Does that not suggest then that the substance or solvent you are looking for to hold onto HIM can be found in the human body?
I see what you're saying and where you're going with this....and I don't really like it.
In case it's not obvious...IMO the biggest storehouses for HIM:
> for animals is in the blood
> for plants is in the roots
Does that mean that you can use blood as an alchemy substance or solvent?
Maybe...but the very thought of it sickens me.
i.e. If you want to keep loading a substance with more and more HIM then essentially make that substance mimic the human body or digestion system. Follow nature. Question is, how do our bodies pull HIM out of foods? Is it the hydrochloric acid in our stomachs or special enzymes etc?
My guess would be that it's the digestive enzymes which pull the HIM from food.
But that doesn't really help does it? Eg: you can't exactly buy a bucket of enzymes from the hardware store.