Hows about this for a tech?
Well... basically, do an ayahuasca approach, where we drink the liquids... except that we are going to first put in NaOH to break down the tree-bark. After it is broken down, we add some acid (perhaps HCl conc) to neutralise.
NaOH + HCl = salt-water... so in theory that shouldn't be dangerous.
Imbalances would be dangerous, of course. We'd need something else to mop up any imbalance, perhaps sodium-bicarb?
Then basically treat it as a salty-ayahuasca mix. So we would prepare ourself with harmala, then drink the "ayahuasca".
I have a feeling that this idea is going to be awful and probably highly regrettable
Anyone wanna tell me why this is a bad idea?
Please no one take this seriously enough to try it. I know nothing about chemistry... well not enough. At least I know that I don't know.
I'm assuming someone has done this before. The idea seems too simple to not have come up.
In theory this should increase the DMT availability greatly, relative to normal ayahuasca.
Main concern I would have, is contams in the NaOH and in the HCl. No idea how pure they are. Also possible "harmful chemicals" generated by contact with NaOH and tree-bark... these would probably be highly unpleasant perhaps poisonous.