Hey guys, I ordered 14 grams of Silene Capensis Whole Root from an online vendor. The problem is I don't have a mortar and pestle or a coffee grinder in order to produce the original method of taking this root. I've tried cutting it up in little pieces and smashing it with a hammer which just created small smashed up root, but this didn't foam. Then I sterilized a new metal nail file i had lying around and grinded some root against this, and did get a good powder out of it, but this did not produce any foam when putting it in water either. Am I doing something wrong?

I've instead been chewing the root, but its only been a day so I gotta wait a few more days to see if chewing the root will produce any effects, as it's said to take up to 3 days for the vivid dreams to occur in some people.

Do you guys have any experience with this root? If so, have you had good results from other methods of consuming the root? Should I keep chewing or should I just drink the water with the powder I've made, even though it doesn't foam? Thanks in advance, and sorry if these questions have already been asked.

Here are a few previous threads about Silene Capensis.

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Thanks Melodic, I have already done a few searches though. The only thread that seemed helpful was one that was 5 pages long, but I still wanted to discuss this with a few members and didn't know if I should bump that old thread. Perhaps I might just PM some members from that thread who have had experience or similar problems as myself.

I was just hoping to get some answers or feedback from other people that may have had similar trouble with getting this root to foam, because I haven't yet been able to do so. I appreciate your help though.

I just put the stuff right in my mouth whole. After a few minutes it softens. I chew it until it's basically wet powder, and swallow it.

astral.. just wanted to say.. you can get a coffee grinder pretty cheap.. walmart has some cheap ones.. less than $20... or you could order it..prolly find one cheaper..

It doesn't matter if it foams. You're going to get everything from the root if you chew it up to a pulp, suck it till it has no taste, and/or swallow it. There's some weird preparation literature out there for this herb. I'm tellin ya, just chew it.

thanks godling, i might do that of course but i was just wondering if there were other methods and which ones were preferable or seemed to work better for other people first.

and thank you apoc, i guess i'll continue chewing and seeing if the effects start within a couple of days. my only problem with chewing the roots is that i dont have a scale so it can be harder to measure the dose. where as with powder i can get a better estimation by measuring with a teaspoon or something.

If your water is hard (contains lots of dissolved salts already) it won't foam even if the root is prepared properly. I've had success by making tea of ground up roots, filtering it with a coffee filter, and drinking the liquid. I later verified that this pulls saponins by checking that distilled water tea foams before and after filtering... I'm not sure how well this works with barely smashed roots but its worth a try.