Who would have though that the lowly, soft, brittle, light, black, porous material which gives glow to fireplace will eventually be burning hot in the market of traditional medicine at the present.
Despite the popularity of charcoal, there are still some people who are not sold to its potency due to misinformation and cluelessness. As they visit the nearest drugstore and supermarket they become ash gray over the dizzying prices of charcoal in tablet, capsule, or activated form.
Charcoal therapy need not burn a hole in the pocket. It can be initiated right within, without leaving the confines and comfort of home. Healing Wonders of Charcoal is an inexpensive medium that provides information on the history and the effectiveness of charcoal treatment. It is product of more than three decades of thorough studies from insect bites to the most complex diseases as cancer.
It contains easy to follow procedure and step by step application of Charcoal therapy. It includes real cases of patients whose lives and physical condition have been made whole through the healing wonders of Charcoal.
Science Speaks of Charcoal Therapy
The use of charcoal in treating diseases is a product of long years of scientific studies. Raymund G. Hall said that knowledge of charcoal's phenomenal capacity for adsorption has been around for millennia. Hippocrates, as well as ancient Egyptian doctors, suggested its use for medicinal purposes. many problems, from poisoning to dizziness, were treated with it.
Physical Characteristic of Charcoal
What is charcoal? Charcoal is defined as an amorphous, porous form of carbon made by the destructive distillation of almost any carbonaceous material such as wood, coconut shells, animal bones, and corn cobs.
Wood, coconut shells, and bones of animal do not produce harmful chemicals, such as methylcholantherene and benzopyrene in the process of burning. Wood charcoal contains about 90 percent carbon, whereas bone charcoal contains about 11 percent carbon, 9 percent calcium carbonate, and 78 percent calcium phosphate. The term "charcoal" should accurately be reserved for the residue from carefully controlled heating of various organic materials without oxygen. Coal and charcoal briquettes, (a molded charcoal powder) are not safe for medicinal purposes. Partially burned wood has no therapeutic effect.
In 1783, a German-Russian pharmacist, Tobias Lowitz, discovered the decolorizing and deodorizing properties of charcoal. He reported to the Russian navy in 1795 that he could purify water with charcoal. In 1793 Karl Hagan first explained the adsorptive characteristic of charcoal as a physical property.
Industrial Uses of Charcoal
Charcoal is used as a domestic fuel for both heating and cooking. It is used for replacing coke (a black substance from coal used as a fuel) in the processing of some types of iron, for making black gun powder, for carbonizing steel, for production of calcium carbide, sodium cyanide and carbon tetrachloride, and for making arc electrodes. Activated charcoal is used to decolorize sugar and to purify drinking water, oils, and variety of substances in the chemical, food, and pharmaceutical industries. It is used in air-conditioning system to remove odors and irritants. It is also used in industrial and military gas masks, in the exhaust system and coolant gas system of nuclear reactor installations, adsorbing and holding radioactive contaminants until the isotope decays. It is also used in removing carbon dioxides and purifying air in atomic submarines.
Chemical warfare was almost stopped in its tracks by the intelligent use of charcoal in World War 1. Although charcoal has to be replaced frequently, it has never been supplanted as a practical agent for removing poisons from the air.
Medical Uses of Charcoal
The medicinal properties of charcoal are given a strong boost by the United States Dispensatory (a book that tells how to prepare and use medicines). Its 1845 edition says that powdered charcoal is an antiseptic and adsorbent. Besides giving direction for making charcoal, the Dispensatory list several problems that can be treated with charcoal. Charcoal powder can be given for dyspepsia (poor digestion) where foul breath and smelly eructations are present, and for the offensive smell in the bowels which usually attend pregnancy. In poultice form charcoal is excellent for foul and gangrenous ulcers, correcting the odor, and improving the conditions of the sore. The poultice should be frequently renewed.
In 1846, Garrod found that charcoal was an effective antidote for animals against poisoning by strychlonine, opium, morphine, aconite, elaterium, veratrum, stramonium, cantharides, and some minerals. In 1948, Rand extended Garrod's studies to humans. he also worked on the quantitative relationships between charcoal and particular poisons. In those early days, poisoning, anthrax, epilepsy, vertigo, and many other problems were treated with charcoal. In 1857, Bird recommended charcoal as an absorbent for the gasses resulting from indigestion.
In the 1930's, Nahmmacher asserted that charcoal adsorbs wound secretions, bacteria, and toxins. It does not only keep bacteria from entering the blood stream, it also withdraws bacteria from the blood. When the uterus becomes infected, inserted "pencil charcoal" (charcoal shaped like pencils) can adsorb bacteria and toxins while it coats to prevent the adsorption of bacteria and toxins into the surrounding tissue. He inserted charcoal "pencils" about 5 cm. long, 5 mm. wide, and 5 mm. thick for cases of infected abortion, pyometra, puerpueral endometritis, or in cases of cesarean section, after the membranes have raptured.
Plain, Activated, and Capsulated Charcoal
Charcoal powder is now made into capsules tablets. People ask whether plain charcoal is just as effective as activated charcoal powder, capsules, and tablets for the treatment of diseases.
What is activated charcoal? Activated charcoal is produced by heating or burning wood, bone, or coconut shell in a furnace or in a kiln to temperatures of 800-900 degreeC (1470-1650 degreeF) pass in steam to remove carbon dioxide and other substances. This process results in the formation of a highly developed internal pore structure with very large surface area that may be as high as 2,000 square meters per gram. Thus, it affords a high quality of adsorption.
Luella Doub said plain charcoal has great power adsorption. It adsorbs poisons and foreign substances that get into the body. Activated charcoal does the same work but it does even better. Its adsorptive power is tremendously increased by the activating process.
Commercial tablets and capsules have been found about half less effective as compared to finely powdered charcoal. One study revealed that pulverized charcoal taken by humans prevented the adsorption of drugs by 73 percent, whereas the tablets prevented only 48 percent. A tablet containing 0.44 gm. total material has only 0.33 gm. of charcoal. The remaining is starch.
Activated capsules are roughly twice as potent as the tablets. One tablespoon of charcoal stirred in a glass of water is equivalent to four capsules of activated charcoal or eight pieces of regular charcoal tablets.
Adsorptive Properties of Charcoal
The most important work of charcoal powder in the treatment of diseases is to adsorb chemical substances that are harmful to the body, like germs, viruses, toxins, wound secretions, and other products of infections.
No Side Effects. No Known Contradictions
All studies showed that charcoal is not harmful when ingested, when inhaled, and when applied on the skin.
Workers in charcoal manufacturing plants have been studied to determine the effects of breathing the dust of the charcoal. It was found that the incidence of any respiratory system was extremely low, suggesting that breathing the dust was quite innocuous.
There are no known serious effects of charcoal unless it is a specific allergy to some specific substance in it. Charcoal is one of the most effective remedies known to man. It is an excellent adsorbent, inexpensive, and harmless when properly used.
Except for an occasional finding of bowel irritation in a certain inflammatory state in very sensitive person, there is no known contradiction to the use of charcoal.
Activated charcoal is well tolerated even up to 100 grams or about 3/4 of a cupful of pulverized dry charcoal, and there is no known contradiction to the use in acute poisoning. It is immediately effective and can be easily used by men without medical background. Charcoal is the most valuable single agent currently available for treating poisoning.
Charcoal Therapy in the 19th Century
The use of charcoal as a simple remedy for different health problems is an ancient way of treating many common diseases that afflict humankind dates back to the time of Hippocrates who lived from 460 to 370 B.C.
In the late 1800, Ellen G. White spearheaded the use of charcoal in the treatment of different diseases. A sincere and prayerful Christian, she wrote many books including health books such as: Ministry of Healing, Medical Ministry, Counsels on Diet and Foods, Happiness Homemade, Healthful Living, Temperance, Counsels on Health, and Selected Messages in three Volumes.
She Said:
"The Lord has given some simple herbs of the field that at times are beneficial; and if every family were educated in how to used these herbs in case of sickness, much suffering might be prevented, and no doctor need be called. These old-fashioned, simple herbs, used intelligently would have recovered may sick have died under drug medication.
"One of the most beneficial remedies is pulverized charcoal, placed in a bag and used in fomentations. This is a most successful remedy....I have prescribed this simple remedy, with perfect success....This works like a charm.
"I expect you will laugh at this; but if I could give this remedy some outlandish name that no one knew but myself, it would have greater influence....But the simplest remedies may assist nature, and leave no baleful effects after their use.
Indications of Charcoal Drink
The diseases and some physical disorders indicated for charcoal drink are alphabetically arranged.
1. Amoebic dysentery
2. Anemia
3. Animal and insect bite
4. Anorexia (loss of appetite)
5. Arthritis and gout
6. Bad breath (halitosis)
7. Bladder infection
8. Bladder stone
9. Blood cleansing
10. Cancer
11. Chicken fox
12. Cholera
13. Cough
14. Diabetes
15. Diarrhea
16. Dysentery
17. Dyspepsia (poor digestion)
18. Ear disorder
19. Eye problem
20. Fever
21. Flu (Influenza)
22. Gall Bladder infection
23. Gall Bladder polyp
24. Gall Bladder stone
25. Gas pain
26. Glaucoma
27. Hematoma
28. Hepatitis
29. Heart burn
30. Heart disorder
31. HIV/AIDS (still experimental)
32. Hyperacidity
33. Indigestion
34. Infection abortion
35. Infection of the ovaries
36. Infection of the pancreas
37. Infection of the gland
38. Infection of the uterus
39. Inflammation
40. Jaundice
41. Kidney Infection
42. Leprosy
43. Leukemia
44. Liver disorder
45. Malaria
46. Measles
47. Mastitis
48. Myoma
49. Meningitis
50. Nausea and Vomiting
51. Painful urination
52. Pertussis
53. Poisoning
54. Post surgical case
55. Prostitis
56. Rheumatism
57. Sinusitis
58. Snake bite
59. Stomach ache
60. Tonsilitis
61. Tuberculosis
62. Tympanism (butod)
63. Typoid and dengue fever
64. Ulcer
65. Uremia
66. Urinary disorder
67. Urinary tract infection
68. Vaginal Infection
69. Veneral diseases
If you wish to get the copy of this book, you may contact me directly.
Jay Caspe Falcatan
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This book is personal work of the author. The school and the church where the author belongs are non-partisian of its production.
Charcoal therapy has no side effects, no known contradictions, and no danger overdose. The author, however, and the school and the church where he belongs, and the publisher hold no legal responsibility for any complication or death during and after charcoal treatment.
