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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