Monday, March 08, 2010

charcoal for diarrhoea

few months back i found out that charcoal can be used as a remedy for diarrhoea. im not sure which charcoal but it involves activated charcoal, charcoal made very porous with large surface area ideal for absorptions and chemical reactions. I saw a few charcoal tablets in farmacies but im really curious about those charcoal in its raw form. Are they on sale? Are they safe for consumption? Which ones are they?

I also heard they work wonders in reducing flatulence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activated_carbon

I'm rather curious and concern because I want to make sure its safe to grab a few from the barbeque pitt when the time comes.

5 comments:

Amanda Christine Wong said...

how? which orifice do we shove this charcoal in?

Zen said...

well, there are manufactured black tablets in your local drugstore.

as for the charcoal, well, i really hate to disappoint you. You don't actually "shove", more like "consume". So, not in the posterior orifice.

Eric G said...

it shud be okay. tried it before. steak came out from the pit.

Zen said...

which pit?

pnnz said...

now don't you go swallowing any charcoal chunks