Charcoal Therapy
Taken from the book "The Healing Wonders of Charcoal” by Severino S. Payp, M.H.Sc. M.P.H

The Charcoal Drink

The internal use of charcoal powder is called charcoal drink. Charcoal drink is made of charcoal powder diluted in a glass of drinking water according to dosage for medical purposes.

The charcoal drink is tasteless. The taste of drinking water when mixed with charcoal powder does not change. There is no difference in taste between a glass of clear drinking water and a glass of water with charcoal powder. The only difference is the color. Since charcoal is black, it is understood that your feces will also be black. But the urine will be as clear as water.

Physiological Reactions

It is important to know and understand that charcoal is indicated for diarrhea. It is expected therefore that the normal result of drinking charcoal powder after three to four days is constipation. If constipation takes place, eat ripe papayas everyday or take one tablespoonful of olive oil, morning and evening. However, in some chronic disorders like cancer and blood impurities, diarrheal conditions may take place within three to five days after the first dose. This condition may continue within three to four days. If this condition takes place you need not worry, this means that your body is responding positively to the treatment. This is nature’s way of cleansing the internal organs.

Materials Needed for Charcoal Drink

1. Sterilized charcoal powder

2. Two glasses of cold or warm drinking water

3. Spoon

4. Two feeding bottles

Dosage or Procedure

• Dilute the charcoal powder in a cold or warm water according to dosage
  
  1. Newborn babies
  One table spoonful of charcoal powder in a glass half-filled with drinking water
  
  2. Children
  a. Into a glass half-filled with drinking water, dilute one of the following: one heaping tablespoon of charcoal powder, or dilute two to four charcoal capsules or four to six charcoal tablets
  b. Stir the mixture thoroughly
  c. Let the charcoal powder settle down in the glass for five minutes before giving it to the child or pouring it into the feeding bottle
  
  3. Adults and Youths
  In a glass filled with water, dilute one of the following: two heaping tablespoonfuls of charcoal powder or four to six charcoal capsules; or eight to ten charcoal tablets. In severe cases the dosage can be doubled.
   

• Let the patient drink all the mixture at one time. Babies and children may be given charcoal drink little by little.
   

• Let the patient drink pure water to rinse his mouth and throat after each drink.
   

• Repeat the treatment three times a day or as indicated until the sickness stops or is healed.
  
  
  
  Timetable of Dosage
   

1. Four times a day
   • 7.00 A.M.
   • 1.00 P.M.
   • 7.00 P.M.
   • 1.00 A.M.
    

2. Every three hours
   • 7.00 A.M.
   • 10.00 A.M.
   • 1.00 P.M.
   • 4.00 P.M.
   • 7.00 P.M.
   • 10.00 P.M.
   • 1.00 A.M.
   • 4.00 A.M
    

3. Three times a day
   • 7.00 A.M.
   • 1.00 P.M.
   • 7.00 P.M.
   

4. Every two hours
   • 7.00 A.M.
   • 9.00 A.M.
   • 11.00 A.M.
   • 1.00 P.M.
   • 3.00 P.M.
   • 5.00 P.M.
   • 7.00 P.M.
   • 9.00 P.M.
   • 11.00 P.M.

Charcoal adsorbs food poorly. However, food interferes with the adsorption of charcoal when it is taken during meal time. For high effectiveness, it is recommended that charcoal drink be taken one hour before meals or one hour after meals. In emergency cases, charcoal drink can be taken any time. It has no side effects, no danger of overdose, and no known contraindications. It is safe for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and nursing babies.

Indications of Charcoal Drink
The diseases and some physical disorders indicated for charcoal drink are alphabetically arranged on the first column. Opposite each disorder or disease is the frequency of dosage in the second column.

Specific Procedure of Application for Some Diseases

• Poisoning

1. Dilute charcoal powder according to dosage
   a. Children: two tablespoonfuls of charcoal powder into a half glass of drinking water
   b. Adults: three tablespoonfuls of charcoal powder into a glass of water
    

2. Let the patient drink the glass of water at one time. Rinse the patient’s mouth with a little amount of pure water if necessary
    

3. Induce vomiting five minutes after the first dose by inserting a finger into the throat of the patient.
    

4. After vomiting, give the patient another glass of charcoal drink.
    

5. Repeat procedure numbers 3 and 4 three times.
    

6. After the third vomiting, give the patient another glass of charcoal drink to adsorb the remaining poisons in the stomach.