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 pores
Scanning 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...”
Medicine and Surgery, 11-1987
Seminars in Veterinary
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 Recluse
spider bite on left leg,
and right forearm
A True Miracle Story
Charcoal Baths and Chickenpox
Charcoal Internally
•Mini dialysis
•Poisonings
•Gas, diarrhea
•Inflammation,
allergies
•Lowers
cholesterol
•Peptic ulcers
Intestinal Villi, Light Microsopy, 120X
Acetominophen Poisoning
•80 tabs taken
•Transferred
for liver
transplant
•Charcoal
eliminated need
• Drink:1-5 Tbs./ glass of water
• Tablets or capsules
• Paste in poultices
Convenient for traveling
•Easy to take
•Tablets for
sore throat
 Venomous bites and stings
 Infections
 Skin irritation
 Bruises
 Detoxification
 Cancer