If you found something to put it in, then it wouldn't have been the alkahest. I love it. I wonder if they thought about that back in the day.

Though I suppose it could be, if it were something that was mixed on-site for immediate use. I vaguely remember having to mix some things years back, which came with directions to use immediately, because the container you mixed it in wouldn't last very long. Couldn't a substance still be an alkahest, if it didn't matter how *fast* it worked upon the substances it was in contact with?

Ali