Kimberly Dinsley

Storing Activated Charcoal Patches (Made with Psyllium Husk Powder) Question: Charcoal Patches How long will any leftovers keep? Where do I store it? Or should I make just enough? -Selena Answer: Hi. When making the charcoal patch, you can store the patches for future use in your freezer of which we recommend using them up within three months. However, if...

Can Charcoal Toothpaste Wear Away Enamel? It’s time to clear away the smoke from dental “experts” on the efficacy of charcoal in toothpaste. With all due respect to dentists and dental techs, there is a good deal of ‘professional’ misinformation along with all the false hype over the surge in charcoal enthusiasm. In this article we address two major concerns...

It seems every summer we get frantic inquiries if charcoal will help with rattlesnake bites on dogs, which if left untreated, can be deadly.  So what do you do when the snake bites and the venom flows, and you're freaking out? If you have charcoal on hand you should immediately prepare both a poultice or a charcoal gel along with...

Using Charcoal Poultices After Surgery Chris, a previous employee and friend of Charcoal House emails us one day, with a testimony to share on our blog: So... My Mom just had a major operation (hysterectomy). It was her first operation ever. We were all pretty nervous as she's getting up there in age (70). Anyway, long story short, everything went...

Hannah asks: For an infection on the face, that stems from an extracted tooth tearing a sinus tube, would you use the Topical First Aid Hardwood charcoal or the Beauty Bamboo charcoal powder? I want to use it on my face and the inside of my mouth. Which one is best for my needs?  What about the Detox & Cleanse...

A Humble Cattle Ranch My husband Joe and I run a 300 head cattle ranch just south of Crawford, NE. Both of us were raised on a ranch, so we have known from the get-go, that ranching isn't for the faint of heart. Ranchers and farmers know all too well, that the hours are long and unpredictable and everything seems...

Courtney recently wrote us the following: Hello, I recently did a hair analysis on one of our competition horses, and it came back showing that he was very high in several heavy metals, which were Iron, Chromium, Lithium, Aluminum, Arsenic, and mainly Lead. We tested other horses on the same property and on a similar diet, and they didn’t have...