Activated Charcoal: The Top 5 Uses and Benefits

Have you ever tried using activated charcoal?

Have you ever thought what else can be done with the charcoals we use at home? The basic use of charcoal that we are familiar of is only for cooking, its effective mulch, and good absorber which can keep the house fresh. This is done by ordinary charcoal. However, there is another type which can be beneficial to our body, it’s called activated charcoal.

Activated charcoal, also known as activated carbon, is made by coal, coconut shells or even other substance. It is a potent treatment used for trapping poisons, chemical and toxins in our body, enabling them to be flushed out so that our body won’t absorb them again. This practice has been used since 1500 BC up to the 21^st century by Egyptians to absorb the odor from putrefying wounds. It was also used by Hippocrates in curing range of illness like epilepsy, vertigo, chlorosis and anthrax.

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