No matter whom you are or what your goals are, you need to detoxify. Eliminating toxins that sap your health is one of the first steps to help your brain function properly. Healers from all over the world used activated charcoal to soak up poisons and improve intestinal health through a process called adsorption which means to bind to.

Activated charcoal is made by burning a source of carbon such as wood, debris, coconut shells or other substances. It becomes “activated charcoal” when high temperatures combine with a gas or activating agent to expand its surface area. What is produced is a highly adsorbent material with millions of tiny pores that capture, bind and remove poisons, heavy metals, chemicals and intestinal gases. Activated charcoal is a global remedy for general detoxification, digestion issues, gas, bloating, heart health, and anti-aging. When used for natural healing it’s important to select activated charcoal made from coconut shells or other natural sources.

Toxins from low quality, processed food and environmental pollution are real problems and it is important to help your body eliminate them to promote a healthy digestive system and brain. Continued use of activated charcoal can remove unwanted toxins from your body, leaving you feeling renewed and more vibrant.

It relieves digestive issues, gas and bloating. Activated charcoals enter the digestive tract and counteract this process by binding to byproducts and alleviating these digestive issues. Activated charcoal can also be a remedy for counteracting poison in the body. If you ingest poisons such as bleach, fertilizer, organic compounds, mercury or even alcohol, taking a single large dose of activated charcoal helps your body flush out the poison faster. It is also often used in body detox products and skin products that help relieve insect stings mushroom poisoning, poison ivy, cholera, bites, and inflammation, and treating body odor and acne.

Studies show that activated charcoal prevents many cellular changes associated with aging, adrenal gland and kidney function. It increases the average lifespan and builds a better defense mechanism by improving the adaptive functioning of essential organs. Aging is a natural part of life, but due to the toxic load we are exposed to through food, homes and workplaces and environment, to prevent pre-mature aging we must get rid of them. Take two capsules of activated charcoal per day after exposure to nonorganic foods, heavy meals or after contact to other toxins.

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The body has a built-in need for activation. Without adequate movement, the cells are left stewing in their own waste products and starving for nutrients. In addition to being fun, rebounding, also known as trampoline workout, has many great benefits particularly for your lymphatic system. It is reported to increase lymph flow by 15 to 30 times.

The lymphatic system is the metabolic garbage can of the body. It rids your of toxins such as dead and cancerous cells, nitrogenous wastes, infectious viruses, heavy metals, and other assorted junk cast off by the cells. It also transports immune cells throughout the body and supports immune function. When your lymphatic system becomes sluggish, unhealthy or fails, you become vulnerable to a wide variety of illnesses and health problems, ranging from impaired immune system and infections even to cancer.

Unlike the aerial system, the lymphatic system does not have its own pump. There are just three ways to activate the flow of the lymphatic system. It requires muscular contraction from exercise and movement, gravitational pressure, and internal massage to the valves of lymph ducts. Rebounding supplies all three methods. It is by far the most effective movement therapy for increasing lymph flow and draining toxins from the body.

Rebounding allow the muscles to go through the full range of motion at equal force. It can burn more calories than walking or jogging and a great way to work your major muscle groups because it allows you to work them through their full ranges of motion. It can also strengthen your body while detoxifying the cells within it. It is an exercise that reduces your body fat, firms your legs, thighs, abdomen, arms and hips.

The gentle bounce of rebounding is effective in returning natural, regular bowel movements to chronically constipated persons. Digestion is improved as well. It can also increase cell energy and mitochondrial function. Rebounding creates an increased G-force resistance and positively stresses every cell in your body. As a result, it strengthens your entire musculoskeletal system.
Jumping on a rebounder is remarkably gentle on the joints. There’s no solid ground to suddenly stop the bouncing on your feet that makes your movements perfectly safe. By working against gravitational pressure while bouncing, you resist Earth’s pull. Rebounding alternate weightlessness and double gravity produce a pumping action that pulls out waste products from the cells and forces into them oxygen and nutrition from the bloodstream.

It is important to realize that as you age, your body may become more toxic due to the pollutants in today’s world. Rebounding is a great low-impact exercise that’s fun and different. In just 15-20 minutes a day, you can burn calories, gain muscle strength and enhance your balance while improving your immune system and helping turn on the afterburn effect.

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There are two modes of Son Buddhist meditation: Quiet and Active. Quiet meditation refers to traditional seated meditation while Active meditation refers to meditating while standing or in motion. Among the thousands of forms of Chi-Kung and Taoist Meditation, Active meditation is one of the most simple and potentially most powerful.

Active meditation is considered more advanced because you don’t have to set aside a special time and place to meditate. It is also superior for aligning the meridians and chakras and for flow of energy. Another great benefit is that once you have mastered being able to meditate wherever you may be, you can begin to use meditation as a therapeutic coping mechanism to recover from unexpected surprises and a method of improving your way of communicating and behaving. Active meditation is both healing and empowering.


Method of Meditating in a Standing Position

• Find a quiet pleasant place to practice. Stand straight with your feet shoulder width apart and parallel to one another.
• Pay close attention to the bottoms of your feet. Imagine that the bottom of each foot is a rectangle divided into four quadrants. Make sure that your weight is evenly spread across the bottom of your feet to create that physical and mental sensation that people call centered.
• Lift up and spread your toes as much as you can. Feel the contact that your toe pads make with the floor. Set them down again and imagine that bottom of your feet are stretched to their maximum width and length.
• You are now grounded.
• Straighten your spine to its maximum length. Stand tall like a tree and feel your mind shift into a mere expansive, peaceful and confident mindset.
• Look forward, with your head aligned right on top of your spine, so the muscles of your face, head, neck and throat can be relaxed. Gently place the tip of your tongue against the roof of your mouth.
• Hold your left hand in your right hand and placed both hands on your abdomen. Let your fingers be extended, with space between them, and your elbows be slightly lifted, so your armpits feel hollow.
• Take a couple of deep inhales and complete exhalations. Then let your breath return to its natural rhythm, and come to a place of stillness in your physical body.
• Hold this position for ten minutes or longer.
  

As you practice Active meditation you develop a greater kinesthetic awareness of your body. You begin to notice the sensations of living more. Physical stimuli and emotions feel fresher and realer. It is a good practice for those people who are having trouble keeping the mind alert or even staying awake. It adds a little vitality and vigor to our meditation.

Mastering the Active meditation is the first step in being able to incorporate meditation into our daily lives. This releases blocks of tension and strengthens your core muscles, allowing your energy to flow freely. When you meditate before you engage on something, you’ll be surprised at how confident, expansive and generous you feel. Active meditation improves core strength, balance, bone density, power, awareness, sleep quality, body alignment, efficiency of movements and mind-body connection.

Active meditation endows us with the capacity to inject moments of clarity and sanity, common sense and love into the never-ending blur of activity in our daily lives. The Active meditation is used not only to make healthy people more so, but in China it is used in some hospitals to help heal various illnesses. Try this exercise at home, at work, or even in the check-out line. There is no limit to benefits you could have from this simple exercise.

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Microcosmic Orbit is a classic Taoist Meditation method, with it's roots in India, for circulating and refining Qi via the circuit formed by the Governing Channel from perineum up to head and the Conception Channel from head back down to perineum. It is sometimes called Small Cosmic Orbit or Small Celestial Orbit and is one of the most important exercises in Taoist System. With this process, you can influence the strength and movement of your chi by mentally directing, or meditating on, the stream of energy.
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Governing Channel and Conception Channel are believed to be particularly important because they feed all of the 12 main, yin and yang meridians. They are used together in the microcosmic orbit meditation, to create a cleansing and purifying circuit of chi along the midline of your body. The Governing Channel connects all the yang channels. The major yang channel runs from the perineum up toward the base of the spine, then from the base it runs up the spine and enters the skull at the base of the neck, continuing up the back of the skull to the crown of the head. The Conception Channel receives all of the chi from the yin channels. The major yin channel of the body runs from the crown of the head down to the middle of the front of the face to the palette, and then from the tongue down the front of the neck, chest and abdomen down into the sexual organs then to the perineum. The yang and yin channel connect with each other at the crown and the perineum to form a loop or circuit of energy. That is why it is called an orbit.

Microcosmic Orbit meditation helps to transform and refine the energies both of our physical body and consciousness, resulting in improved physical health, greater mental and emotional balance, and access to deeper levels of awareness and spiritual insight. It also balances your yin and yang energy, flushes out stagnant chi, strengthens the flow of life force and opens up the crown of your head.


How to do the Microcosmic Orbit Meditation

• Still your body, calm the mind, and regulate your breath. Sit, stand or lay on your back, in a quiet place with your eyes closed lightly.
• Focus your attention on your Dan Tien and visualize a small ball of energy. This could be heat, vibration, warmth or just a sensation of its presence.
• Begin abdominal breathing. It starts with you inhaling through your nose and your abdomen expands not your chest. Exhale through your slightly opened mouth, keeping your tongue lightly touching tour palate just behind your upper front teeth.
• Inhale and visualize this small ball of chi passing down from the Dan Tien, past the Hui Yin up thorough the coccyx. Then rising up to the Ming Men and then to where the ribs meet the spine, then going through this area and right up to the back of the head, where it joins the neck.
• Visualize this chi ball in the center of your brain.
• Focus your attention on the Yin Tang point between and just above the eyebrows and draw energy into the ball of chi from this point as the ball passes and goes to the roof of your mouth. This ends your inhalation.
• Exhale and send the chi down to your heart then draw it through the middle Dan Tien at your solar plexus, past your navel down into the lower Dan Tien. Then begin another cycle.

Dont worry too much about the direction of the breath or which channel the chi flow first follows. This is mainly a matter of feel. The entire body is to be kept relaxed, and the chi circulation smooth, almost effortless. This meditation may cause the head to rock or the body to tremble, which are signs of progress. The Microcosmic Orbit can be used to reduce stress 

Chakra balancing is the process of restoring a harmonious flow of energy across the Chakra system. There are 7 main energy centers in the body, known as chakras. These are the Root Chakra, Sacral Chakra, Solar Plexus Chakra, Heart Chakra, Throat Chakra, Third Eye Chakra and Crown Chakra. An imbalance in your Chakras means that some Chakras are over-active, and some are under-active. Just like anything else in life, the keyword is "balance". The goal behind all spiritual practices is to reach a place a balance between spirit, body, earth and health, universality and grounding.
Since the Chakras receive and transmit energy too much or too little may effect the way we think, act and feel. Many people who are new to the ideas of Chakra balancing mistakenly think that means opening the Chakras. Closing a Chakra or two actually provides more psychic and emotional relief than opening a chakra. Finding the perfect balance between open Chakra and close Chakram and keeping up our own energetic boundaries, is the main purpose of Chakra balancing.

Chakra balancing techniques fall into three categories:

1. Those centered on a physical process or activity
   
2. A meditative or introspective practice
3. The transmission of energy from other person or on your own

The purpose of chakra balancing is to support a balanced flow that will sustain our overall level of energy. Balancing consists in establishing sufficient and consistent flow where there is not enough, regulating energy where there's too much, and aligning where there's distortion or displacement.

The benefits of a Chakra Balancing session include:

• Happiness and inner peace
  
• Greater capacity to express and attract love in your life
• Feeling clear and free
  
• Clearing of DNA and blocks to soul growth, and ascension
• Reprogramming of subconscious belief structures
• Transform weakness into strengths
• Overcome boredom bu infusing spirit into mundane
• Access financial wisdom
• Realization of your self worth
• Attain self mastery
• Live your highest life path

The Chakras

Root Chakra - When this chakra is balance, you feel supported, a sense of connection and safety to the physical world, and grounded. The lesson of this chakra is self-preservation.

Sacral Chakra - When this chakra is balanced, we have an ability to rake risks, be creative and more committed. The lesson of this chakra is to honor others.

 Solar Plexus Chakra - When this chakra is balanced, we feel self-respect and self-compassion. We feel in control, assertive and confident. The lesson of this chakra is self-acceptance.

Heart Chakra - When this chakra is balanced we feel joy, gratitude, love and compassion, forgiveness flows freely and trust is gained. The lesson of this chakra is love.

Throat Chakra - When this chakra is balanced, we have free flowing of words, expression, communication, are honest, truthful yet firm and good listeners. The lesson of this chakra is to speak up and let your voice be heard.

Third Eye Chakra - When this chakra is balanced we feel clear, focused, and can determine between truth and illusion. We are open to receiving wisdom and insight. The lesson of this chakra is to see the big picture.

Crown Chakra - When this chakra is balanced, we live in the present moment. We have an unshakeable trust in our inner guidance. The lesson of this chakra is live mindfully.

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Schuessler Salts or Cell Salts is used to stimulate the body’s natural healing mechanisms to satisfy mineral imbalances.  The Homeopathic system of Cell Salt remedies was developed by Dr. Schuessler a German doctor in the late 1880’s. Dr. Schuessler discovered the health-supporting effect of several mineral salts that were developed homeopathically for the assimilation by the cells of the body. Cell Salts offer a number of important health-related benefits that make them worth consideration. Schuessler’s 12 Cell Salts remedies are often called a ‘medicine chest’ for the whole family.

Cell Salts are a group of homeopathic remedies made from minerals. It brings balance and health to muscle tissue and overall cell function restoration. It is formulated in homeopathic micro doses, making them safe for the whole family including children two years old and older. Cell salts is safe to use with other medications and it is available in quick-dissolving tablets.


List of Salts

• Calcium fluoride (Calc fluor) – comes from the mineral fluorite. It is important in the elastic fibers of the body (skin, muscles and blood vessels) and for the surface of bones and teeth. Deficiency in this mineral can lead to bone or tooth difficulties, or loss of elasticity resulting in hardness. It calms down the nervous system, strengthens and repairs ligament and tendon damage, lubricates joints, strengthens tooth enamel preventing cavities, eases tooth sensitivity, prevents and repairs bones spurs, etc.
• Calcium phosphate (Calc phos) – particularly beneficial for your bones, teeth and skin. It is also helps in osteoporosis, assists vitamin D deficiency, premature aging, food absorption, low birth weight, diffuses anger, eases grief, colds, fatigue, menopause, etc.
• Calcium sulphate (Calc sulph) – a mixture of Calc carb & sulphur, otherwise known as gypsum. This is the least used cell salt. It helps in assisting the body in absorbing abscesses like boils or acne, abrasions that don’t heal, eczema, cracked feet, fungal infection, ringworm, etc.
• Ferrum phosphate (Ferrum phos) – is very helpful in the early stages of a cold or viral infection. It helps in general first aid, torn ligament, inflammation, sprained ankle, sore throat, fever, migraine, early pneumonia, chicken pox, flu, anemia, fatigue, bloody noses, etc.
• Potassium chloride (Kali mur) – helps in any condition with thick white discharge and in thickening of the blood. It also helps in clearing white mucus, runny nose, colds, ear pain, ear pressure, dandruff, etc.
• Potassium phosphate (Kali phos) – great nutrient for the nerves and brain. It improves memory, increases confidence, increases courage, helps in mental exhaustion, anxiety, addiction, depression, insomnia, mental calm, general mood enhancer, etc.
• Potassium sulphate (Kali sulph) – helps to carry oxygen to the cells and is useful in circulatory problems and inflammations. It also eases yellow mucus when coughing, assists respiration, eczema, itchy skin, dandruff, asthma, raspy lungs, tight breathing, ear pain, malaise, exhaustion, swelling of joints, etc.
• Magnesium phosphate (Mag phos) – is excellent as an anti-spasmodic. It eases pain, nerve pain, cramps, muscle spasms, strained back, menstrual cramps, birthing pains, toothaches, intestinal cramping, etc.
• Sodium chloride (Nat mur) – it works to distribute water in the body. It eases grief, eases heartache, introverts, fear of rejection, salt cravings, cracking lips, constipation, itchy skin, high blood pressure, headaches, back pain, cold sores, herpes, etc.
• Sodium phosphate (Nat phos) – it works to create water. It helps in stomach acid, GERD, high protein diets, hangover, kidney pain, bladder infection, worms, digestion, low blood sugar, dehydration, etc.
• Sodium sulphate (Nat sulph) – it regulates the quantity of water in the system. It helps in liver damage, liver pain, anxiety, depression, hepatitis, asthma, stiff spine, warts, head injury, etc.
• Silicea (Sil) – indicated in all cases of slow pus formation. It helps to firm up the skin, stamina, endurance, picky eaters, cold and flu, confidence booster, anal fissures, boils, scars, cysts in the breasts, strengthen nails, excessive sweating, headaches, etc.
  

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This is an exercise program used by Tibetan monks to live long, vibrant and healthy lives. The program is often called the "Five Tibetan Rites". The rites represent a system of exercise that affects the body, emotions and mind. The Tibetans claims that these exercises activate and stimulate the seven key chakras that in turn stimulate all the glands of the endocrine system. The endocrine system is responsible for the body's overall functioning and aging process. Performing the 5 rites stimulates the circulation of essential life energy throughout the body.

Chakra is an Indian Sanskrit word that translates to mean "Wheel of Spinning Energy". Chakras are powerful electrical and magnetic fields. Chakras govern the endocrine system that in turn regulates all of the body's functions including the aging process. Our bodies contain seven major chakras or energy centers. They are located at base of spine (Root Chakra), navel (Sacral Chakra), solar plexus (Solar Plexus Chakra), heart (Heart Chakra), throat (Throat Chakra), forehead (Brow or Third Eye Chakra) and head (Crown Chakra).

These chakras are linked together with all other energy systems in the body and various layers of the auras. The 5 rites speed up the spinning of the chakras, coordinate their spin so they are in complete harmony, distribute pure prana energy to the endocrine system, and in turn to all organs and processes in the body.

The benefits of the 5 Tibetan rites include the following:

• Looking much younger
  
• Sleeping soundly
• Waking up feeling refreshed and energetic
• Release from serious medical problems including difficulties with spines
• Relief from problems with joints
• Release from pain
  
• Better memory
• Arthritis relief
• Weight Loss
• Improved vision
• Youthing instead of aging
• Greatly improved physical strength
• Endurance and vigor
• Improved emotional and mental health
• Enhanced sense of well being and harmony
• Very high overall energy
  

An important part of the Tibetan exercises is a conscious synchronization of breathing while performing physical activity. No exercise should be so intense that it makes you feel exhausted. When performing the exercises, the main emphasis should be on breath synchronization and fluency, rather than on speed and number of repetitions.

Here are the Five Tibetan Rites and how they work on the body.

Rite 1 - The first rite is the practice of spinning, which affects the emotional body by speeding up the vortexes. Spinning stimulates the body's energy system and wakes up the chakras.

With arms outstretched, palms facing down, stand tall and turn slowly around in a circle. Go as fast as you can without losing control. As you begin to spin, focus your vision on a single point straight ahead and continue holding your vision on that point as long as possible. Stop spinning as soon as you feel slightly dizzy. Lie on the floor and breathe deeply before you begin the next rite. Try 21 revolutions.

Rite 2 - It is similar to Western abdominal exercise.By raising the head to the chest, you create an extra stimulus to the solar plexus chakra and the "Conception Vessel" moving through the center of the trunk.
Lay flat on the floor on a rug or mat, on your back with your legs straight and your arms to your side plams down, keeping your fingers together. As you inhale, raise your head off the floor, tucking your chin into your chest. Simultaneously lift your legs, knees straight, into a vertical position. Then slowly exhale, lowering your legs and head to the floor, keeping your knees straight and your big toes together. Complete 21 repitions.

Rite 3 - It opens the solar plexus and heart. This rite provides an extension and a powerful lifting of the entire trunk, which is the opposite of a defensive, contractive stance. By performing this motion, you are reversing the energy flow and raising the energy to the heart area.

Kneel on the floor with your toes curled under. The hands should be placed on the backs of your thigh muscle. Arch your back and tuck your belly button up toward your spine. While inhaling deeply through your nose, raise your head up while leaning back bringing your shoulders blade together, craning your head and neck backwards as far as you comfortably can, relaxing your lower spine and supporting your weight with your hands braced against your thighs. While enhaling forcefully through your mouth with your face and cheeks relaxed, start to come forward to your starting position, with your chin tucked against your chest. Complete 21 repetitions.

Rite 4 - This rite causes a pleasant stimulation throughout the sacral area which stirs the meridians and the energies going to and from the groin and down the legs. It strengthens and tones the legs and glutes.
Sit on the floor with your spine erect, legs straight, a little less than shoulder- width apart, arms to your side, palms down, fingers together, chin tucked against your chest. As you gently drop your head back, raise your torso so that your knees bend while your arms straight. Complete 21 repetitions.

Rite 5 - It brings an immediate change in the energy currents of the body. This is the most powerful rite in terms of speeding up the chakric vortexes.
Lie down on your belly with your palms face down. Throughout this rite, your hands and feet should be kept straight. Start with your arms perpendicular to the floor, and the spine arched downward, so that the body is in a sagging position. Slowly lift your buttocks toward the sky, with a flat back, lowering your head, so your body makes an inverted V. Tuck your chin to your chest. Pause, then lower your buttocks while pressing your palms into the floor, until your legs are in a plank position. Inhale on your way up, exhale on your way down. Repeat up to 21 times.

Upon completion, rest in for as long as possible to let the body absorb the benefits of the practice. Walk around and stretch a bit for half a minute and then go on about your day. For more information about the Five Tibetan Rites visit Holistic Panama in this incredible journey of exercises and chakras to heal and enhance the self-awareness and restoring the natural state of health that people have within their selves.

Hydrotherapy or sometimes called aquatic therapy uses the principle of water to allow exercise and to alter exercise intensity. It is to revitalize, maintain, and restore health. The use of water for therapy is no modern procedure. It has been carried out for hundreds of years and now forms an integral part of traditional medicine practices. Hydrotherapy treatments include saunas, steam baths, foot baths, sitz baths, and the application of cold and hot water compresses.

Because of the buoyancy of the water, hydrotherapy allows many individuals to exercise, where they wouldn't be able to on land. Hydrotherapy can be very useful in treating many different types of soft tissue and bone injury as well as neuromuscular conditions such as muscular dystrophy.  The water temperature and agitation is varied depending on the treatment goal. Water temperature, coupled with agitation or vibration against the skin can soothe and relax muscles. Warmer water induces vasodilation or drawing blood into the target tissues, increased blood flow, removes cell wastes, decreases muscle spasm, relaxes tense muscles, relieves pain, and increase range of motion. While cold water produces vasoconstriction which slows circulation, reducing inflammation, muscle spasm, and pain.


Uses of Hydrotherapy

• Arthritis (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis)
• Back Pain
• Musculoskeletal conditions (frozen shoulder, ankle sprains and groin strains)
• Fibromyalgia
• Surgery conditions (knee replacement, hip replacement, ACL reconstruction)
• Neurological conditions (Muscular Dystrophy, Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinsons Disease)
• After strokes or head injuries
• Sports Injuries
• Repetitive motion injury
• Fatigue or weakness
• Stress
• Sleep disorders
• Depression

There are many different types of exercise that can be undertaken in water and the form of exercise prescribed will vary into consideration the patients injury or condition, ability and the facilities or equipment available. Hydrotherapy is generally categorized into two types: External Hydrotherapy and Internal Hydrotherapy. External Hydrotherapy involves the application of water or ice to the body or immersion of the body in water. While Internal Hydrotherapy icludes colonic irrigation and enemas. Steam baths are a type of internal hydrotherapy.

Hydrotherapy is generally safe if treatment is done properly. Different people may respond differently to the length and intensity if treatment. Overheating is the most likely side effect of hydrotherapy which can be very harmful. This may occur when an individual spends too much time in a hot tub or Jacuzzi. It is important to discuss your physical condition and medical history with your doctor or physical therapist or professional practitioner before trying hydrotherapy.

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Activated charcoal is a potent natural treatment used to trap toxins and chemicals in the body, allowing them to be flushed out so the body doesn’t reabsorb them. Charcoal is made from coal, wood, or other substances. It becomes “activated charcoal” when high temperatures combine with a gas or activating agent to expand its surface area. When used for natural healing it’s important to select activated charcoal made from coconut shells or other natural sources.

Healers from Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, and Western Medicine have used activated charcoal.  Activated charcoal is used to treat poisonings, reduce intestinal gas, lower cholesterol levels, prevent hangover, and treat bile flow problems during pregnancy. It also used as air and water purifiers. Activated charcoal is a global remedy for general detoxification, digestion issues, heart health, and anti-aging.
Activated charcoal works by trapping toxins and chemicals in its millions of tiny pores. It doesn’t absorb the toxins but instead it works through the chemical process of adsorption. Adsorption is the chemical reaction where elements bind to a surface. Taking activated charcoal on a daily basis is a great way to help you thrive in an overly toxin-filled environment. Whenever you take activated charcoal, it’s imperative to drink 12-16 glasses of water per day. It can cause dehydration if adequate amounts of water aren’t consumed in tandem. This also helps to flush out the toxins quickly and prevents constipation experienced by some individuals.

Activated Charcoal Uses

• Whitens teeth – activated charcoal helps whiten teeth while promoting good oral health by changing the pH balance in the mouth, helping prevent cavities, bad breath and gum disease.
• Alleviates Gas & Bloating – it works by binding the gas-causing byproducts in foods that cause discomfort.
• Alcohol Poisoning and Hangovers- it help quickly remove other toxins from the body that contribute poisoning. It can also significantly reduce blood alcohol concentrations.
• Mold Cleansing – toxic mold causes depression, kidney and liver failure, decreased brain function, heart disease, eye irritation, headaches, vomiting, impaired immune system function and severe respiratory distress.
• Water Filtration – it traps impurities in water including solvent, pesticides, industrial waste and other chemicals.
• Skin and Body Health – its effective at treating body odor and acne and relieving discomfort from insect bites, rashes from poison ivy or poison oak, and snake bites.
• Digestive Cleanse – it is used to help promote a healthy digestive tract by removing toxins that cause allergic reactions, oxidative damage and poor immune system function.
• Anti-Aging – it helps prevent cellular damage to kidneys and liver, as well as supporting healthy adrenal glands.
  

You shouldn’t take activated charcoal if you’re taking prescription medication, as it could render your medication useless. Before you try these out, remember that activated charcoal may have many health benefits but it’s not a wonder drug. We recommend keeping activated charcoal ingestion to a moderate amount when you first try it out.

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