Hello! I grew up
in rural South Georgia
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about 33 miles from the
nearest hospital because of our
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distance away from good medical
care, my parents became quite
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proficient in home remedies.
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Since I grew up with
these I know their effectiveness
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I know that in may instances
they are the best remedy for
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a certain disorder.
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It won't work for all
things but it does work for many
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and where it is applicable, a
home remedy is the best remedy
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that we have for that disease.
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We're going to be talking about
Home Remedies, some of which
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I think you will
never have seen before,
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so we hope you will
join us and I know you will
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enjoy the program.
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Welcome to Help
Yourself to Health
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with Dr. Agatha Thrash
of Uchee Pines Institute
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and now here is
your host Dr. Thrash.
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In most homes you will find
a lot of things that are very
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applicable to home remedies.
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Now every home that has
water and a source of heat and a
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source of cold and cloths
and sometimes some kind of
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irrigation equipment, any
home that has these can be
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sure that they know how that
they have the equipment to do
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the home remedies.
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Now I have here a
very simple home remedy,
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this is a cough syrup,
and notice this thick honey,
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see how thick it is.
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This honey is
produced in South Georgia,
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it's Gall Berry Honey and as
you can see it is quite thick
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but when you put that
with some chopped onion,
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just ordinary onion
chopped notice how very thin the
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honey gets, the reason
for that after 12 hours or so
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it has extracted all
the benefits from the onion.
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Now we have there the Quercitin,
we have a lot of flavonoids and
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a variety of antioxidants,
some antimicrobial substances,
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a lot of things that can be
most beneficial for a cough.
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and this is a cough medicine.
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Let me show you what you
would do from this point,
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just take a strainer and
pour the juice, the onion honey
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pour that into a strainer
and strain out the onion
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and then you have the onion
honey fluid, you can mash this
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a bit to get it so that you have
only the fluid in a cup and then
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it can be stored
in the refrigerator.
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Simply store the nice honey
water, now when a person has
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a cough, whether it's dry
or productive, this can be used
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by the teaspoonful
to quell the cough.
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Not very long ago we had
a patient who had a cough,
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it was really terrible,
and every time she coughed,
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she would take a teaspoonful
of this from the refrigerator
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and simply swallow it.
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In seconds her throat would
feel better, she would have a
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paroxysm of coughing and
in just seconds she would be
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free of cough and go
sometimes for half an hour with
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no coughing.
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Then another paroxysm of
coughing, just almost like
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the whooping cough, take
another teaspoonful, and it was
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again quelled in
just a matter of seconds.
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Now a close relative of onion
is Aloe, Aloe can grow in your
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kitchen or in your living
room, it's a beautiful plant.
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You can have it if you
live in very warm climates
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you can have it living out
of doors, and it has so many
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uses, and I have asked
Rhonda Clark who is one of our
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co-workers at Uchee Pines to
tell us some of the wonderful
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unexpected uses of Aloe Vera.
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- Oh! There are so many I really
enjoyed researching a little bit
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of the unexpected
uses of Aloe Vera.
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A typical bottle of Aloe
Vera Gel that you can find at a
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Health Food Store, even
now in many pharmacies or
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grocery stores has so many
uses for she wouldn't believe.
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Some of the ones that I knew
of of course that it's wonderful
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for burns, it's wonderful to put
on poison ivy or insect bites
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or other irritations of
the skin, such as a scrape
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or a small abrasion, but did
you know that this also can be
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used as a deodorant.
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It can be used as a hair
jel, or a hair conditioner,
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and it even is a
wonderful treatment for dandruff
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if you just thickly apply
Aloe Vera get to the scalp
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allow it to set for 10 minutes
and then shampoo the hair
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as normal, it can
help clear up dandruff.
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- And you just sort of
work it into the scalp.
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- Work it in good, let it
sit and then shampoo your hair
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as normal.
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- Well that sounds interesting.
- Yes! You know it was said
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that Cleopatra used as
her secret for beautiful skin.
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In Ancient Egypt they used
Aloe's in the embalming process
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not to help preserve anything,
but just to help keep the
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skin intact Aloe Vera Gel makes
a wonderful face moisturizer
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face cream and it has
nice microbial killing property
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that makes it useful
for individuals with acne's,
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psoriasis, other types of
skin conditions that you want to
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keep the skin
very clear of bacteria.
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- Do you have
anything for wrinkles?
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- No! cream against
wrinkles unfortunately.
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- Well I guess I'm proud of all
my wrinkles, it indicates that
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I have lived a long time
and that's amazing in this age.
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- Yeah, there were some things
that surprised me when I was
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doing this, I guess there
are some individuals who suffer
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with odor in the belly button
of all places and Aloe Vera
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is a wonderful remedy for that.
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Using Aloe Vera gel twice a
day in the belly button can help
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reduce irritations or
odor in the belly button
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and some other kind of
surprising things of Aloe Vera
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that I thought were...
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Oral care, this one
really surprised me.
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There is a growing body of
evidence of the benefits of
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Aloe Vera gel in
many dental procedures.
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It can be used to treat
gingivitis or inflammation
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of the gums and that can be
either by gargling, rinsing,
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swishing with an aloe Vera
juice, or letting the gels sit
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against the gums
for a period of time.
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There is even now toothpaste
made with Aloe Vera that can
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be useful in fighting against
gingivitis, when a tooth has
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been extracted, Aloe Vera
can help prevent infection
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in that socket of the
extracted tooth it could be...
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- A nice way to put it against
the gum is to take a small
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segment of one of the blades
of the Aloe, remove the cortex
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the little bark of it from
one side and make sure there are
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no thorns projecting from it
and then lay that right against
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the gum and then in a few
minutes it becomes quite nicely
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soft and molds to the side
of the jaw and that makes a
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very nice anti-microbial
remedy for a gum boil
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or an abscess tooth.
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- Yeah! -Well I appreciate the
opportunity to come and share
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some of these unusual
uses of Aloe Vera gel.
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- Well thank you so much,
I enjoyed these and I would
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like to try the one
with the Aloe Vera shampoo.
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- Yes! - Thank you!
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Now I would like to show you
another remedy and this remedy
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is a heating pad, it's a very
simple one, you could just buy
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these from a pharmacy
or a department store,
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and they should be in
every home having electricity.
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If you don't have electricity
all is not lost, you can simply
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take a bottle of the appropriate
size, fill it with hot water,
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wrap it with a towel and it
can be applied in the same way
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to the chest, to the
abdomen, to the back, to a knee,
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a foot, and any place where
there is pain or discomfort
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it can be nicely used to great
advantage it has both immediate
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benefits in pain relief, and
it also has long term benefits
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in healing.
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Now I suppose my very
favorite remedy is charcoal
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and I have asked Cal
Thrash to join me for this
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next demonstration which
will be of charcoal remedies.
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- Yes!
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- Cal you have a
number of things here I see,
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and I know that you are
very familiar with charcoal,
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- Oh yes! - Because
you grew up with it.
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- I certainly did, in fact
I have some experiences that I
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would like to tell
today to our viewers as well.
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Charcoal is an absolutely
amazing substance, but it
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doesn't look like a whole lot
when we look at it, it's just a
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powder and it's what you
expect a black substance,
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and of course what we use
is powdered activated charcoal.
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It is quite useful for many
external applications and some
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internal ones as well. -
Now you said it was activated
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tell us what that means.
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- Activation is a process that
charcoal goes through when it
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still in the kiln the steam
is injected into the environment
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under pressure and at just the
right temperature and the right
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pressure, it actually blows
open more holes little surface
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area in the charcoal. -
And these little surface areas
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are for what purpose?
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- Well that's to
attract poisons to it,
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now I have a
graphic that perhaps
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we could show at this time
that has actually a picture
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that the tunneling electronic
microscope took of charcoal
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surface, and you can see
the surface of the carbon there
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under extreme magnification
of course, and see the features
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that charcoal has too.
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- It has little
ridges and holes and valleys.
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- Right! - I guess
the toxins go in all
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of those little valleys and into
those holes and are held there.
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- That's part of the beauty
of charcoal actually, in fact
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one of the uses of charcoal
is to take up and draw poisons
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of all types, drugs fit
into that category as well
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so they can be taken
up, but toxins and...
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- Toxins from germs. -
That's true and in fact
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even bacteria themselves can
be actually taken up by charcoal
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some people think though that
once the charcoal has actually
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soaked up, if you want to call
it these toxins and poisons,
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that it could be
squeezed back out again.
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But that is not really
what happens with charcoal.
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charcoal works through
the process of what we call
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adsorption, you notice I said
adsorption and not absorption,
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which is different, it's
actually the attachment of
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the toxin to the
surface of the carbon itself.
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- So it comes into the
charcoal by method of traction.
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- That's correct! -
Rather than just being
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absorbed where it's just
like a sponge it flows into it.
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- That's right, now the process
of taking the poison back out
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of the charcoal is considerably
more difficult and usually not
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compatible with life, although
it's true that under certain
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circumstances some of
the toxins could come out
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but those are very
unusual circumstances.
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For instance if a person has
been given a drug like Morphine
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or something that
actually stops the bowel itself
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and a person may have trouble
actually eliminating that
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charcoal and it
could cause problems.
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Most people don't
have that kind of a problem
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and if they are generally
healthy then they won't have
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a problem with eliminating
the charcoal and the toxin
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that it took up.
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- Now you look as if
you are going to make a
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charcoal compress.
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- Actually I'm going to show
some of the uses for external
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uses of charcoal, and
I have some of the sizes,
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I will show you some of
the sizes of charcoal that we
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actually carry at our
book store at Uchee Pines,
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and we bottle this up ourselves.
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Now this one is the largest
size we have, that is 21/2 lbs.
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size and it's the easiest
probably to use under most
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circumstances for external uses
where you need a lot of powder.
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- Such as a brown
recluse spider bite.
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- That's correct.
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- It takes up that
toxin right through the skin.
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- And we'll be talking
about some of those uses too
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as we go along here, I won't
be able to show you probably
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that one because that
would be quite an intense usage
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of charcoal, but this smaller
size is probably the most
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common size, that's the
quart size charcoal, and we have
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that as well.
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These are powders and it's
powdered activated charcoal,
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and then we have smaller sizes,
this one is a tablet and a
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capsule vege-caps, both
of which we have at our store
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there at Uchee Pines, and we
bottle all of those together.
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- Now would you use charcoal
capsules for it's external use
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say making a compress?
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- You could of course, but it
is considerably more expensive
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to do it that way.
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Probably the best way to use
charcoal the most effectively
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way, the most cost effective
way is to use it as the powder,
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you can use it both internally
and externally in powder form.
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- So if you are traveling
you certainly want to take the
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powder. - You
probably want to take some
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along, now I think it's entirely
possible that you'd want to have
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capsules and tabs when you go
traveling and in my experience
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actually it seems like the
most common thing that happens
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to you when you are
traveling is some kind of
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gastrointestinal distress.
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- Yes! What can be called
Montezuma's Revenge if you
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are going south of the border.
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- Now I have to say that
charcoal is very effective
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with these types of
gastrointestinal problems,
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and I wouldn't
travel without it, it's...
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- Yes, I never
travel without it,
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it will save
your trip sometimes.
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- Absolutely! Now what I would
like to demonstrate today is a
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poultice and for that I would
like to ask Arianna Hartsfield
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if she would come and we will
show you actually the external
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uses here in kind of a small way
because obviously it would be
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very difficult to work
with charcoal in a large way
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here at this set.
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I want to show you
exactly what I mean by that
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when I add the water to the
charcoal you can immediately
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see that charcoal will begin
to powder out and it's very
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light, now people have...
- Now see this little dust
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coming up there. -
And you don't want to stir
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very rapidly, now people have
told me that they have tried to
00:15:36.14\00:15:40.20
mix charcoal in various
ways they have stirred it very
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quickly and tried to
get it mixed up quickly,
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but this is not a quick process
at all, you want to really
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take your time when you
are adding the water and mixing
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the charcoal.
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One person they told me
they had a neat experience
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they put this into the blender
and put some water in there
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and turned it on and even
after they opened up the top
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it was pretty much
everywhere all over the kitchen,
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and so it's something that you
want to go very carefully and
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very slowly with, and the mixing
process can take a little bit
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of time so don't
rush this process at all.
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But I have mixed some up already
for you and you can see from
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this little container here
about the consistency that I've
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mixed it up, is the consistency
of soft melted ice cream here.
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And it does taste wonderful
just like that ice cream would
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but this is probably just a
little bit thick for the average
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poultice it's not to bad,
but you certainly don't want to
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scrimp to much on the water
when you are using it because
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you do want it to go ahead
and soak through the material
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that you are going to put
it on and of course this today
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we are going to use a
paper towel which is very easy
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to use for the poultice, so
we are just going to spoon this
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on to the paper towel material
itself and it will begin to come
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through the paper
towel as you spoon it on
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and of course you can make it
fairly large whatever the sizes
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that you need to be able
to take up the surface of the
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problem that you have
and we'll just assume that
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Arianna has a bug bite
that she is having some
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little bit of inflammation,
maybe a little bit of infection
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there. - There
it is right there.
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and you want to try to take
all of this up with the charcoal
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so we are going to put
that right on to the surface of
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the area and cover it well,
so that you make sure you have
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plenty of area
covered with the charcoal.
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Don't scrimp in this area,
this is not where you want to
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scrimp at all, you want to
make sure you cover plenty of
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area with that charcoal
poultice, then we take some
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plastic wrap, the regular
good stretchy kind is good,
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and we can cover our charcoal
poultice with our stretch wrap
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and of course this is
probably way to much for the
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average poultice, but
it's to show you exactly what
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you would want to do.
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You probably could use
less, just enough to cover the
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charcoal poultice itself,
and you can take some tape...
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The best thing actually
is to take some paper tape
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the kind of surgical tape
that you find and actually
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tape the edges around like
this, and of course that keeps
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the charcoal from coming out
the side and it makes it so that
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the person can wear
this for quite some time,
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maybe several hours without
having any problem at all
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with the charcoal
leaking out around the edge.
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- Maybe even wear it over night.
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- It certainly can
be worn over night.
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- Or a couple of
days if necessary.
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- But depending on what it is
this poultice could be used for
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an hour or two, or up
to twelve or so hours,
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but you wouldn't want to
keep it on for to terribly long
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because it could begin to
cause a little bit of a problem
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being wet there, once the
charcoal has pretty much all the
00:19:01.18\00:19:05.59
surface area has been used
then it's taken up whatever
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it needs to, you need to
go ahead and take that one off
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and if the problem still
exists then you want to do that
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all over again, start
with another charcoal poultice
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and continue to do it.
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Now we talked about
Brown Recluse spider bites,
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Brown Recluse spider bites are
quite a problem in that they can
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actually cause a necrosis or
death of the tissue all the way
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down to the bone in a cone
shaped area, and there is no
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real effective way to
treat Brown Recluse spider bites
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except for using charcoal.
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They use steroids and
just excision of the tissue
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and so forth, but it can cause
a real problem and continue
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to cause problems on
through until the person gets
00:19:46.63\00:19:51.12
skin grafts which sometimes
will take and sometimes because
00:19:51.15\00:19:53.91
of the inflammation that
is involved in this they can
00:19:53.94\00:19:56.44
slough off and cause a problem
and be a real tough issue
00:19:56.47\00:20:00.40
in fact it can even cause
amputation of certain limbs
00:20:00.43\00:20:04.12
because of the
Brown Recluse bite.
00:20:04.15\00:20:06.21
This treatment that
we've just shown you of course
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considerably bigger area
that you would want to make your
00:20:09.33\00:20:12.72
charcoal poultice, and you
can use a cotton piece of sheet
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or something that you
could put it on rather than a
00:20:16.81\00:20:19.79
paper towel, if you would like
to use it over it's something
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that you can do, but certainly
with a Brown Recluse bite
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you want to change that poultice
probably once every couple
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of hours at the very most,
maybe even more often than that,
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to give the opportunity to
take up as much of this poison
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as possible and take it
away so that it is not something
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that the body has to deal
with and the body can focus on
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healing the Brown
Recluse bite rather than...
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- I remember a patient
that you had one time who had a
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Brown Recluse spider bite
on the leg and it was a week
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or so before the patient came
for the poultice and yet it was
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healed but it took quite
awhile, it took what was it
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5 or 6 weeks? - It
took well over a month
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in fact it was more like about
3 months that the person was
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dealing with this problem.
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So the faster that you
can actually get the poultice
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the charcoal to the
site of the bite, the better,
00:21:18.75\00:21:22.11
and that of course includes
bee stings or anything else
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that a person is having
any kind of reaction to.
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- Very good, how about a
snake bite, would you use it for
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a snake bite?
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I wouldn't hesitate to
use it for a snake bite,
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I have never had the
opportunity to actually
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do that and so, I'm not really
certain the procedure other than
00:21:34.62\00:21:38.41
just simply using as
much charcoal as is possible,
00:21:38.44\00:21:42.03
I think I would also use it
internally as well as externally
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in that type of instance.
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- Yes, I'm sure I would
too but I still think that the
00:21:46.84\00:21:50.94
anti-venom might be
the good route to go,
00:21:50.97\00:21:53.34
maybe using both the
charcoal for the first aid and
00:21:53.37\00:21:56.62
the anti-venom at a later time.
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- That's correct, now we have
one other graphic that we want
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to show you and that's a picture
of a young fellow that is in a
00:22:01.47\00:22:05.44
bathtub that has charcoal in it.
00:22:05.47\00:22:08.05
Now what was happening
here was the individual involved
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had the chicken pox and you
just draw a bath full of water
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and put some charcoal in it and
you don't have to necessarily
00:22:16.98\00:22:20.25
put a certain amount,
but a cup or two in the bath,
00:22:20.28\00:22:25.55
it helps to bring about
the relief from the itching,
00:22:25.58\00:22:28.11
and the little boy there
was saying, "it doesn't itch
00:22:28.14\00:22:30.57
any more" after only a minute
of being in the charcoal bath.
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- It certainly looks messy.
- It is quite messy, and it's
00:22:33.86\00:22:36.43
not something that you would
want to do every single day,
00:22:36.46\00:22:38.32
but I can tell you this
that if a person did have a
00:22:38.35\00:22:41.57
snake bite or something
that was a serious problem,
00:22:41.60\00:22:44.27
I certainly wouldn't hesitate
to put their whole affected area
00:22:44.30\00:22:48.03
if it was their arm or leg,
most of these snake bites are
00:22:48.06\00:22:50.76
around the leg area where
the snake has actually gotten
00:22:50.79\00:22:53.40
the person as they walk along.
00:22:53.43\00:22:54.76
I wouldn't hesitate to
put that whole limb right into
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a bucket or even put them in
the bath tub full of charcoal
00:22:58.75\00:23:01.96
because that certainly
would give the opportunity
00:23:01.99\00:23:04.57
for as much skin area as
possible to take that toxin
00:23:04.60\00:23:07.32
right out of the body.
00:23:07.35\00:23:08.32
- Now I know of three instances
where really serious snake bites
00:23:08.33\00:23:12.29
have been treated with
charcoal in field situations
00:23:12.32\00:23:15.74
and so I wouldn't hesitate
to do it, and to rely on it
00:23:15.77\00:23:19.85
in a field situation.
But if I had the anti-venom
00:23:19.88\00:23:23.35
I think I would probably
not have the courage to just use
00:23:23.38\00:23:27.04
the charcoal alone.
00:23:27.07\00:23:28.04
- I'm not sure I would
either but certainly it has been
00:23:28.05\00:23:30.68
used effectively in stories
that I've heard, especially with
00:23:30.71\00:23:34.02
animals where an animal
was treated that way and
00:23:34.05\00:23:36.62
seemed to be just fine
the next day so I'm not sure
00:23:36.65\00:23:40.12
that it's not effective but
like you I'm not certain that I
00:23:40.15\00:23:43.77
would rely only on that one.
00:23:43.80\00:23:46.70
- Well thank you so much
I appreciate this very nice
00:23:46.73\00:23:49.75
discussion of charcoal.
00:23:49.78\00:23:53.09
Now there are so many
other remedies that you can use
00:23:53.12\00:23:57.19
and maybe I will ask
Dr. Don Miller to come next
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and show you some remedies and
what have you here Dr. Miller?
00:24:03.20\00:24:09.03
You always have nice
things that you talk about.
00:24:09.06\00:24:13.37
- Well, I travel around a lot
but you know I was just thinking
00:24:13.40\00:24:15.28
as I was listening to
Rhonda and Cal's presentation
00:24:15.31\00:24:18.81
Cleopatra used Aloe Vera
for her youth and she needed
00:24:18.84\00:24:21.67
some of Cal's charcoal for
her Asp bite there at the end.
00:24:21.70\00:24:25.44
- Oh! That's right,
history would have been changed.
00:24:25.47\00:24:29.72
- Maybe! You know I
travel a lot and here are some
00:24:29.75\00:24:34.68
charcoal tablets
I bought in Ukraine.
00:24:34.71\00:24:36.87
- Oh yes! Ok I
feel them in there.
00:24:36.90\00:24:39.19
- Where ever you go, it's
amazing how other countries
00:24:39.22\00:24:42.80
have a lot more of the simple
remedies and charcoal is very
00:24:42.83\00:24:46.47
easy to find,
especially in Eastern Europe and
00:24:46.50\00:24:49.70
other countries, but
what I wanted to show you was
00:24:49.73\00:24:53.06
my little travel kit, I
basically have a mind towards
00:24:53.09\00:24:56.46
travel because when we
travel we have to have it,
00:24:56.49\00:24:58.92
and that's why these come
in so handy it's hard to mix a
00:24:58.95\00:25:01.57
charcoal poultice or a
charcoal slurry when you are
00:25:01.60\00:25:04.81
36,000 feet and making
a mess all over the place.
00:25:04.84\00:25:07.50
So a few tablets in the mouth
chewed up, and you have to,
00:25:07.53\00:25:10.87
I like to chew them up because
the more you break them down
00:25:10.90\00:25:14.64
the more they get to work.
00:25:14.67\00:25:15.84
- And then if you got anything
in the mouth it helps with that.
00:25:15.87\00:25:18.95
- Absolutely! - Bad
breath to gum boils.
00:25:18.98\00:25:21.26
- May sort of freak the
stewardess out when she sees
00:25:21.29\00:25:23.77
all the black in your teeth.
- It's also for a sore throat.
00:25:23.80\00:25:26.38
- It's good for whitening the
teeth if you can get it off the
00:25:26.41\00:25:28.21
teeth, which you
do with a toothbrush.
00:25:28.24\00:25:29.96
My goal when I travel is not
to get sick in the first place
00:25:29.99\00:25:36.49
and charcoal is great to
sit there and take care of that,
00:25:36.52\00:25:38.66
Montezuma's Revenge, but why
not try to prevent Montezuma's
00:25:38.69\00:25:42.56
Revenge in the very first place.
00:25:42.60\00:25:43.85
Having been in the Marine Corp
for 14 years maybe Montezuma's
00:25:43.88\00:25:47.29
a little bit more aiming at me,
so I carry little things called
00:25:47.32\00:25:50.44
Wet Ones, there are various
different types, this is a
00:25:50.47\00:25:53.58
Wet One. - One of
the best ways to avoid
00:25:53.61\00:25:55.88
a cold, keep your hands clean.
00:25:55.91\00:25:57.84
You touch your eyes, and
your nose, and your mouth you
00:25:57.87\00:26:00.69
won't be transferring germs.
00:26:00.72\00:26:02.16
- These are some I bought
in Ukraine although they are
00:26:02.19\00:26:04.99
in English, but I
bought those in Ukraine.
00:26:05.02\00:26:08.66
I use this for many many
different things, if you are
00:26:08.69\00:26:11.67
traveling and you are in a
situation where you use the
00:26:11.70\00:26:14.61
toilet and maybe the
toilet paper is not adequate or
00:26:14.64\00:26:18.52
whatever else, these are
very nice, very soothing,
00:26:18.55\00:26:21.16
cleaning your hands
after anything that you do.
00:26:21.19\00:26:24.16
Before you eat, sometimes I
even wipe my food down with it
00:26:24.19\00:26:27.64
you may catch a little bit
of what is on the cloth but
00:26:27.67\00:26:30.42
I would rather have a
little bit of that chemical
00:26:30.45\00:26:32.46
than whatever that virus
or bacteria or whatever else
00:26:32.49\00:26:36.00
might kill me.
00:26:36.03\00:26:37.42
I carry, these are very nice
I took a bunch of these one time
00:26:37.45\00:26:44.08
down to Africa for my students
and I kept one set for myself
00:26:44.11\00:26:47.18
this is a pair of tweezers
with a magnifying glass attached
00:26:47.21\00:26:51.45
to it for when you get those
splinters or other things that
00:26:51.48\00:26:56.12
might be giving you problems
that way you don't have to try
00:26:56.15\00:26:59.93
to hold a magnifying glass,
you just got it all right there
00:26:59.96\00:27:03.95
and you can pick out
your splinter or thorn or
00:27:03.98\00:27:08.59
whatever else it might be, very
nice with the magnifying glass
00:27:08.62\00:27:14.91
and so I like to carry a
piece of equipment like that.
00:27:14.94\00:27:17.38
When I'm traveling you know
we talk about the laws of health
00:27:17.41\00:27:20.65
how important sleep is
and sometimes it's hard to get
00:27:20.68\00:27:23.87
a good night's rest, or a
good flight rest and so I like
00:27:23.90\00:27:27.24
to carry with me some earplugs,
keep them around my neck
00:27:27.27\00:27:32.79
they are always there, I like
this type because if one falls
00:27:32.82\00:27:35.38
out it's not going to fall
on the floor and I can't find it
00:27:35.41\00:27:37.49
and so these are very
nice mosquito protectors to you
00:27:37.52\00:27:40.00
can't hear the little fellow.
00:27:40.03\00:27:42.41
- Very good! Well thank you
Dr. Miller I appreciate your
00:27:42.44\00:27:45.58
showing us your kit,
and with these simple things
00:27:45.61\00:27:49.85
we hope that you will
live much more successfully
00:27:49.88\00:27:52.45
in this diseased world.
00:27:52.48\00:27:54.99