Charcoal Cures Terrible Gas Smell and Gas Pains
A good friend of mind had me over for dinner and some games. About 30 minutes after eating, and in the middle of a hilarious game of Curses, my good friend became embarrassingly gassy.
The smell was absolutely horrific!
It cleared the room and his wife was yelling at him as if he did it on purpose. She was saying “I love you by My GAWD Harry, this is ridiculous!”
Opps… I just gave away his name. Dang it. Sorry about that Harry.
Anyway, I remembered that Harry has missed 2 days of work a couple of weeks back because he had come down with some kind of food poisoning or a stomach bug. His wife told me that many times he has had to sleep on the couch because she simply couldn’t be in the same room with him.
“Every night right after dinner and it doesn’t matter what we eat. Last night he was okay, so I thought he might be over it. I am so sorry to do this to you guys”
Well lucky for Harry I had my travel bag, and in it I always have Activated Charcoal tablets.
I gave Harry my little speech, which always starts out something like this ” I am not a Doctor, and because I live in the USA nothing except a doctor can cure or treat any form of illness according the FDA, but exercising my constitutional right of free speech I would like to tell you what I use for myself and then you can make an informed decision for yourself as an adult with free will”
Harry took the pills. He was, ummm, shall we say “passing gas” every 2-3 minutes. Twenty minutes after taking the pills it stopped. No more gas. Period.
I truly wish I could convey to you the absolutely horrible , inhumane smell that was coming from poor old Harry, but lucky for you there is no current way to capture and share smells.
My guess is that Harry still had some of this stomach bug hanging around and it was eating when he ate and growing and multiplying and giving off gas. Usually sugar is a common food source for these nasty bugs.
WARNING: I highly suggest you research the brand of Charcoal before you ingest it. Some products out there are Petroleum based, which is not good for internal use. Be wary of others that made for commercial uses such as filtering water for fish tanks, etc.
The Activated Charcoal I have linked from here is probably the best one on the market and it is certainly the cheapest price around ($5.00)
We never did get to finish that awesome round in Curses. The house needed to air out.
As a side note, if you have never played Curses before, I REALLY suggest you check it out.
It is really a riot!
