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Black seed oil instead of coconut oil?

RF, I had to look up black seed oil, but it sounds like a brilliant idea. Especially if you decarb your bud before infusion so as not to use any heat either on the bs oil or the cannabis.
 
It would seem likely that cannabinoids are soluble in most if not all plant oils. Give it a try and let us know how it goes.
 
I've been using a crock pot to infuse my decarbed bud with butter and coconut oil. Is this the wrong way to go? Should I just throw the decarbed weed(always wrapped in cheese cloth) in the oil or melted butter and just let it sit in room temp?
 
RFheavy I personally believe in using as little heat as possible so that all the good stuff--including the terpenes, which are an important part of the high's profile for each strain-- stays intact and doesn't evaporate or degrade.
We all know that heat is bad for cannabinoids, which is why I bought this machine: http://www.ardentcannabis.com/product/nova-decarboxylator
However, if you've been getting good results with the crock pot, you don't need one of those machines. Just from all I read, I wanted to have maximum control over the temperature, which can fluctuate in an oven or a crock pot. But if your final product kicks butt, why fix it if it ain't broke? ;-}

I haven't done oils--only tinctures, which I kept in the freezer and shook daily. LOVE my tinctures!!!
 
Isn’t the heat only necessary if the material isn’t decarbed? Or does heat facilitate the infusion?
 
THC in its "raw" form, as we know it, from cannabis plants, is in reality called THC-A (where the "A" stands for acid). By adding heat to the THC-A molecule, you "break" the connector between the acid and the product itself (THC). This is done to "activate" the THC in the bud before consumption. When smoked and vaped, you don't have to think about this. Since the heat from the flame and/or the heat from the vape coil will "activate" the THC when you inhale. Some deems decarbonation unnecessary when Cannabis is used in baking and general cooking, due to the heat of the oven or casserole/pan. But this has not been proven, so most people decarbonates their Cannabis when used in foods. Al of this becomes redundant if you're soaking your Cannabis is alcohol, since the alcohol breaks up the molecule and activates the THC upon contact.

You can still use Cannabis in cooking without activating it, and you'll still get a "buzz". But you'll get more out of the psychoactive compounds in THC by dissolvingit in alcohol or applying heat to it, making a more potent product.
 
Cocho What I understand is this: Yes, alcohol will infuse the cannabinoids and terpenes, but it won't decarb them. Alcohol won't turn THCa into THC.
I use a little decarb machine (Ardent Nova) to turn the THCa into THC, and I just made my first batches of tincture, which definitely get me high.
 
Ok, then I'm not sure. Maybe the reason people who make oil (RSO), by dissolving their bud in alcohol, don't decarb their bud beforehand, is that the purpose of RSO is totally different than wax when it comes to medical qualities? I've never done much of either, so I really can't tell out of personal experience. I just wanted to point out the reason why we decarb our buds.
 
RSO is going to get heated to evaporate the alcohol, so that's where the decarbing takes place. I bought the Ardent Nova decarb machine because I wanted to use minimal heat to get the job done and to preserve terpenes, which evaporate off more easily than cannabinoids. It can be fairly dangerous to evaporate the alcohol out of the RSO in a kitchen, since the alcohol is highly flammable.
 
Doh! I totally forgot all about the heating of the oil when making RSO. It just slipped away! And yes, you're absolutely right about the evaporation. Nasty business that alcohol.
 
I usually use coconut oil but I recently found out about black seed oil and I figured I'd give it a try.
 
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