Comments on: Charcoal Soup, Anyone?? https://survivaltek.com/?p=1972 Teaching the Ways and Means to Survive Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:53:52 -0400 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: Cam https://survivaltek.com/?p=1972&cpage=1#comment-925 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 06:27:58 +0000 https://survivaltek.com/?p=1972#comment-925 Oh, and I suggest that you make sure you get the charcoal, not the wood ash. As a wood ash and water mix can produce Lye (which is an alkali and can burn) I figure you want to minimise the ash content in your soup or else you may end up adding to your stomach troubles :).

On the other hand the Lye can be useful for washing dishes or making soap…. But that’s another story.

]]> By: Cam https://survivaltek.com/?p=1972&cpage=1#comment-924 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 06:25:41 +0000 https://survivaltek.com/?p=1972#comment-924 Activated charcoal or charcoal slurry should not to be used for fun(!) or for ‘detox’ as the charcoal will also absorb nutrients from food and drink. Ie. If you use this stuff to try and detox then you will get less nutrition from the food you eat while it is in your system. Quite possibly a lot less nutrition.

However if you have a stomach ache or intestinal issue this may sort you out.

]]> By: TJ https://survivaltek.com/?p=1972&cpage=1#comment-424 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:17:26 +0000 https://survivaltek.com/?p=1972#comment-424 nasty tasting for sure but very helpfull in emergency situations. I have heard some reports of it being used regularly to “Detoxify” your body since most of what we ingest today is tainted with chemicals.

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