Extraction of DMT and 5-MeO-DMT from Phalarii is relatively simple. You might however, benefit from some basic information on chemistry (WARNING: handle all the substances used in processes with care as some of them are poisonous). If you need to find good substitutes for any of the substances mentioned below, please see solvent FAQ, or some chem-books. The two extraction “receipts” below are basically using the same method to produce DMT but I have included both as the different approach in describing the process might help to clarify any particular steps that you might be confused about.

Method 1)

You need acid "A" (Hydrochloride, vinegar or acetic acid), defatting solution "B" (Methylene chloride, naphta, acetone), base "C" (Ammonium hydroxide, lye), kettle, filter or cheesecloth, two containers, extraction funnel or turkey baster, pH meter or paper.

Find all this equipment, read and understand how the extraction works, and find a place you can do it in. Harvest. If you have fresh grass, place it in freezer overnight. Next morning take it out, let it soften just a bit and place it in blender or juicer or chopper and blow it to pieces. If you want to be thorough, you can freeze it again after first chopping, and chop again next morning. This is done to rupture the cells of the plant to free as much of the alkaloids as possible.

Dried grass pulverizes (literally!) easily in blender. Dont open the lid immediately, or some of your finest powder will float away. Note that drying will lower the alkaloid-content (as a result of plants metabolism). Add small amounts of water to make the mush/powder pourable. This is called Mixture. You can now begin.

1. Converting alkaloids to salts.

   o Add acid ("A") to the Mixture to bring the pH down to 5. Add small amounts, check pH, add small etc. etc. Alkaloids react with the acid and form salts. To ensure that large portion of the alkaloids really do this, give the Mixture time and some heat(less than 50 C); don't boil. Simmer it overnight with a lid on.

2. Removing unwanted oils.

   o Place the Mixture in the funnel. Add 10% of the Mixtures volume of defatting solvent ("B"). Shake. Shake. Shake. Let the Mixture and the solvent separate; they will form two different layers, and oils and fats will move to the solvent layer. Separate solvent and Mixture layers, and throw away the solvent layer (if you don't have a real seperatory funnel, then shake the Mixture and the solvent in a jar and use a turkey baster or an eye dropper to siphon off the top layer). Now the Mixture no longer has solvent-soluable oils or fats.

3. Converting the alkaloid-salts to freebase-form.

   o Add base ("C") to the Mixture to bring the pH up to 9.5. Add small amounts, check pH, add small etc. etc. Alkaloid-salts react with the base and convert into freebase-form, making them non-water soluable, but soluable into your solvent ("B").

4. Removing the alkaloids from the Mixture.

   o This is similar to step 2. Add 10% of the Mixtures volume of solvent ("B"). Shake. Shake. Shake hard. Wait until the solvent and Mixture form different layers. Separate solvent and mixture. Put the solvent (which now holds some of the alkaloids) in some container to wait. Repeat this step three more times, and wait a week each time before separating the solvent and the mixture.

5. Preparing the alkaloids for smoking.

   o Place the solvents in some shallow container and allow to evaporate. Do this in either very well ventilated space or outside. No smoking or open fire near the solvent. This takes several days. Solvent evaporates, leaving behind orange (color varies) substance, that may be hard or gummy. Scrape this off the container.  You now have extracted DMT, 5-MeO-DMT and some other alkaloids from the plants.

6. Add some smokeable material if necessary.

   o Add some solvent or alcohol (spirits over 40% of total alcohol in volume) to this tar, mix in some smokable material (oregano is fine), and let the liquid evaporate. 

Method 2)

1. Pulverize the grass clippings 
2. Add water, "enough... to make a pourable soup" 
3. Acidify to pH 5 or so 
4. (Optional) Simmer the acidified soup in a slow cooker overnight, not allowing the liquid to evaporate. (it may take two or three such operations to get all of  the alkaloids into solution)
5. Strain the plant matter through cheesecloth, then through a paper coffee filter.
6. Add 10-15% of the mass of the solution in a "defatting solvent" such as methylene chloride, ether, chloroform, or naptha. (however, see the warning about naptha)
7. Shake vigorously. The crap will go into the solvent, leaving the good stuff in the water. 
8. Separate the water from the solvent.
9.  Add a base to the aqueous solution in small increments until the pH gets to about 9 or 10. This converts the alkaloids into their free base.
10. Extract with 10% of the mass of the solution of an organic solvent four times, at one 24-hour and then three weekly intervals. The solvent layer will take on a darker tint, usually yellowish or reddish-brown. It will take almost a month to extract all of the alkaloids, and the solution should be shaken at least twice a day between extractions.
11. Evaporate the solvent off from the combined extract fractions. You now have the alkaloids. 

There is no way of knowing how much DMT will be in your extraction. Start low and aim carefully. Good starting dose for smoked DMT is 15-20mg, and 5-MeO-DMT 3 or 4 mg, so start low, especially if you think you've got your hands on good aquatica-extract (because of the butenine factor). One could for instance start with 25 mg. If you get no psychoactive effects from this dose, double it. Continue until you find a suitable dose. Remember that if you don't get enough DMT into your brain in short time, more will not get you through - you will have to wait about half an hour, although I must say the warm body-glow and lightheaded feeling are not unpleasant at all. But there is more to it...Browser Fixed