tibetan snuff taking

[hebrew]

tibetan snuff taking

First local Chinese ephedra is burnt into charcoal. After being sifted, the powder is made into cake-like shapes with water

and then dried. To avoid humidity in preservation, it needs to be burnt continuously until the charcoal turns pure white.

Snuff-takers can draw a small piece of charcoal, add tobacco to their liking, and grind the mixture on a special abrader. The

process is not complete unless the charcoal and tobacco becomes fully blended and smooth.

[planthelper]

thanks for that idea, it sounds simple and like it works.

i wonder, if the heating might change the chemicals envolved to a more potent form.

china man, using speed, more than 2 thousand years ago, would make a nice headline, haha.

[Chiral]

Chinese have been using amphetamines for hundreds of years..I read a paper a few years ago that its a big part of the working mans life over there...helps with the long hrs and productivity...it's a real problem apparently.

H.

[t st tantra]

maybe more importantly this comments to the positive with regards to the activity of ashes that have traditionally been added to other plants in making snuff etc.......am even more curious about cecropia now,even more with a reclassification i have been told about aligning it more with indian hemp.

t s t .

[sandalwood]

I tried some cecropia smoked once.

that plant material definitely felt active.

put me to sleep quickly late at night.

and I had some very strange and intense dreams.

when I woke... a package was delivered early in the morning.

in the package as a bunch of tagetes. the smell for some reason made me feel dizzy...and I attributed that to the strange effect of the cecropia leaf.

anyone else have experience with cecropia?

that is an interesting account of a snuff production.!

maybe more importantly this comments to the positive with regards to the activity of ashes that have traditionally been added to other plants in making snuff etc.......am even more curious about cecropia now,even more with a reclassification i have been told about aligning it more with indian hemp.

t s t .

[t st tantra]

thanx for that!

t s t .

[hebrew]

heres another snuff recipe but not from tibet but rather india

i reckon this would make some awesome strong snuff

Masulipatam Snuff Manufacture: "Dr. Shortt states that snuff is largely prepared at Masulipatam in

the Kistna district, and is exported for sale all over India,

chiefly to Calcutta, where it is readily bought up by Jewish,

Armenian, and Arabian merchants for export to Persia and the Arabian

Gulf. It is made of the best tobacco produced in the district ; the

mode of preparing it is as follows:— The leaves are cut into halves

and the stem entirely removed. One half is dried in the sun and

pounded into a coarse powder and the second half is boiled twice in

salt water, and the juice extracted is used again in the place of

salt water with a fresh supply of tobacco. When the juice becomes

rather thick and gummy, it is poured into a big pot and left to

cool. The tobacco powder is now put into large chatties and the

juice, with which a little brandy has been mixed, is poured over the

powder, and the preparation is allowed to stand for about a week.

The snuff is then taken out and put into English wine bottles and it

is ready for exportation. "

In both the upper and lower Carnatics, taking snuff is much more

common than in Bengal : indeed, I have never been in a country where

the custom was more prevalent. Smoking, on the contrary, is in great

disrepute. The hooka is totally unknown, except among Mussulmans.

From: THE ECONOMIC PRODUCTS OF INDIA p.133