100 Applications of Activated Charcoal - Topical Medicine

Activated carbon has adsorption and catalytic properties, it is insoluble in water and other solvents, and has physical and chemical stability. In addition to contacting with oxygen at high temperature and reacting with strong oxidants such as ozone, chlorine, and dichromate, it is extremely stable under actual use conditions.

Due to the excellent characteristics of activated carbon as an adsorbent, activated carbon is widely used and is often used in the pharmaceutical industry. Today, the editor will tell you about the role of activated carbon in the external use of the pharmaceutical industry.

With the advancement of technology and the deepening of research, new clinical applications of activated carbon are gradually increasing, and it is widely used in medical treatment, penetrating into medical products or directly used in medical drugs. Activated carbon can be used for external and internal use in the medical field. Internal use shows the adsorption characteristics of activated carbon, and external use highlights the deodorizing and antiseptic effects of activated carbon.

Activated charcoal has deodorizing and antiseptic effects. Encapsulating activated charcoal in a cloth bag can be used as a bandage for ulcers, suppurative or bad wounds and other wounds with foul-smelling secretions.

Smelly pus is prone to occur when plaster models or thin bands are used for the wound, and this odor can be eliminated by adding 5% to 12% activated carbon to the plaster. When it is applied to the limbs with purulent sores, the limbs can be completely wrapped in activated charcoal-coated tubes that can be untied like sleeves, and the curative effect is particularly obvious.

In case of burns or scalds, the wound can be calcined with coffee or wild jujube husks to prepare activated charcoal, or the activated charcoal can be ground into powder and mixed with tea oil and applied to the wound. However, special activated charcoal should be used. Because the online activated charcoal varies from good to bad, it is not recommended to use this Way.

Activated carbon can also be used in medicine for virus removal, drug sustained release agent, skin injury, intravenous injection, bacterial adsorption, etc. In addition, the production process of antibacterial drugs and sulfonamide drugs must be decolorized and purified by activated carbon.