times.

The strange thing about this is that the gelatin seems to work better this way than if used individually with the mimosa and rue solutions. My only theory would be that somehow the tannins in the mimosa stick to the plant material of the rue and help to pull it all out together. I don't know. I'm curious if anyone else has noticed this property.

Overall, SWIM used about 1/2 to 2/3 extra plant material with this method than had he used some sort of acid with the brewing and had not used the gelatin method. In his opinion this extra cost was more than compensated for by the lack of nausea and the incredibly enlightening experience. Some people feel that the purge is an important part of the ayahuasca experience, and while I do see the wisdom of this, there is also something to be said for the light shing down without nauseau for those who could not otherwise have this beautiful experience. SWIM actually experienced less nausea this way than he does with mushrooms.
In any case. I hope this helps someone, and if you are having problems creating an effective brew, keep trying. You will succeed.