It was in 1831 when Professor Touery (in the presence of his
colleagues from the French Academy of Medicine) drank a lethal dose of
strychnine, and, to their great surprise, survived. He mixed the poison with
activated charcoal. Activated
charcoal is a powerful tool for emergency cleansing of the
gastrointestinal tract, perhaps the most effective remedy known today. It can
be used in cases of poisoning from virtually any toxic substance. Activated
charcoal reduces the absorption of poisonous substances up to
60%. Activated charcoal is a sponge-like substance that is made from
different carbon-containing substances of natural origin.
Activated
charcoal is charcoal that has been treated with oxygen. The
treatment results in a highly porous charcoal. It is made at very high
temperatures and as a result, activated charcoal is a substance which is
almost one hundred percent composed of carbon. The chemical composition
of charcoal is very similar to graphite. Useful properties of activated
charcoal can be contributed to the huge number of pores and hence activated
charcoal exhibits very high absorbent and catalytic properties.
One teaspoon of activated charcoal has a surface area of
approximately 10,000 square feet. It adsorbs and helps eliminate
toxins, heavy metals, chemicals, pharmaceutical drugs, morphine,
pesticides from your body.
Benefits of Activated Charcoal and Its Uses:
- Poisoning by various chemical substances, drugs, toxic
heavy metals, alkaloids
- Overall body detoxification
- Food poisoning
- Treating stomach pain caused by excess gas, diarrhea, or indigestion.
- Body odor and bad breath
- Hepatitis: chronic and acute viral
- Withdrawal syndrome (as a rule, is used for drinking, not for drug addiction)
- Intoxication caused by chemotherapy or radiotherapy
- Various skin ailments
- Inflammation
- Helps lower cholesterol, triglycerides and lipids found in the blood.
- Overall body detoxification
- Food poisoning
- Treating stomach pain caused by excess gas, diarrhea, or indigestion.
- Body odor and bad breath
- Hepatitis: chronic and acute viral
- Withdrawal syndrome (as a rule, is used for drinking, not for drug addiction)
- Intoxication caused by chemotherapy or radiotherapy
- Various skin ailments
- Inflammation
- Helps lower cholesterol, triglycerides and lipids found in the blood.
Activated
Charcoal DOES NOT deplete your body of nutrients. In his
book Activated Charcoal, David O. Cooney stated, “Charcoal
added to the diet of sheep for six months did not cause a loss of nutrients, as
compared with sheep not receiving charcoal. … 5 % of the total diet was
charcoal. It did not affect the blood or urinary levels of calcium, copper,
iron, magnesium, inorganic phosphorus, potassium, sodium, zinc, creatinine,
uric acid, urea nitrogen, alkaline phosphatase, total protein or urine pH.”
Activated charcoal is often included as an ingredient in body detox products.
You can find it various forms such as powder form, liquid form and chewable
tablets.
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