WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.
Felter's Materia Medica on Charcoal
CARBO LIGNI
Charcoal prepared by burning soft wood. It must be kept in tightly-closed vessels. Common Names: Cha......pared by burning soft wood. It must be kept in tightly-closed vessels. Common Names: Charcoal, Wood Charcoal; Synonym: Carbo Vegetabilis. (Activated CharcoalMM) Description.A tasteless and odorles...... is frequently added to poultices and is an ingredient of some tooth powders. A rectal injection of charcoal has checked hemorrhage from the bowels. Internal. Its absorbent and deodorant properties ma...1
Charcoal prepared by burning soft wood. It must be kept in tightly-closed vessels. Common Names: Cha......pared by burning soft wood. It must be kept in tightly-closed vessels. Common Names: Charcoal, Wood Charcoal; Synonym: Carbo Vegetabilis. (Activated CharcoalMM) Description.A tasteless and odorles...... is frequently added to poultices and is an ingredient of some tooth powders. A rectal injection of charcoal has checked hemorrhage from the bowels. Internal. Its absorbent and deodorant properties ma...1
WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.
Physician's Materia Medica on Charcoal
CHARCOAL
Antiseptic, deodorant, absorbent. Prescribed in dyspepsia at tended with flatulence and gastralgia. Applied in poultices to foul and gangrenous ulcers. Dose, 0.6 to 4 Grm. (10 to 60 grs.).2
Antiseptic, deodorant, absorbent. Prescribed in dyspepsia at tended with flatulence and gastralgia. Applied in poultices to foul and gangrenous ulcers. Dose, 0.6 to 4 Grm. (10 to 60 grs.).2
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.