Sceletium Tortuosum experiences

[Guest]

yesterday I got a nice package from azarius, and, apart from other stuff,i got 1g of Sceletium Tortuosum, or "kanna". i already knew that it could be sniffed, so I did some lines with it (about 6 big lines and a small "smiley") and snorted all of it in about 2 or 3 minutes. the first ones "tasted" like heroin, and gave me a mild effect, but at the same time, I suspected of placebo. although I no newbie in psyconautics, I always get excited when I try a new "vehicule of travelling". then, i snorted the rest, and belive be, it burnt like fire. it was a quick burn, like 10 seconds, and although it is strong, it's bearable. i disliked after this: i thought that after all that snorting i would get a strong "stoned feeling", or at least, relaxation, expanding of the conscience. nothing at all, it seems that the mild effect only lasted about 10 minutes, and then, a very, very thin (almost invisible) clearness of mind and a down-to-earth-like feeling took over.
my opinion: i will not take it anymore. i love to sniff stuff, but this one does not pay off. if I would like to think clearly and be a down-to-earth person, I would definitely give up on drugs and spend more time watching TV. :happy3:

 

[CryingOutLoud]

It sucks when you buy some herbs and they give you no effect. :frown: You can also chew it with bubblegum. Maybe oral effect is more stronger?

 

[tryptonaut]

Kanna is not that strong, but it's nice. It's like Prozac, you don't get high, but your mood is elevated.
On the other hand, if you're taking prozac or another ssri you don't feel anything from Kanna.

But then, it's much too expensive for a subtle effect... I'd rather get some Kratom extract!

 

[speedball]

Have used it quite a bit and i like its really laid back effects. Very similar to marijuana and I'm betting an amateur would probably not be able to tell the difference between the two.

 

[tryptonaut]

Very similar to marijuana and I'm betting an amateur would probably not be able to tell the difference between the two.

As for me the two are extremely different... Kanna makes me very sociable and self-assured (well, it's a SSRI) while weed mostly makes me paranoid on the social level (I start to feel that people are talking bad about me and such stuff...).
Also weed is much stronger in my opinion.
Smoking both together is a nice mix however...

 

[piano]

yesterday i tryed the Sceletium Tortuosum witch was laying around for 3 months allreddy.

so my first joint(small normal ricepaper) got somthing extra!
i rolled a joint with light shag(0.7nicotin) and some dutch weed.
and added a circle of 5 mm diameter and 1 mm thick Sceletium Tortuosum at 1 cm from the tip of the joint.
after smoking it like a normal joint it seemed to work like two joints(i got very hungry during the first joint, normaly with the second or third).
with a very special side effect...
i was very stoned but clear at the same time, my posture was different i sat upright(?)instead of a bit hangy posture normaly, and my body seemed to "fit" better.
a soft feeling like my muscles where soaked in fabric softner, every cell of my body in its place and happy.

i smoked less than normal with the same high

after 4 hr's i repeated the experiment with the same results.
but this time i also got creative putting my tv card on pauze and made a special Kanna spoon out of a beer can (Bavaria 8.6) with a multitool and sawing sissors(to cut the can)

a folow up experiment 4 hr's after that with the double amount of Kanna was to much for me.

if that is my definit dose then this stuf is cheap(while more expensive then weed)
in this way 1 gram may provide 40-60 doses :grin: !

conclusion : Sceletium Tortuosum will be added to my arsenal of herbs.

my arsenal is : weed, hash, wild lettuce, artemisia absinthum(alsem), kanna(NEW), tobaco, and strong sambal combined with fresh garlic(anti stress/flu/cold. chew well with cheese and swallow)

Dreamer.

"The dreamer, the unbroken fool, high on a hill in Eldorado" lyrics from E.L.O

 

[Awenidd]

I am glad to see some of you have discovered Sceletium. here in South Africa it is REALy easy to come by and very cheap. If some of you are interested I could organise and maybe we can do a swap, for some fo the other things we dont get in South Africa.

The best way to take Sceletium is 1. Smloking it with some weed or Taking 1 gram with some yogurt, oral digestion has a similiar effect as MDMA without the after effects.

Sayid !

 

[Awenidd]

Actualy I dont know the the strngth of the Sceletium you guys get and how it is prepared. What we get here in SA is made like the Koi San makes it, the traditional way. I know of some friends who got some over the net and reported that it ewas not half as good as what they got in SA ?

Anyway .........

 

[Awenidd]

Its actualy quite simple .

The traditional preparation:This method involves crushing the whole plant including roots and placing the material in a sealed skin, plastic or canvas bag in the sun for a week with occasional mixing, to ferment. The fermented material is then dried in the sun, giving a stringy light brown product resembling chewing tobacco.This can then be grinded down to powder for easier consumption. An alternative and more rapid method of preparation involves baking the fresh material in hot sand over a firebed for one hour

Try it. Like I said if anyone wants SA Sceltium, just let me know.

 

[skrudge]

PM'd you Awenidd

 

[Shroomlady]

But what is the best method to use the sceletium? I really don't like to sniff. But most of the story's I found on the and other website is about sniffing and not smoking? If the effect less or just different?

 

[skrudge]

best method seems to use it orally, just use it with chewing gum

 

[skoeip]

i heard that someone put it in gelcaps, and just swalowd the stuf, he/she said it is the best method for kanna

 

[Panoramix]

But what is the best method to use the sceletium?

As far as I'm concerned, the only way I use Kanna is in a normal joint. (I mean a joint with my usual weed). With more or less 1/30 gr it's enough.
It enhances the effect of the weed and gives me a sweet sensation of happiness (kinda natural Prozac I suppose)
The effect is quite subtle — don't expect to be on your knees * — but Kanna really does it.
Try the "blind test" method with some friends, you'll see ;-)

I'm really glad I've found this stuff.


* : maybe with higher dosage, I don't know.
The more I've tried in a single joint was 1/20 gr.

 

[toadlicker]

i read somewhere that this guy, can't remember his name, smoked kanna on it's own and was not happy, little to no effects, but then he mixed it with wild dagga flowers in a joint, he said the effects were a lot more pronounced and acted like a clear headed mj buzz, i've never had the pleasure of trying kanna but i have smoked wild dagga flowers and was happy enough that i caught a light buzz from them. the guy didn't reveal the dosage of kanna or wild dagga but i would imagine it was 50/50 or something close to that.

 

[tryptonaut]

I got a 5g bag of Kanna recently (it has become much cheaper, two or three years ago 1g was like 20 Euro, now 5g is 15 Euro, which seems acceptable).

I tried different methods: smoking it in a bong, ingesting with tea and snorting. Both smoking (four bowls) and the tea (almost 2g) made me really drowsy and tired. Not bad if you want to sleep, but not really what I thought it would be like. The only way it made me kind of euphoric was to snort it (plus I had to use 10 times less than with the other methods).
I think I'm gonna get it again soon, it's pretty nice. However I seemed to develop a tolerance quickly and after four days of testing I hardly felt anything anymore.

 

[Guest]

Sounds interesting, I think I'll bring it from the smartshop today

 

[tryptonaut]

Don't expect too much, though - the effect is rather mild.

 

[HeartCore]

. if I would like to think clearly and be a down-to-earth person, I would definitely give up on drugs and spend more time watching TV.

Funny remark considering TV is a drug as well and tells us tales about how we should look at the world (propaganda)

 

[DevXavier]

I recently smoked about a gram of kanna in a pipe with some good cannabis. The effect of kanna really stood out. I felt a lot more energetic and had some nice social effects.

Kanna shouldn't be done alone, it's waste of money. In combination with either alcohol or cannabis, it's a pretty cool effect if you can appreciate it.