i don't seem to react to the taste like others do. (years of herbalism to begin with) so i really feel that gradual intake is the key for myself anyway. It is gentler to me, in some manner. And i get the opportunity to really observe mama's healing powers on other medicinal levels, which are not usually explored in the course of learning from ibo. At least in the beginning, anyway? Micro-dosing over a period of time brings such sober crystal clarity to your perceptions. Hemisphere interaction is at its peak. (at this point, i add colloidal gold, but some do not like it, from what i gather. I find them to be wonderful adjunctives to conciousness and mind processing.) Ibo allows other herbs to be led to the immune system, and act more effectively. Every 10x or so of micro dosing, i have a dose of voacanga extract. It fine tunes certain things, and is more 'electric' as our friend Nobu has said about it. Or, every 3rd day, i chew 5-15 voacanga seeds. In turn, voacanga can have some very yohimbe-like feel too. Those tabernathe cousins.... hee hee.

but back to subject- i have felt longer, more in depth changes, when i chew it slower, over a long length of time. I think either would work, but at some doses- even the mouthful or two of emergen-C, would be too much liquid. But thats just my feel for it.

The least liquid the better' and no to salt as it messes with blood pressure'

I have found the best way is to just eat it' eat little bits' regular' until the body says no more' this is the traditional way and is also done like this for a reason'
The amount of alkaloids absorbed from ingestion of the woods is different to say ingesting an extract or HCL'
Per weight' 12 alks TA is way more powerful than HCL'
Good quality Iboga rootbark takes 5.9 grams for a visual experience' that is 350mg TA'

Most folks no eat Iboga for to get mass amounts of Ibogaine in the system to beat withdrawal/addiction' this takes skill by a specialist provider'
It seems most folks either are getting bunk woods and are attempting to ingest 10 grams or more'
Or folks no like to eat Iboga'
I like the taste' it is part of the cleansing experience'

Ibogaine is no water soluble' unless you drop the ph of the water' as of when it hits the blood it converts back to being insoluble in water and is absorbed by the fat cells' working as a slow release'

Unless you are beating a physical addiction I can see no point in doing anything with the rootbark other than chewing it and swallowing .:)

Blessings love & light

Nobuoni +