THE MIRACLE OF ADSORPTION

Charcoal sources

• Wood or wood products

• Lignite coal• Animal byproducts

Making Charcoal

Heated in KilnActivatedPowdered

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

• 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 charcoal 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 itch

anymore!”

Within 4 days his lesions were

almost all gone 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

• Drink:1-5 Tbs./ glass of water Drink: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 travelingConvenient for traveling

Venomous bites and stings

Infections

Skin irritation

Bruises

Detoxification

Cancer

Charcoal