I want to extract some LSA well aware of the idea of LSA + Peppermint oil to make LSH as a more visual compound.
Now after doing a naphtha wash, instead of using pure alcohol can't I just go get one of those peppermint alcohol tinctures at the local baking section of a store? They typically range from 80-90% alcohol and the rest is water and peppermint oil,so instead of using regular alcohol and adding peppermint after wouldn't this be just as efficient?

Since no one answered this question, I answered it myself. The test results:

(This entire process was kept in either complete darkness of very low light the entire time).

18 Grams of Heavenly Blue MG ground to dust in coffee grinder.
Soaked in Naphtha(VM&P) for about 2-3 hours shaken vigorously, many times over this time period.
Seeds filtered out through a triple layer filtration setup I concocted that night involving a tea-ball, coffee filters, and a strainer (Multiple straining).
Let dry under a fan and seed mush spread out thin across a Pyrex dish, when somewhat dry reground in grinder to finely powder again(due to severe clumping) set out to dry further.
Once dried the seeds were covered in about 1.5 Oz peppermint extract (Watkins Brand) 91% Alcohol rest is water and peppermint oil.
Shaken vigorously and left to sit in freezer for 2 hours while random shaking occurred.
Strained and Added another 1.5 Oz p.extract.
Used a black light to determine if active, as per research my liquid resulted in a almost blue under light neon color and white when in darkness/near darkness.

I was very, very impatient so decided to drink some of first strained off stuff without measuring really any time throughout the night. I note my impatience because I started feeling the alcohol before any psychedelic effects. which were really not noteworthy yet mild sedation could be from alcohol or the MG at this time around T + 00:30.

ROA was held in mouth with some(minimal) water to stop alcohol burn then swallowed this occurred until almost all 1.5oz were gone and the next 1.5 was strained about an hour later.

As mentioned by this time I was feeling rather drunkish slightly trippy but mostly buzzed from booze. So I decided to let the rest of what was estimated at about 1.8 Oz liquid to dry under fan and Pyrex dish until minimal liquid and A LOT of oil I mean scrape hard even oil was pulled where black light couldn't see it this shit is crazy...So I have roughly about .5oz liquid left I think maybe more I drink some more and get the bright idea to try and absorb the rest on coffee filters as its drying so I can get rid of the booze and have it on paper. to sit under tongue suck on and swallow the spit with minimal booze interruption. This worked amazingly I would find out by T + 02:30 Hours I wasn't having full blown hallucinations but was very trippy still sedated but only nausea was definitely from alcohol and strong peppermint taste not the seed extract.

So I go through phases of the night being energized to sedated and very trippy as the booze is wearing off now (Thank god). I tripped nicely as a first experiment until about T+08:00 hours from point of taking first sip.

Was definitely more visual then my prior experiences with cold water extracts and no naphtha or alcohol and no peppermint or eating seeds whole/chewed. At this point however I decide to continue the fun by having some Spice on some good old weed last summer I had a really intense low dose like 20-30 MG trip so lately I have been fairly apprehensive on approaching the spice taking it light to get the bliss feelings and mild CEV/OEV but nothing super intense this did intensify the trip again for about another hour. One thing highly unanticipated happened as I was coming down I had this huge burst of energy I started rushing around the house upstairs and downstairs cleaning EVERYTHING I WAS SO PRODUCTIVE - I even found 22 Grams of pot stems I had strained them all together the THC grystals any left over foliage and nug dust! wound up with about a gram of kief crystals and about a gram mixed high grade and mid grade and bud. I made a pollen press to sort out the kief I took 2 peices of cardboard rulled up like I was going to snort something and wrapped tin foil smoothly over the end of one side of each tube to cover the holes in the tubes I covered this with nail polish to smooth it off more and make the tinfoil stick to cardboard, I used a straw to pack the material in while jamming with both the packers and twisting to tighten (Worked amazingly) only problem now I thought was how do I get these packed kief rods out of the straw... and I had an epiphany its just a straw. So I cut it with a razor blade and removed it carefully(cut vertically down the straw).

And by this time I was expecting a few packages in the mail. (This may have added to my productiveness noted earlier, anticipation of new gifts making me anxious). (1 OZ Blue Lotus, 2 OZ Damiana, 50 Grams 99.9% pure caffeine, 50+ Datura Inoxia Seeds, 14 Grams Silene Capensis). All of which were ordered a few days prior. So I await my mail still kinda tripping until products arrive, I start by opening and weighing everything of course to make sure its all as expected.FIrst thing tested was the caffeine snorted a 60MG line to test definitely real felt a rush similar to coke with no euphoria for about 10-15mins within 5mins of insufflation.

I waited 15 mins and I set out 1.75 Grams of Blue Lotus and 2 Grams Damiana and make a tea as a test, Tea filtered and tasted unusually bitter but not bad, not as bad as most people claim blue lotus to be for sure! I added no sweetener just lemon prior while the tea was steeping.

Random Note: As I was holding my Datura Seeds contemplating when how and if I would even try them I was not only feeling that anxious fear similar to right before you blast of on DMT, but also this overwhelming power like my entire body just knew I was holding something powerful and deadly.

Within 15 Mins I feel this calm relaxed,like nothing matters feeling wash over me. Amazingly sedated no aphrodisiac like effects noted at this point I (saved the plant mush and threw in freezer for now as I only did one rinse). This stuff didn't lastlong maybe 45Min-1Hr I was basically baseline as much as I could be after a night of LSA/LSH + weed and Low dose DMT, on topof having almost no sleep in 4 days, and none that particular night. I have 2 choices ahead of me continue experimenting with my new gifts, or go to sleep.

Which do you think I picked? I experimented. Now I know the dangers of Datura please do not tell me, not to do it, restate the Datura dangers and any helpful suggestions please but be well aware I know the dangers all too well. Much like DMT I researched this plant over 5 years randomly throughout that time learning more and more and found so much variable info but, basically after a short course refresher of internet research maybe 20 mins worth of reading and a few short videos, I wound up taking 1 seed cutting it into 4 pieces with a razor. Added it to the top of a bowl and over the course of 10 mins took 2 hits the first resulted in a slightly interesting taste def not the weed. But no noticeable altered effects, second hit, tasted more like the strange taste described. And I started feeling something very much different then weed but hard to put into words,(I thought I might have seen something vibrate for a second) but was peripheral vision and could be placebo). I felt almost stronger. I stopped. I didn't want to go to far, I was alone with no sitter, (again, I know the dangers).

I was out and about within 1 hour still feeling odd but not hallucinating in any way I felt empowered and my vision was acute I noticed my pupils were like pin holes not what I expected although it was a bright day, and I felt invincible. Maybe this was Datura's effect or just placebo due to me conquering a fear of mine and many and stepping into the world of Datura for the first time with positive results. Things kinda felt sped up a bit but still no notable trippyness resulted.

I feel like the Datura is wearing off fully at like T+2 Hours of initially taking that. That being said I decide on trying to possibly take a nap

I get home and my g/f is home from work with me now. I decide on trying another Damiana/Lotus Tea plus smoke some mixof the two (no weed).

I mix this time 2 Gram Blue lotus 3 gram Damiana and 1 Yogi Tea bag of kava stress relief(no lemon this time), strain and filter teas as before but this time I added the liquid to some ginger ale(THIS TASTED AMAZING I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND THIS). I drink this WHILE smoking a bowl of the Blue lotus, Damiana mix (I've heard in the past smoking lotus while drinking it provides way better and slightly different effects. No noticeable difference other than faster onset of prior effects, kava also definitely potentiated the sedating, pleasent. euphoric feelings of the BL/Dam mix. I was super relaxed and sat with my g.f talking for a while about the herbs I ordered, we decided to take the silene together to try for lucid dreaming the next few nights, so I weight out 100MG of the bark each and we start chewing on the bark and sucking the saliva. This has no noticeable effect in waking state as I could tell. Sublingually sucked and chewed for about 20-30mins then spit out.

I proceed to smoke a bowl of weed. Nothing noticeable other then super relaxed state. Which lasted about again 45 mins from taking the initial Tea. Hours have passed today and time is still flying by my friend comes over after work, hes an avid coke user and cuts his own stash with creatine to make it last longer, I was eager to show him the caffeine hoping he would stop using the creatine as when he brings it over for both of us to use (I partake occasionally when we play call of duty weekends it leaves my nose clogged for 2 days, when he doesn't cut it, no effect as such so I had my friend try a line he was weary dind't believe it was 99.9 % pure and shit. I think he was weary as I told him I smoked Datura and had all these new herbs. Whatever he tried 30 MG I short about another 60 MG line to show him no harm in it. He says he doesn't like how it feels in his nose and keeps complaining he has a drug test in 30 days and can't even do real white. Sorry friend. More time passes he eventually leaves.

My g/f and I decide on trying more lotus/damiana/kava tea, I took all the kava, damiana, and lotus from the prior two drinks I made for myself, and added about 1 more gram of damiana and 1 more gram of blue lotus to this and another 2 kava teabags, seeped this in some lemon extract(89% alcohol)mixed with water. She is apprehensive about trying it once the tea is steeped asking what it should do. I advise he it should make her sedated, happy, and possibly horny. She agreed to try. Remember this was ALLLLL of the prior material plus new, so about 5 Grams total blue lotus 5 grams damiana, and 3 teabags of Yogi Stress relief kava tea. We drank our portions down, and I was feeling the familiar effects but I think tolerance was rising over the day It was less than before but definitely still effective, and this time with her into it as well I was feeling the aphrodisiac side as was she. We took it to the bedroom, without gruesome gory details, what followed was one of the best orgasms of both our sex lives. Everything for me was intensified from touch to, kissing, body heat, EVERYTHING (use your imagination).

After this I smoke some Hash I had made earlier. To get tired and I had this amazing idea after all the things I tried today to make like a sacrificial offering of herbs in form of an incense, I ground up more blue lotus un-weighed amount, more damiana, some pot stems, mixed well added more lemon extract alcohol slowly with an eyedropper to allow the material to stay lit. I addedon top of this some of the silene capensis bark all into a cone incense holder. And in the very center added another quarter of my Datura Inoxia seed, again this was as a sacrament(I think it the right word). A thank you to the spirits for providing such a great day for us, and as a sleep aid/ lucid dream incense mix. Was the basic Idea, I had no intention of getting any higher tonight. However while trying to light this but not keep it fully alight due to high alcohol content I wound up inhaling a lot of vapor/smoke, after about 3 mins of laying in bed, and having like conversations with my g/f and my self on if I should be burning the Datura we opened a window and put the flame out to let the ember cherry as long as it would Again I inhaled some smoke after blowing out the fire in the incense holder.

Got back into bed, and for about 30 mins I was finding myself in a weird hypnogogic state of anxiety about the Datura, could be placebo but I was hearing noises asked my g/f what she said a couple times only for her to respond nothing. and I was having hugely intensified inner voice phenomenon. Acute hearing. Noises amplified. I had to get out of the bedroom it was so intense I found my vision somewhat foggy as is a symptom of a Datura high. And pupils again were noticeably pin sized. I wound up sitting up for about another hour and a half away from the smoky upstairs with my g/f who felt nothing from the incense it seemed, but was having a very easy time sleeping when I woke her(I scared her by waking her up, lol). I definitely felt some Datura effects I felt still unsure if placebo, combination of the day and lack of sleep. Or what but I had an amazing adventurous day. Now after about a 12 hour sleep session which my g.f noted I slept SO MUCH SOUNDER THAN NORMAL AS SHE DIDN'T WAKE ME EVEN WHEN TRYING TO MOVE MY ARM TO GET TO SLEEP WHICH I'M NORALLY A EXTREMELY LIGHT SLEEPER! I feel amazing and refreshed!