Hey all, I wasn't sure where best to post this...
I have been using baking soda as a basifying agent when chewing Coca leaf, but was interested in making my own basifying agent by burning some local plants. I know in Peru they make this stuff called Llipta, or in other places leaves of Cecropia species or sea shells are burned to obtain alkaline ash. Has anyone experimented with making their own alkaline ash from other plants (preferrably ones commonly found in northern N. America?).
A friend had some success using ash from Chenopodium album (lamb's quarters), but I'd love to know of other possibilities.