Charcoal powder contains medicinal charcoal. Due to its large surface area, medicinal charcoal is able to bind toxins in the stomach and intestines and thus remove them. Medicinal charcoal therefore helps with diarrhea and poisoning from heavy metals, food, and medications. Areas of application For the symptomatic treatment of diarrhea in adults; in infants and children only as directed by a doctor. To prevent absorption into the body in cases of acute oral poisoning and drug overdose. To accelerate elimination in cases of poisoning with substances that can pass from the intestines to the liver.