Vomiting is most often a natural reaction of the body to some toxic substance in
the gastro-intestinal tract. Vomiting can result from several kinds of
bacterial and viral diseases, and from poisons and drugs. Activated
charcoal is a premiere natural remedy that adsorbs these toxins and is
routinely used in Emergency Wards around the world.
Food Poisoning
Administering charcoal for
vomiting due to some form of poisoning is not something new. In the
late 1800s and early 1900s charcoal was routinely used by some informed
physicians. The following was a leading article in the Therapeutist
(Vol. 2 #4 April 15, 1908) and was contributed by A. C. Hewett, MD,
Chicago, Illinois:
“I recently received a
‘hurry call’ to attend Mrs. H. — ‘very sick’. The patient, a woman in
good circumstances aged about fifty years, was found to be in fact very
ill; pale-gray in the face, forehead and limbs covered with a clammy
perspiration, pulse so small and rapid that counting was next to
impossible, suffering severe gastric and abdominal pain, ‘had been
vomiting copiously till nothing but a stringy mucus could be ejected’.
Asked what she had eaten; I was told coffee, cross buns and canned
boneless chicken; I at once diagnosed toxins, and gave charcoal,
prepared as per the following Rx: Calcined willow charcoal and wheaten
flour two heaping tablespoonfuls each; common table salt a level
teaspoonful; warm water four ounces. The charcoal, flour and salt were
first well mixed. Water was added little by little for convenience and
speedy result.
Dosage, a brimming
tablespoonful every ten minutes regardless of recurrent vomitings. The
first dose was partly ejected. The second retained in spite of attempts
to vomit. After taking the third spoonful, pain and nausea gradually
subsided. Of course a hot water bag and bottles were put to her feet,
warmed flannels wrapped around her knees and a hot water bottle placed
in her hands, which she smilingly and soon nested upon her stomach… I
directed continuance of hourly doses of the charcoal mixture till all
should be taken. An uneventful and rapid recovery ensued.
Not long after I attended
another patient similarly but not so severely affected. She was much
younger; had “lunched,” taking coffee, doughnuts and canned salmon. The
charcoal mixture and applied heat, brought similar result, and the
admonition to use charcoal in food poisoning.” CharcoalRemedies.com page 53
In spite of all the
technical advances man has made, spoiled food, including spoiled canned
food, and the many other health concerns of a hundred years ago, are
still very relevant today. It seems clear that charcoal’s medicinal
value was well known and enthusiastically promoted by some doctors in
past generations. It is a shame more doctors today are not aware of
charcoal’s proven track record when it comes to healing.
“It is nice to know
charcoal will adsorb thousands of pollutants as well as different
microbes. Unfortunately it is always easy to be careless with hygiene,
especially in warmer climates. So it was for us one particular Sabbath
afternoon. We had eaten a delicious lunch, and later went for a
leisurely walk along the road under the spreading tropical trees. As we
looked out over the relaxing pastoral scene, my stomach began to feel
less and less restful. By nightfall I was feeling far beyond
uncomfortable. I took some charcoal tablets, but I knew that this time
it was not just gas. Midnight came and the pain was so intense that I
could no longer lie still. Vomiting turned to retching, and I finally
ended up on the floor in a fetal position. I don’t know why it took us
so long to think of it, but at length my wife mixed up some charcoal
and made a poultice. After she laid it on my abdomen we prayed. The
pain became so intense all I could do was hug the poultice as I rolled
on the floor.
By 3 a.m. I had had enough of pain, simple remedies, and prayer. “Take
me to emergency,” I groaned. “I can’t take this.” However, before we
left for the hospital, I decided to try a charcoal poultice once more. Another
one was made, only this time it was very wet. We put that on my abdomen
and said another prayer. I lay back on the bed and within five minutes
I could feel the cramps easing. Within the half hour, I was sleeping.
When I finally got up later that morning, my stomach was still sore
from all the convulsing, but the poison, whatever it had been, was
neutralized. I was a confirmed believer in charcoal. It really DID
work!” CharcoalRemedies.com page 26
Poisoning
In 1813, French chemist
Michel Bertrand swallowed five grams of arsenic trioxide (150 times the
amount that would have killed most people) mixed with charcoal. Again,
there was no nausea, no vomiting, no diarrhea, no excruciating
cramping, no severe burning in the mouth and throat, no collapse, no
death. In a dangerous, but dramatic way, he had avoided the sure
consequences of ingesting the arsenic and demonstrated charcoal’s
phenomenal ability to hold poisons from being absorbed by the body. But don't you try this at home!
Nausea and Vomiting
The doctors Thrash have repeatedly treated nausea and vomiting with charcoal. In their book Rx Charcoal
(page 40-41) they write: “We have never seen a case of acute nausea and
vomiting in which treatment was begun early that continued past three
doses of charcoal kept down. We believe it to be the most effective
treatment available for nausea and vomiting and should always be used
as the primary treatment of choice. Often, very uncomfortable patients
will feel well in seconds after swallowing the charcoal slurry made
from charcoal powder stirred in water.”
In the case of nausea and vomiting, after each vomiting episode, drink
a mixture of one to two large spoonfuls of powder in a little water.
You may follow the charcoal water with a glass of plain water, if
tolerated. If the charcoal is vomited up, drink another glass of
charcoal water immediately.
Dr. Wynn, MD, is one of the resident doctors at Uchee Pines Institute.
Progressive-minded doctors are always ready to make room for innovative
remedies. When I asked Dr. Wynn how he was introduced to charcoal he
shared this story: “The experience that really made charcoal real for
me happened during my time working in the Amazon jungle in Ecuador.
There you are surrounded by every conceivable parasite, but I had
gotten off scot-free for some time. But one night we had our meal, and
it just sat there in my stomach and didn’t move. I wanted to vomit, but
I couldn’t. Next morning it was still there. The minister I was staying
with pulled out some charcoal. Within a half hour of taking this wonder
medicine, I was symptom free. I had heard how fast charcoal could work,
but then I knew for myself.” CharcoalRemedies.com page 101
Virginia lives in South Carolina and shared one of her many
experiences. “Some years ago when a friend missed church for several
weeks, I called to see how she was doing. Her husband John answered the
phone, but said his wife could not come to the phone. I could hear
someone vomiting in the background, so I asked if Betty was sick? He
said yes, that she had been sick and couldn’t see anyone because she
had been vomiting continuously. They had been to their family doctor
and had then been referred to another doctor. But nothing they had
suggested had helped. She was not able to keep anything down.
I asked if I could come over. She agreed I could but would not be able
to visit with me. When I went over, I took some charcoal powder with
me. But when I arrived, Betty was in the bathroom throwing up again.
She was exhausted and groaned that she had nothing left, energy or
otherwise.
I mixed up some charcoal slurry water, and gave her some to drink. We
then sat and had a prayer and waited. After an hour she had still not
vomited again, so I decided to leave. Before going, I instructed them
that if she did vomit, she was to immediately take more charcoal. But
she did not vomit again, and she quickly recovered her strength!!” CharcoalRemedies.com page 127
Cases of nausea and vomiting, of whatever cause, will almost invariably
respond to charcoal taken orally. If the patient vomits after an
initial dose of charcoal, a second or third dose will typically settle
the stomach. A charcoal poultice may also be applied to the stomach
area which will help with abdominal pain.
To find out more how
charcoal can help you treat nausea, vomiting and other common ailments,
simply and naturally, right in your home, order the book CharcoalRemedies.com now.
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