charcoal

THE MIRACLE OF ADSORPTION

Charcoal sources

• Wood or wood products• Lignite coal• Animal byproducts

Making Charcoal

Heated in Kiln

Activated

Powdered

Activation of Charcoal

• Heated to high temp• Steam injected at

precise time• Surface area roughly

doubled

Activated Charcoal’s Amazing Adsorbency

• One quart of activated charcoal can adsorb 80 quarts of ammonia gas

• Between 500 and 2000 square metres to the gram!

• Enough internal surface area to completely cover several football fields

Electron Microphotograph 2400 X

Scanned Image, carbon poresScanning Tunneling Microscope

Safety and Efficacy

• Pure carbon• Does not impart anything to body; simply

takes away poisons• “...there are no known side effects”

JACEP, July 8, 1979

• “The rule of thumb in administering activated charcoal is to ‘give too much, not too little’. Studies of GI, dermal, and respiratory exposure to activated charcoal

in animals demonstrated no toxicity...” Seminars in Veterinary

Medicine and Surgery, 11-1987

External Uses

Brown Recluse Spider Bite

Brown Recluse Bite

• Live in southern to central USA

• Inhabit undisturbed areas, under rocks, furniture, in drawers, crates, boxes, etc.

• Bite causes blood blister, then ulceration and necrosis

Site of Brown Reclusespider bite on left leg, and right forearm

A True Miracle Story

Dear Dr. Thrash,

Thanks for all your help. We started charcoal 8 days

after the spider bite - changed every 6 hours for 4

months. The blisters went from the ankle to the knee.

The leg was ugly with ulcers; it looked like someone

threw battery acid all over that part of the leg.

[This man’s leg recovered with almost no scarring.]

Charcoal Baths and Chickenpox

Dear Dr. Thrash,

Here’s my son, David,

enjoying his first c

harcoal

bath for chickenpox!

He had 75 on his face alone!

The bath eased his itching

almost immediately upon

entering the warm bath. He

said, “I don’t it

ch anymore!”

Within 4 days his lesions were

almost all g

one with

minimal scarring.

Charcoal Internally

Intestinal Villi, Light Microsopy, 120X

•Mini dialysis•Poisonings•Gas, diarrhea•Inflammation,

allergies•Lowers cholesterol•Peptic ulcers

Acetominophen Poisoning

•80 tabs taken

•Transferred for liver transplant

•Charcoal eliminated need

• Slurry:1-5 Tbs./ glass of water Slurry:1-5 Tbs./ glass of water

• Tablets or capsulesTablets or capsules

• Paste in poulticesPaste in poultices

Charcoal

•Easy to take

•Tablets for sore throat

Convenient for trave l ingConvenient for trave l ing

Venomous bites and stings

Infections

Skin irritation

Bruises

Detoxification

Charcoal