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The Various Ways That Activated Charcoal is Given
Introduction to Activated Charcoal
Activated charcoal has many uses that range from the obvious, to helping in many ways that are not as commonly known. Used in everything from ultra capacitors to fish tanks and waste water treatment, it is a diverse product with excellent absorption and purification properties.
There are a number of ways that activated charcoal is administered to patients. Most familiarly, oral application is used in the cases of patients that have ingested certain kinds of poisons. Often, when given orally, it is combined with sorbitol to give it a sweet flavor and also act as a laxative for further expulsion of the poison.
When given this way it is given in many different forms, via kit, powder for suspension, suspension itself, liquid, capsule, or chewable tablets. Used this way, it prevents the absorption of the poison via the stomach.
Uses and Studies on Activated Charcoal
In the past, activated charcoal was also used in the prevention and treatment of intestinal gas- a treatment form dating back to the Native Americans, who would powder the charcoal and mix with water, administering orally to treat sour stomachs. A few studies also support its use in treating other stomach related ailments such as cramps, diarrhea, and constipation, and even, some suggest, combat aging.
Activated charcoal is also often used topically, being applied to the skin to absorb materials excreted by fungi and bacteria, viruses, and soak up snake venom. When combined with other certain remedies can also control the symptoms of UC or Ulcerative Colitus.
Other Methods Making Use of Activated Charcoal
The use of activated charcoal in filters is well known, most often it is used to filter things that may cause disease from drinking water, but has also been used by scientists to filter organic pollutants from ocean sediment and cooling cell suspension. Cigarettes sometimes use activated charcoal in their filters, as well, it is often used in aquarium and indoor air filtration.
When applied with other methods of soil stabilization, it has shown remarkable effectiveness in treating contaminated areas, but also, is quite effective in the adsorption process, being shown to remove both man made and organic volatile compounds such as chlorine and many forms of dichloroethylens.
When used in catalyst support, activated carbon is also generally used by way of a fiber fabric, wherein the catalyst is fixed on the fabric using cationic exchange or impregnation.
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