Ibogaine

Extraction

This guide is basically just a scaled down version of Dr. Chris Jenks extraction manual, linked below, that uses a french press instead of a pillowcase to filter the bark. There are three stopping points. The first will leave you with an around 50% crude total alkaloid extract. Perfectly suitable for use! The next will leave you with a pure total alkaloid extract. Being about 80% ibogaine, and 20% other alkaloids. The final stopping point, which is overkill in my opinion, leaves you with 98% pure ibogaine. I will be update soon with photos!

Equipment:

- Tabernanthe Iboga Rootbark

- Coffee Grinder/Blender

- Scale

- Stainless Steel French Press

- Several beakers/mason jars, including a 1000ml Beaker/32oz mason jar

- Funnels

- Coffee filters

- Dehydrator/heated fan/other low heat drying source

- Magnetic Stir Plate

- Graduated cylinder

- Glass pippets

- Glass stir sticks

- Ph strips/tester

Chemicals:

- Distilled Water

- 5% Vinegar

- 10% Ammonia

Optional (For Pure TA)

- 37% Hydrochloric Acid

- 100% Acetone

Optional (For 98%+ Pure Ibogaine)

- 95-100% Ethanol

Instructions:

1. Grind 20g of rootbark to fine powder, add to French press

2. Add 100ml of vinegar to French press. (5 times the amount (volume) of vinegar to the weight of bark). Just ensure the bark is thoroughly covered.

3. Let sit for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes

4. Filter through and throughly squeeze out liquid from rootbark using the french press. Remove the lid so you can get a better reach and apply more force to the bark at the bottom.

5. Collect liquid in a small beaker (A), leaving rootbark in french press.

6. Repeat vinegar soak (steps 2-5) 4-5 times with new vinegar (taste dried rootbark, should not be bitter).

7. While the rootbark is soaking, filter liquid in beaker (A) through a coffee filter and funnel into a clean 1000ml beaker (B). This may take a while.

8. Once the rootbark has been soaked 4-5 times and filtered, slowly add ammonia to beaker (B) until the ph is above 10.1 (adding extra will not hurt).

9. A precipitate should form, let this settle over a few hours or over night.

10. Siphon off the top, clear, tea colored liquid, save in a clean beaker (C)

11. Filter precipitate through coffee filter into beaker (C), again this may take a while.

12. Throughly wash the brown precipitate with distilled water to remove impurities.

12b. Add ammonia to beaker (C). If more precipitate forms, repeat steps 10 and 11. Discard liquid after.

13. Place crude TA extract infront of fan/gentle heat away from UV light to dry.

**You now have a crude, about 50%, TA**

14. Place filter containing the dried crude TA back in a funnel and over a new beaker, wash with 16ml of acetone per 1g of crude TA. Repeat 3 times with the SAME acetone. (Can stir in filter but be careful not to rip it). The filter should contain any bark crud, and other impurities, when finished. With you alkaloids dissolved in the acetone.

15. Turn on stir plate and add hydrochloric acid a drop at a time (1ml per 6g of crude TA) until precipitate starts to form. PH should be 6.1. (Adding too much HCl will redissolve ibogaine)

16. When precipitate stops forming, place in fridge over night.

17. Filter through coffee filter.

18. Place infront of fan/low heat away from UV light to Dry

**You now have a Pure TA HCl**

(It is recommended to stop here, the PTA should be around 80% ibogaine with the other 20% being ibogaline, ibogamine, and other similar alkaloids. Both of these compounds are active and produce similar effects to ibogaine. Its likely they all contribute to a true iboga trip. The dosing guidelines for 99% pure ibogaine and this PTA are the same.)

19. Add boiling Ethanol drop wise to PTA just until it has all dissolved

20. Let the ethanol solution cool in the fridge over 24 hours. A 98% pure ibogaine will crystalize. Repeat recrystallization for further purity.

**You now have pure ibogaine**