More to the Coal

in steemstem •  6 years ago 

There's always more to everything we see, we need only to look. Charcoal is an allotrope of carbon an important element in chemistry. It can be gotten by burning plants and animal remains. We have plant or wood charcoal, animal charcoal, lump charcoal, Japanese charcoal, activated charcoal, sugar charcoal, etc.

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Other than been used as fuel, charcoal can serve other purposes, due to it's absorbing nature.

  • It helps detoxify your system
    Charcoal acts as absorbents and as such when it gets inside the body, the toxins that are present in the body ate been absorbed. It also helps to putify and energize the body.

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  • It relieves stomach aches

We all hate stomach discomforts. Ghe good news is that there's a little black magic in a tablet that may provide relief. When charcoal is in the activated form, it can be a remedy to many ailments.

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  • It gives you whiter teeth

If you will look pass using a blackish substance as a paste, then your teeth can become whiter. To achieve this, you don't need a special brush, just get a new brush and a thick mixture of th black magic tablet and water.

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  • Clears your skin pores

During the day, toxins froms around our environment, clog our pores. When your pores isn't clear, your complexion won't also be. When activated charcoal are used as face mask, it helps pull out the dirt out of your pores. This leaves your face with a refreshing feeling.

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  • Helps get rid of toxins in your hair
    When applied on the hair as shampoo, they also help pull out oil, dirt and toxins.

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  • It helps to heal wound

When applied to wounds, it makes it heal faster, and with an addition of honey,the healing process becomes even faster, as honey contains amino acids, which will act as antibiotics and antioxidants that helps prevent diseases.

  • As cure for internal wounds, such as ulcer
    They also help repair internal wounds, by simply binding with the carbon present in the body, which in turn binds up the wound, this process becomes even faster when honey comes into the picture, due to its amino acid nature.

  • As a cure to hangover
    Yes you've read right. A glass of the black ingredient will help draw out the toxins from your body, cleaning your digestive tractin the process. But your headache won't go away, it sure will make you feel better particularly, if you are the type that feels sick after partying.

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  • It also reduce Cholesterol levels

They also helps you to reduce cholesterol, by simply absorbing the cholesterol and the bile acids that's contained in the cholesterols.

Other Uses and Benefits

  • It can be used to remove bad odour and taste from our food
  • A blackhead banisher
  • As a soap
  • As a water filter
  • As an emergency poison treatment
  • It reduces symptoms of fish odor syndrome
  • It promotes kidney functions

Thanks for reading

There's always more to everything, we only need to look closer.

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Very nice article sir @daniel-otaniel, very informative