What Is An Activated Charcoal?
Does Wood Charcoal And Activated Charcoal Both Are Same?
No, there is a big but negligible difference between wood charcoal and activated charcoal.
The materials, wood charcoal and activated charcoal both are derived from carbon and obtained by burning carbon rich material at a very high temperature. But the difference between wood charcoal and activated charcoal is that charcoal is obtained by burning wood in the absence of oxygen. Whereas activated charcoal is obtained by burning materials which are organic and also rich in carbon at higher temperatures, with the addition of other substances.
Activated carbon is usually derived from charcoal. When derived from coal it is referred to as activated coal.
Activated charcoal can also be obtained by burning charcoal itself.
What Makes It Activated?
Activated charcoal is created from carbon-rich materials burned at high temperatures, according to the National Capital Poison Center (Poison Control). Activated charcoal is used in water filters, medicines that selectively remove toxins, and chemical purification processes.
Here Are Some Hacks Of Activated Charcoal Powder Which You Can Use In Your Everyday Life:-
• Let me introduce a cheapest way to whiten your teeth. Take a tablet of charcoal, make a fine charcoal powder of the tablet. Place it in a bowl and add some hot water with a higher consistency. Use it as a toothpaste every morning. This will whiten your teeth.
• Take 2 spoons of honey. Add one spoon of charcoal powder in it. Apply it on your armpits. Wash this after it becomes dry. This will remove darkness from your armpit.
• Take the gel part of one full aloe vera leave in a grinder. Add two spoons of charcoal powder, and 3 spoons of flax seeds. Add some hot water. Apply this mixture on your white hairs. Wait for 2 hours, wash then. This will change the colour of your hair from white to black.
• Is your skin too oily and you can’t find the right product to treat it? I will solve your problem. Just you have to follow a DYI regularly. Activated charcoal will naturally dry up your skin by removing oil impurities from your body. Because it is highly absorbent, the charcoal will draw out all the oil particles and soak up the sheen without being harsh on the skin. Oil particles clog the skin pores, causing conditions like acne. You can use the charcoal as a paste or soap.
• Need a home made matte eyeliner? What you need is just a wet, angled eyeliner brush and a pinch of activated charcoal powder. It lasts all day and washes off easily with soap and water, or a cotton ball dipped in coconut oil.
• Do you have blackheads? This hack is for you. Take one spoon of charcoal powder, PVA glue. Mix it, then apply it on your face. Wait until dry. This peel of face mask will remove your blackheads in just one wash.
• Mix 3-4 tablespoons of white sugar, 2 capsules of activated charcoal, 2 tablespoon of virgin olive oil, and 2-3 drops of any essential oil in a bowl. Apply this mask on your face and scrub for about a minute. Wash your face with lukewarm water. You can apply rose water thereafter with a cotton swab. Activated charcoal is an amazing skin exfoliator. It removes the dead skin cells and impurities from the skin leaving it soft and supple.
• Take 4 spoons of baking soda, add 3 spoons of charcoal powder. Now add 2 spoons of citric acid and 2 spoons of aroma oil. Mix well. Make a small ball of this mixture. Put this Ball in water you are going to bath with. This will clear all the dirt of your body.
• This charcoal facial soap is for skin inflammation. Take a steel container on gas burner, put 3-4 castile soaps in it. Wait untill melts. Add chamomile oil in it. Now add 2 spoons of charcoal. Mix well. Let it cool. Now wash your skin with this organic soap. This will prevent inflammation. This will also provide antibacterial effect by absorbing toxins.
• Volumed hair is the dream of many girls. Bulking up the hair is one of the activated charcoal beauty hacks to add to your list, especially for a person with light density hair. You can mix the charcoal in your regular shampoo or get a ready-made charcoal shampoo online. For satisfactory results, let the shampoo sit in your hair for 2-3 minutes. By removing the toxins that impede hair growth, activated charcoal gives you a healthier head of hair and also regrow hairs.
• Trouble of dandruff? No problem, this remedy will help you. Take 3 spoons of charcoal powder, add soap without PHBA and distilled water. Now apply this mixture in your hair to remove dandruff problems.
• Need an instant relief from stomach pain? Let's do a solution. Take half glass of grapes juice and heat it. Add gelatin and charcoal. Now freeze the solution. Eat this whenever you feel pain. This remedy treats stomach pain from gas, diarrhoea, or other stomach pain issues including the menstrual cramps.
• Take some water in a bowl, add activated charcoal and white clay. Mix the solution and apply on your face. Wash your face after the solution turns dry. This will work as a face wash.
• Add half teaspoon activated charcoal to one teaspoon coconut oil, 4 teaspoons aloe vera gel and a half teaspoons melted beeswax for a volumizing homemade mascara. Apply the mixture to your lashes with a clean, single use mascara brush.
What Are The Side- Effects of Activated Charcoal?
Side effects taking activated charcoal by mouth include constipation and black stools. More serious, but rare, side effects of activated charcoal is a slowing or blockage of the intestinal tract, regurgitation into the lungs, and dehydration.
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